Handicapped

Ok, so we lost.  161 to go.

The Good: The little team that could took the World Champion Red Sox to 10 innings and had Francona looking like he was passing a kidney stone watching Papelbon pitch.

The Bad:  Duh

The Weird:

a) Seeing the A's back 1/2 game when the rest of the AL West is still playing Spring Training.

b) No Super-Marco to turn to for a miracle

The Irritating:

a) 6-Time Golden Glove Winner Eric Chavez referred to by ESPN's Underwater Tidily-Winks broadcast team as "one of the better defensive players in the league" (implied: But clearly not on par with any of the Gods of Boston)

b) Bud.  'Nuff said

c) Realizing the only place in the World that the Sox really play an away game is at Yankee Stadium.

Items d) through zzzz):  The disrespectful, damning-by-faint-praise crap that was heard every 30-seconds or so as "commentary".

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