Apparently the Sox just don’t have the Aaron Small mojo. Last season the MFY picked up a bum who was DFAed by the Marlins and ended up going a mere 10-0. So, despite my statement that the Sox were dead, I was still hoping that Tavarez/Jenkins/Gabbard/Snyder might be able to put together some ridiculous 10-0 run to end the season. Guess not.

The big story from last night was Anibal Sanchez throwing the first no-no in 2.5 years. Yes, that’s former Sox pitching prospect Anibal Sanchez who was thrown into the Beckett/Lowell for Hanley Ramírez trade. Naturally, with the state of our pitching staff a lot of Sox fans seem to be pretty upset about this. I think you need to look at it from the opposite point of view. You always need to trade the prospect for the star. So many highly touted prospects fizzle out so quickly they barely get their names on a jersey.

So neither Sanchez nor Ramírez look to be fizzling right now, but that’s also not terrible. A really good trade works out well for both parties. Otherwise you have a Billy Beane situation, and nobody would want to talk to Theo about any possible trades.

So I say, great job Anibal. But next time you throw a no-no, you may want more than 6,000 people in the stands.