Cautious Optimism

I've been declaring the Red Sox dead for a while now... and I am not claiming they have pulled a Lazarus yet... but I must say that I am feeling good that they are not crumbling down the stretch to irrelevance like the 2001 and 2006 teams did.And they are showing some grit, responding to a Seattle comeback with a 3 run inning of their own and having Lackey grind out 8 innings... even though he