You know, I like baseball–I really do–but I still found it odd last night when I had a dream about the Red Sox and their current struggles.

In my dream, I was listening to a call-in radio show.  It essentially was Car Talk, but the guys doing the show were Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy–the TV announcers for the Red Sox.  When I called in, I pointed out to them that New York had left in their schedule four home games against a pretty tough team (Toronto) and then six away games against easy teams (Tampa Bay and Baltimore).  The Red Sox, by contrast, have three away games against an easy team (Tampa Bay, which has done them in before), followed by six home games against two tougher clubs (Oakland and Minnesota).  This was news to Don and RemDawg (I guess they had not bothered to look at the upcoming schedule).  On balance, I told them, the Yankees–who are playing much better baseball right now–have an easier set of games remaining.  Accordingly, I predicted that the Yankees would overtake the Red Sox and win the division. 

I did not stop there, however.  I also predicted that the Red Sox would lose in the first round of the playoffs and that the Yankees would win the World Series.  Don and RemDawg were very sorry to hear this; we said good-bye, and I hung up.

On this occasion, I am hoping dreams do not come true.