The great thing about the baseball regular season is that its length makes most games - be it an inspiring victory or a crushing defeat - just another day because in baseball there is almost always another game tomorrow.
That line of thinking will benefit the Red Sox who will not finish 162-0 (but still have a fighting chance to make the playoffs) after yesterday's disappointing 9-5 loss in Texas to the Rangers. Watching Jon Lester and Daniel Bard pitch poorly and seeing Carl Crawford submit a disappointing 0-for-4 (with three strikeouts) was no fun but the beauty of the game is that the Red Sox will take the field again tonight with John Lackey on the mound.
Lackey was the Red Sox major free agent signing before the 2010 season - five years and $82.5 million dollars - and while he was not terrible in his first year in Boston, most people were hoping for better than a 14-11 record and a 4.40 ERA. He gets the opportunity to start 2011 strong against a solid Rangers club that he has struggled with (11-12, 5.74 ERA) during his career.
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