BOSTON -- Stop us if you have heard this one: A Boston Red Sox starting pitcher throws a stinker in early April, gets booed off the mound at Fenway Park, then scoffs at the suggestion that 10 days into the season isn't too soon for wary fans to fret over another slow start.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Yes, Clay Buchholz was correct late Tuesday night to note that there are 155 games left to be played. And history is filled with teams -- the 2009 Red Sox, to name one -- that have overcome worse seven-game records than 3-4 to make the playoffs.