Well this is an inauspicious start to the new year of baseball. Three losses, and in addition to being officially eliminiated from the playoffs on Saturday, we’re now in 3rd place in the AL East. It’s just how I imagined this season playing out.

So, rather than dwell on the bad, I’m going to look at the good. Not because I’m an optimist, but because a man could go insane looking at all the bad that’s been happening recently to the Sox.

Remember about a week ago, I posted some goals for the end of the season? I kinda figured you’d forget so here they are:

• Papi to break Jimmy Foxx’s HR record (Check)
• The MFY to screw up badly enough that they can’t set up their pitching staff for a 5 game series (it’s kind of a stretch, I know)
• The Sox to not fall into 3rd place in the AL East
• The White Sox to not make the playoffs (Check)

Well, two outta four aint bad, and the Sox could make it three. Plus, with the recent story that the Big Eunuch is going to miss his next start, there’s a chance we could sidestep our way into all four. It’s possible, right?