The good news: I went on a great podcast hosted by friends of the show! Clicky with Stealing Second was kind enough to invite me on to help create a Jud Fabian breakup playlist, and I dropped a little snippet of our conversation. Jud, look what you've done to us.

Their show's Twitter account is here; that'll give ya all the info you need to listen! Go ahead and do so; great program they've got: https://twitter.com/Stealing2ndPod

The bad news: The Boston Red Sox sorta suck right now!!!!!! I'm not happy, and neither are you (unless you're a Yankees fan or summin').

I'm not panicking, but I'm not pretending this is all sunshine and candy. I went on a bit of a ramble here, so thanks for your patience, but I think it's important to look at the big picture here with the Sox.

Nervous about the rest of the season? Optimistic? A bit of both? Tell me on Twitter, @FitzyMoPena.

Opening song is "Baseball" by Hippo Campus, closing song is "Emotions" by Mariah Carey. Those high notes, man. OOOOWEE.