Monday blues

I looked like a genius when my pitch-and-ditch strategy proved successful, and I got wins from both Darrell Rasner and Andrew Miller (a guy who had screwed me in the recent past) yesterday.

Then, a fluke win from Brad Lidge put me over the line, even after Brad Hawpe stranded 5 runners... including a no-out, bases loaded situation against Derek Lowe in the first inning.

Still, all was looking good for me, and I was actually winning going into the early afternoon. Except that Jon Lester had to pitch one of the best games of his career. Reyes notched another SB. Felipe Lopez knocked in a late RBI. Santiago Casilla had to match Lidge's fluke win.

If Casilla doesn't get a fluke win. If Lopez goes 0-4, rather than hitting a late single with an RBI. If Reyes doesn't eek out that last SB late in the game. If Lester doesn't get that last strikeout. If Hawpe hit a SF in the first inning with the bases loaded and no outs, or Soto had an RBI in last night's game...

If those things happened, my 2-4-4 loss would have been a 6-4 victory.

I'm tired of living on IFs this season, so far.