10:49 On we march.  This game is, in fact, long, and we haven’t even started playing with bullpens yet…Ortiz is doing his part by making out FAST!
10:52 JBay strikes out ooking on a pitch you couldn’t argue if you tried.  Two down. Again.
10:53 Lowell pops out to catcher.  Could the Sox offense be more asleep?

10:04 JBay makes hit.  Bananas Foster have not yet manifested.  The Sports Chick is getting deeply displeased.
10:06 Ask, and you shall receive, TBS. Double play, as ordered.
10:07 Halfway through.  Can you even call it a pitchers’ duel? Meh. You call it a meh.

Well, the All-Star break is over–long over, if you’re a team like the Red Sox, whose momentum has suddenly shifted.  Races are heating up almost universally, and it’s time to start talking playoffs. There is, after all, only one October.