The Morning After: Even Sarah Silverman flinched

How do you start to recapture the frustration that was last night’s loss. Here’s the rundown of everything that was lost:

Sure, she’s funny and borderline cute, but is anyone truly comfortable with Sarah Silverman? Or a late lead in Baltimore after last night?

1) A furious rally that would have earned Dice-K a well-earned 14th win

2) Another strong start by one of the team’s aces

3) The sense of invulnerability that has been floating around the bullpen since the trade deadline

4) Another precious game of the dwindling AL East lead over the Yankees

Not only did the Sox lose the late lead, they did it in the most excruciating way possible. It was like watching a Sarah Silverman stand-up act. Sure, she’s cute and the whole tom-boy thing is kind of hipster sexy. But she’s telling queiff jokes for God’s sake. That’s kind of a turn off in any situations, don’t you think?

Here’s how the game would have broken down if it was a typical Silverman bit: the slow start would be like her off-beat one-liner about her gay Jewish friend who’s a cop, a bit funny but too slow and insider-based to get a good roar. Then the big seventh inning comeback was like the sex joke sequence, where she eventually kills with a self-deprecating bit about how she slept her way to the top. But then it would all go downhill fast, with Sarah delving into post-sex flatulence and closing with a line about whether farting is more uncomfortable in a synagogue or a mosque.

Just follow the whole bit. It’ll get to you eventually. Just wait.

Well, maybe it wasn’t really like that, but it was just as painfully awkward, with Eric Gagne taking the brunt of the blame. And it all happened on a night in which the O’s “Took Back the Yard.” Somehow, they took back some respect, and that’s the last thing Boston needed heading into two more days of a virtual must-win series.

– Cameron Smith