Lucy Starr rips TBS a new one:

... God, I hate national announcers who are not Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy. Why the hell do they have to keep talking about how much the Sox miss Manny? They're not losing this game because Manny isn't here. They're losing this game because the Tampa pitchers were pretty good tonight and Lester and Byrd weren't. End of it. ...

Our Boy Dan admits:

... Two days ago, the Sox looked like a lock for the World Series (some nitwit actually wrote that). ...