Well that royally sucked. Around the 5th inning last night I started to realize that the current Sox pitching staff has a very close resemblance to the Corleone family and friends (pre-deaths). In my mind it goes something like this:

• Curt Schilling/Vito Coreleone – Curt is basically the Don of the staff. He takes in the young ones, he’s the Ace. And I’m pretty sure I once saw him with an orange rind in his teeth.

• Tim Wakefield/Tom Hagen – Timmy always takes care of the dirty work whether people want to admit it or not. He’s been around forever and you can always count on him to put in a good effort. He’s not going to be able to brush somebody off the plate or bean them when necessary (horse head anyone?), but he’s worked to make something out of nothing.
• Josh Beckett/Michael Corleone – Josh has just come back from the trenches (otherwise known as the Florida Marlins) to join the family. He’s got the potential to take over the family when Curt retires, but until then he’s almost like a second ace. Oh, and don’t fuck with his family or he will try and take your head off.
• David Wells/Sonny Corleone – Much like Sonny couldn’t keep his zipper shut, Boomer can’t keep his mouth shut. Nuf’ said.

Which leaves us with the last member of the family, Matt Clement/Fredo Corelone. Much like Fredo, Clement isn’t much to look at. And every time you give him something easy to do, he fucks it up. Let’s take a look at last night. Manny gives him a 2-0 lead, he blows it by giving up 4 in the next frame (all with 2 outs). Youk ties it a 4, and Manny gives him a one run lead, Fredo gives up another 4 runs. If you want it in statistical values, batters this year are .439/.538/.683 with RISP. We can’t get rid of him cause he makes too much money (or in the Godfather analogy, is a member of the family), but I don’t think there would be a Red Sox fan who wouldn’t like to banish him to Las Vegas right now.

Now onto the Devil Rays, who can hopefully heal our wounds.