Having spent the weekend with a close childhood friend of Colton Cowser, noted Sox killer, I felt primed for the match-up of the Red Sox and Orioles. Cowser, by the way, truly seems to be a wonderful, down-to-earth guy except for his nasty habit of Making The Red Sox Pay, so I met this series with a certain amount of trepidation.
Not a surprise, since while the O’s have recently dropped out of first place in the AL East, they entered play today seven games ahead of the Sox—and how can we forget that horrible sweep at the beginning of the season?