Heading into Tuesday night’s game against the hated Twins, the Sox were standing at 5-6, so close to their old friend, .500. If they won, they’d be 6-6, with a divisional series win already in hand — not bad considering the injuries and some particularly pathetic starting pitching. You could start to see the season turn around.
Or, they could fall to 5-7, still hoping to scrape a series win in the division and not lose yet another set. We’d already be looking up at the division, with some pathetic starting pitching, slapstick defense, some big LOB numbers, and of course the mounting and predictable injuries.