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Was last night's 7-6 defeat of the Yankees by the Red Sox the best game I have ever seen? No, as my only trip to Fenway was when I was ten and I saw the Yankees lose something like 10-9 live from the bleachers. And there was that gutting of the former Highlanders by the Bostonians in 2004. But this one was up there.

First, the starting pitching was fairly string not the greatest. Andy Pettitte was better than Schilling, who was not as bad as his awful first outing but no where near his last two starts. Rivera sucked and Okajima, the pitcher many think is in the bullpen to give Dice-K someone to talk to, came out and was as effective a closer as I have ever seen. A-Rod started to walk towards first at one point during his final at bat, failing to notice that he had just been eviscerated by a wicked good curve that dropped exactly where and when it needed to drop.

And the offense was all upside-down, too. Ortiz stretched a single into a double. Variteck homered. Manny was quiet but worked in a walk after being 0-2 in the count when we needed it. And Coco came back to life last night. Out-playing his counterpart and shadow Johnny "hugs money" Damon [Ed.: pittui!] he beat out a ugly throw from A-Rod in his third at bat and in his last, ripped one into the corner just skimming past first base to tie the game. The Boston Herald called him an "offensive stud".

We are off to Yankee land today with a trip to the zoo and maybe supper out at Sackets Harbor. Day tripping with today's 4 pm start on the radio.