Surviving Grady pretty much sums up my feelings about the Sox:
Wanna know the strangest thing about today?
It’s not that the goddam Tampa Bay Devil Rays are about to play in the World Series, giving their legion of faux fans at least a few more hours to learn all the players’ names before first pitch.
It’s that just little more than 48 hours ago, the Boston Red Sox lost game seven of the ALCS, and I feel perfectly fine.