Didn't Back Into the Playoffs this Year; Now Let's Win at Least 1 ALDS Game, Okay?

Mookie Betts Does It All As Sox Win 5-4

Mookie Betts: Throws out two runners at 3rd base. Hits the game-tying, bases-loaded double; scores the winning run from second base on an infield single. Most important .263 hitter in the majors.

NFL Week #2 Picks

Houston vs. Cin.: Houston

Buffalo vs. Carolina: Buffalo

Cleveland vs. Baltimore: Ravens

Arizona vs. Indy: Arizona

Tenn. vs. Jax: Jaguars

Philly vs. KC: Chiefs

NE vs. NO: Patriots

Minn. vs. Pitt.: Steelers

Chi vs. TB: Bucs

Miami vs. LAC: Dolphins

NY Jets vs. Oakland: OAK

Dallas vs. Denver: Denver by a nose

Wash. vs. LA: LA

SF vs. Seattle: Seahawks

GB vs. Atlanta: Packers

Detroit vs. NYG: Lions

Thoughts? Opinions?

Those Aren't Beers Next to Him

Typical Pomeranz expression, this time after he left the game, pitching 6 innings of 1-run ball. He looks like that after a win or a loss, and possibly while at home in the winter. This is such a constant expression for him that The Eck said so on the air about a month ago. Anyway, Sox win 6-2 and lower their magic number to 14.

My Football Picks So Far

Photo: Russell Wilson throwing against the Packers, from nfl.com.

6-3 so far with my football picks, including the Patriots loss that I felt was coming, but refused to admit to myself. Today, the surprise of the day for me was the Jaguars, who beat the Texans by 22. (I should've considered the Harvey factor there; dumb on my part.) But I still wouldn't have picked them by 22. The last one I swung and missed on was Cardinals/Lions, which I thought would be a toss-up, but that Detroit won by 12. And though I was right about the Browns losing, Cleveland actually super-impressed, losing just by 3.

And the best tackle of the weekend still is the Friday night play by the security guard at Fenway who obliterated a drunken fan before both his feet touched the outfield grass. I'm watching the players jog into the dugout when suddenly I see a guard running full-tilt into a fan just barely touching the right field dirt with one of his toes. The guard was a blur and the fan didn't know what hit him.

UPDATE: Finished 10-5 for the week. I'll do better.