"Holliday inexplicably wandering off 1st base..."

YER OUT!

You think the ball's going forward, and you NEED to go forward, and if the ball comes up the way it did, you're toast.

But in Denver, a 6-1 lead is only safe if the game has ended.

Last night was not a good one from this respect (LOB) for the sox, and they were fortunate to pull it out. In fact, I had to take an extra drink to make it happen.  Anyway, I have to say that something has to be done about Julio Lugo from both a pure hitting point of view and from a baseball judgement point of view. I have never seen a guy so "out-of-touch" with good baseball actions and judgements on a championship team in my life, nevermind his haphazard (at best) hitting abilites.  It is almost embarassing.

No matter what happens in this series, I sure hope there is another destination for Lugo next year!

I think he has a bright future, given how his pitches looked for the most part, but he did not have a good start tonight, some of that is on him, and some of that is a credit to our lineup.

I'll give you a little heads-up here, I guess, but I figure before FA starts I might write a couple posts from an I/O or employment psychology vantage point. Bottom line is, for most people, working conditions, success, and job satisfaction/performance all rank above money in importance, assuming the difference in money is not significant.