OK..so maybe it's really over....

Tonight's Red Sox lineup:

C. Crisp CF
A. Cora SS
M. Loretta DH
K. Youkilis LF
E. Hinske RF
M. Lowell 3B
J. Lopez C
C. Pena 1B
D. Pedroia 2B

Pena and Lopez and not major league caliber players at this point in their careers. And Loretta is DHing? Crisp has been a disaster aside from ONE SINGLE CATCH. Cora has had a very good season, but shouldn't be out there two days in a row. And Lowell has certainly disappeared in the second half. Wow. This is not good. I have to eat my "the RS are NOT dead" words from about a week ago. They are dead. Man, this stinks. Three years in the playoffs and a dream season two years back is enough for the baseball gods to give New England.

Now if Agassi can just finish off a third set for the first round win the night will not be a total sports writeoff......