It looks like that might be my "record" today. 0-5. The Dodgers already lost and the Yankees won, which puts me at 0-2. The Red Sox are getting shut out 4-0 in the 6th inning (there's a rain delay), and to make matters worse, the team beating them is the Padres (who are battling the Dodgers for NL West supremacy). Barring a Red Sox comeback, that will put my record at 0-4 (LA and Boston lose, NYY and SD win). But wait, there's more! The Giants are tied 3-3 in the ninth against Tampa Bay, and a win for San Francisco would put them just a half-game behind the Dodgers. And it'd put my record for today at 0-5.
Sometimes loyalty hurts.
Matthew Namee cofounded The Hardball Times in 2004, when he was working as the assistant to baseball author and Red Sox executive Bill James. Matthew still lives in Kansas, where he is currently pursuing a law degree. He can be reached at mfnamee [at] gmail [dot] com.
