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“The season doesn’t wind down. It just comes to a crashing halt,” Boston manager Terry Francona. That quote wraps up the entire sports day as the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots were on the losing end of comebacks today.

In some ways, the game was as ugly as the pink accents all over everything (yeah, we know, good cause and blah blah blah and all, but in the words of MAD Magazine, bleccch). In other ways, it was one of those tight, efficient Patriots game that may not be aesthetically pleasing but get the job done. In any case, it's a win, a grinder of a 27-21 over the previously undefeated Ravens.

We're officially done agonizing over Monday's collapse and Tuesday's shutdown. The Sox handled the Royals exactly the way a playoff-bound squad should handle a team of no-hopers, riding the cold-weakened arm of Clay Buchholz and the efficient offense to a 10-3 series finale in K.C.

Sox beat Orioles, Bruins trade Kessel The Red Sox beat the Orioles again. That's 14-2 in 2009. Clay Buchholz pitched well enough to keep the Orioles AAAA lineup in check. He threw for six innings and allowed just one run. Jacoby Ellsbury, Casey Kotchman and Jason Bay (home run) each drove in one run. Bay left the game early with flu-like symptoms, and should be available today.

After 2008, it seems odd to say that a September double-header against the Rays seemed anti-climatic, but there you go. We said it. The Red Sox took two games from the fading Tampa Bay team in a fashion that could only be described as "inevitable." The wins brought the Sox' record against AL East teams to 42-21, the best in baseball against a team's home division.

Isn't there a certain buzz around the air around here four times a year? Whoever designed the sports calendar was a genius. Basketball and hockey start right at the time the baseball season is winding down. Baseball, aside from its soul-nourishing appearance in the dead of winter, starts just when we need it to. And then there's football. It may not be strictly necessary for it to start in September these days, now that pennant races don't always end in heartbreak, but it really seems like time for football.

It's been a tough few weeks (months) for the Red Sox. That's always a good time to see the Baltimore Orioles appear on the schedule.

Remy's back! Almost! The beloved Sox announcer and NESN made it official that he'll be back in the booth Friday night at Fenway when the Sox play the Yankees. He did a pop-in at Fenway last week after spending most of the season recovering from cancer surgery and subsequent depression, got shown all kinds of love by the fans, and now is ready to come back. Probably on a limited basis at first, so no need for Dennis Eckersley to go away just yet - it's the best of all worlds.

Victor Martinez sparks dramatic Sox comeback For five innings in Texas last night, the Boston Red Sox looked the way they've looked a lot lately. Jon Lester was good, though not great, as he allowed three runs in six innings. The offense checked out and extended their latest consecutive scoreless innings streak to 17 before David Ortiz blasted a two-run home run to tie the game at 2-2 in the sixth. Texas carried a 4-2 lead into the ninth inning and then crazy baseball goodness ensued and the Sox won a game they were barely aware of for 3.5 hours by unloading on Frank Francisco's inner John Smoltz for six runs on seven hits, five of which came with two outs.

He looked fine, and he said afterwards he felt fine. Tom Brady played almost the whole first half, threw two touchdowns, and kept his knee in one piece in the Patriots' preseason opener in Philadelphia.

Our friends at Gothamist are sounding like, well, Red Sox fans used to sound. The team is playing well. But, ... Been there. Surprisingly, Bostonist is not entirely pessimistic today. Yes, the Red Sox appear to be flatlining after five straight losses to their closest rivals, including back-to-back shutouts at the hands of the Yankees and their top two starters. No runs in 24 straight innings is a statistic one can't ignore. Oh, there's the matter of Kevin Youkilis being miscast as an outfielder.

The Red Sox have left Baltimore, but it's not out of the question that the bus took off while some Sox player was still rounding the bases. For a team in a on-the-field funk and off-the-field turmoil, a trip to Baltimore was just what the doctor ordered. And at the moment, nobody is questioning the offense, after an 18-10 slugfest finished off the weekend sweep.

Yahoo! Sports reports the Red Sox offered pitchers Clay Buchholz and Michael Bowden and outfielder Ryan Westmoreland to Toronto for Roy Halladay. According the the report, the Sox offered "at least" those three prospects. Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports said Daniel Bard and Casey Kelly are "off-limits" to trades. The Globe reported the Yahoo! report. According to ESPN's TV bottom ticker thingie - technical term - Peter Gammons says this deal is unlikely as the Sox want to keep Westmoreland.

Clay Buchholz told NESN that he's in a game where confidence is key. He's got it now and has to keep it to be successful in the MLB. Buchholz solidified his self-confidence and the organization's confidence in him on Friday by pitching 5.2 innings and giving up just one run on four hits as the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays, 4-1. And now, he goes back to Pawtucket. So watch out all you AAA punks.

It's been about three months since the All-Star game, right? And about 12 years since the Royals left Fenway. Time stretches out endlessly when there are no Red Sox games. Tonight, see how many Sox players you still remember when they face the Blue Jays to begin the second half of the season. Clay Buchholz will get the start and the opportunity to impress Terry Francona (another no-hitter might not be a bad idea) and force himself into the discussion of how the Sox will arrange their rotation the rest of the way.

Sometimes sports pages are filled with news fit for a police blotter. Bostonist discovered three athletes involved in controversies that involve the law.

When Red Sox Nation isn't busy obsessing over actual games, our fanatical allegiance leads us to consider potential trades that quite often are similar to Julio Lugo and Jeff Bailey for Albert Pujols. Hey, it does happen. With the MLB trade deadline looming at the end of July, those troublemakers reporters at the Globe are speculating about potential acquisitions that can help the Sox achieve world domination.

We're running out of ways to say this. The Bruins are beyond hobbling. Beyond struggling. They've lost 46 out of their last 45 games (to be fair, that's a rough estimate) and not one of their 35 shots made it past goalie Steve Mason as the B's fell 2-0 to the Blue Jackets in Columbus last night.

Last game before the All-Star break. Tough opponent on the road. Trailing by 15. Pack it in?

It’s the last Red Sox/Yankees series to be played at Yankee Stadium. Honestly, this act is getting as tired as it did when we were getting close to the millennium. But we understand why, there have been a few historic moments between the two teams there and when you’re five games out of the Wild Card spot, you need something to hold on to. After a nail bitter in Toronto, the Red Sox had yesterday off to recover and get ready for their series in the Bronx. Sox also recalled David Pauley from Pawtucket to work out of the bullpen, in case Tim Wakefield has a rough outing tonight.

Oh, Clay Buchholz.

Due to rain, Friday night’s game was postponed. For those of you who had tickets, you can use them on September 13th for a day/night double header. Paul Byrd will make his debut in a Red Sox uniform tonight and look for Josh Beckett to pitch on Sunday. Who knows if these extra days off will work in the favor of Clay Buchholz, he’s had one miserable outing after another and we won’t be seeing him until he throw against Baltimore on Wednesday. Game time is at 7:05 and Roy Halladay, the human pterodactyl according to Robby Roadsteamer, will be on the hill for the Blue Jays.

We've got one pitcher down, and one pitcher out. Not a great day for the Red Sox in Chicago yesterday.

We don’t know what’s going on. We don’t know why you keep losing. But feel free to stop whenever you feel like it. We’re not asking for you to throw a no hitter all of the time. But this whole losing thing you’ve got yourself into, it’s not working for us; especially when we’re three games behind the Devil Rays. Thanks for listening.

Was this team really in turmoil four days ago? (Yes.) Were we convinced that the swagger was gone for good? (Yeah, pretty much.) Did we think that losing a Hall of Fame slugger would come back to bite the Red Sox in the butt (We still kind of do, to be honest.)

Remember over the winter when everyone was losing their minds over the idea of the Red Sox trading Clay Buchholz to get Johan Santana. Can we turn back the hands of time knowing what we know now? Maybe the kid is putting too much pressure on himself to live up to the year, scratch that, a game he threw on September 1st. Granted, he’s not failing in Barry Zito proportions, but something isn’t right. Buchholz got tagged for 8 runs in 4 2/3 innings of work last night and the Red Sox lost to the Angles 11-3. And considering the time off in-between games, you can’t really blame this on the schedule.

"Night game, day game, get in at 5, night game, day game, day game, night game, extra innings, get in at 5." Beat poetry, or Jason Varitek describing the most recent stretch of the Red Sox' schedule?

It wasn't a very good night at all for Boston teams playing south of the Mason-Dixon line. Not a very good night at all.

We'll just say pitching was a factor in the Sox-Yankees game last night in New York. To be more specific, the Red Sox pitching - and complete breakdown thereof - allowed the Yanks to run amok, and while the Sox got plenty of offense, it wasn't enough, as the Sox got smacked 15-9.

You've heard by now about the Red Sox T-shirt buried under the new Yankee Stadium. In all the stories about this yesterday, you'd think at least one media outlet could have mentioned that the Sox' bats were buried somewhere as well.