On Any Grounds

"It means we are ready to play anybody on any grounds at anytime right now. We're that hot. We're just rolling. Any team that stands in front of us is going to have a hard time."

Thus spake Pedro, and the only response I can muster up is...

Great. Googly. Moogly.

Dizzy Dean once said it ain't bragging if you can do it and by those standards Petey definitely ain't just talking smack. This Red Sox team can do it. When this current hot streak began skeptics (and I was one) wondered if this would be another fluke, like April or the brief winning streak before the All-Star break, that would only be followed by another lapse in mediocrity. The Red Sox have proven the doubters wrong, step by step. First by winning, overcoming Toronto, Detroit and Chicago. Then by shifting up another gear and winning against other contending teams. So fell Anaheim and Texas. And last night the Red Sox dropped it into maximum overdrive, not only winning but sweeping Oakland on the road. No more doubts. This team is for real and I smell October baseball.

On Any Grounds. I like the sound of that; it's stirring... Defiant. Sounds like the title of a Steven Seagal flick, back when Seagal could whomp scores of badguys with his aikido stylings and make it look easy. Should the Red Sox go all the way this year the phrase should be the title of the inevitable documentary DVD; it's sooo much more inspiring than the plaintitive Still, We Believe.

And on we go. Tonight the Red Sox are Out For A Kill in Seattle. Dig it.

Addendum
It seems I have this Steven Seagal motif stuck in my head (yes my thought processes are that twisted) so you're going to have to excuse me while I get this out of my system. You may even find it amusing. Or not.

While the tottering Yankees are Under Siege, the Red Sox, presumed dead at 10.5 games back are proving themselves Hard To Kill. Some say the fuse for this revival was lit when a series at Fenway proved that the Yankees are not Above The Law and Tek showed that he was Out For Justice following A-Rod's hesitancy over taking first base. The explosion certainly happened when Theo Epstein made an Executive Decision resulting in a defensive infield that could no longer be considered Half Past Dead. The Red Sox started to win consistently; Detroit was Marked For Death and swept in four while Boston continued on into the Belly of the Beast, going 8 and 1 against the dangerous teams of the west. Now the Red Sox take on Seattle and Tampa, hoping to leave Exit Wounds in their wake, before arriving in the Bronx to show their ancient rivals the Fire Down Below. The race for the AL East may well be decided in late September when the Yankees find themselves On Deadly Ground, facing the Red Sox for the last time this season at Fenway. At this point even the World Series is not Out of Reach and maybe, just maybe this Red Sox team will lead their fans Into the Sun.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week. Try the veal.