It’s true that the past few Yankees/Red Sox games have dragged out into the open my somewhat divided loyalties - I live in New York and like the Yankees as most people here do, but at heart I’m a Red Sox girl, born and bred. My brother and I watched too many games at Fenway in our younger days for me to not be excited at the way tonight’s game is playing out so far. As of now, it’s 4-2 Red Sox in the 8th. I won’t say anything to tempt fate, however. (Update: Well, my grandfather would say you can’t have all dog pups, but it was still quite a game.)

It has, of course, been weird seeing Roger Clemens on that Other Team these past few years. And he’s said he’ll retire this year, so it may be that we’ve seen his last innings tonight, but even as a Red Sox fan I’m not terribly sad to see him go. He’s always been kind of an asshole, even if he is quite a pitcher.