My team is sick

I'm not talking about racking up wins at a sickening pace (even though they are). Or that they had a rare loss tonight (which they did). No, they're practically puking on their cleats.

Captain Jason Varitek has missed several games with the flu (we've been playing with one catcher and Dustin Pedroia's the emergency backup). And tonight Daisuke Matsuzaka was too sick to pitch. Also hit with the flu bug were Manny Delcarmen and Bartolo Colon, who's not even on the team.

I can't remember a team getting sick like this. But they've still played well so they are going to be unbeatable once their sniffles go away.

The 9th inning of the Phillies game made Christine sick tonight. No excuse for stranding the potential tying run at third with only one out.

Holy Diver: After Pat Burrell homered to give the Phillies a 4-3 lead, his old intro music (Dio's Holy Diver) came on the TV radio station. We thought it was a good sign; it obviously wasn't.