If Sean McAdam was any more of a hack, he'd be wearing a Jason mask. The sub-header to his article today is "The Red Sox pitching is suspect". Yes, so suspect that Bronson Arroyo fired a 3-hitter today to improve to 4-0, and Keith Foulke has pitched two straight perfect innings, and hasn't blown a save in over a week. Overreact much? Yes, Wells had a fluke injury, and Schilling came back too soon, but management knew the risks. We have some guy named Wade Miller coming back Sunday, and while the old guys are out, the Sox can turn to veterans like John Halama and Jeremi Gonzalez, rather than rookies like the Yanks have been doing. The Sox will be just fine.
In addition, I find it hard to take the Orioles seriously. On May5 last year, the Orioles were 13-12. This year they are 18-9, which is a 3 game improvement in the loss column. They have added Bruce Chen to their rotation. Bruce Chen is a decent pitcher, but am I really supposed to believe that Chen, and some improvement on Erik Bedard's part, are the difference between the middling 78 win team they had last year and a division championship in 2005? Why don't I just start believing in unicorns or talking rabbits? No thanks. Adding Sosa was nice, but the fact is that this IS your 2004 Orioles, playing in 2005. They will fall back to the pack eventually.
Unfortunately, writers don't get paid these days to write headlines like "The Sox will be just fine" or "It's only May, calm down!". At least Sean McAdam isn't.
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