Stand or fall: For Schilling, the latter
So, we have two choices here: Johnny Damon was right that Curt Schilling as closer is a bad idea, or Schilling came back too soon from his ankle injury. As "bush league" Alex Rodriguez drilled one of his limp split-finger fastballs for a game-winning home run last night, I couldn't help but noticing Schill's splitter wasn't doing much splitting and his velocity was way down.
And it was hard not to notice that the Yanks -- dreadful for three months -- sense opportunity. They could be leading the AL East by the end of the weekend.
In any event, Schill and the Sox fans still have October '04 to warm their hearts. And I had a Fixx concert at Greene Street to put the ugly Fenway finish out of my mind. Anyone catch my subtle Fixx song-title reference in the headline? No? Figures. It was a great show but not a great turnout.