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"You never know how you're playing until you know who're you're playing" -- Earl Weaver

Throughout modern baseball history, there has been no better cure for a team in a hitting drought than a few days spent with the Texas Rangers' pitching staff. Throughout all of baseball history, total domination of the really awful teams on the schedule has been a mandatory feature of post-season qualification. See, the Red Sox v. Baltimore Orioles, 2009. That "rivalry" is the only reason the Sox made the playoffs.

Baseball changes slowly when and if it changes at all. In 2010, Baltimore still stinks, and the Sox still play them 18 times.

There you have it class. Those are the reasons why a Boston club that was mired in a dreadful run of losing baseball as recently as last Monday has now won four of five games without having improved its level of play one iota.

Boston remains a team with problems, obvious problems. As the Orioles remind us, however, the Sox will play a great many games against clubs that are nothing but obvious problems.

posted by Michael Gee @ 7:22 AM