Playing nine innings while wondering if Dustin Pedroia is angling for Dana LeVangie’s job …
1. To paraphrase the great philosopher Lawrence P. Berra, is it getting late early for the Red Sox? At 10-15 they basically have been a near-opposite of the juggernaut that they were from the get-go a season ago, when they didn’t lose their 15th game until May 18. They already had 30 wins at that point, then ripped off four in a row to get to 34-15. They’re basically going to need Alex Cora’s version of Morgan Magic, when the ’88 Sox won 12 in a row and 24 straight at home after Joe Morgan took over for John McNamara, to get anywhere near that record this year.