Three Down, 98-Plus to Go

Another game, another loss for Mickey Mouse and Company. On Easter Sunday, it was 3-2, the third straight one-run loss to the Tigers, but who’s counting? I guess I am. Including spring training, the Sox record now stands at 9-23, or 0-3 for the games that count. In his postgame squeak-conference with reporters, Mouse called the losses “heartbreakers.” As ever, not really. Detroit simply played down to the opposition. Atlanta comes to town next, and they’re too disciplined to let up against a bad team, which any team managed by the likes of Mickey Mouse is by definition. Did I mention Eloy Jimenez got his first injury of the season out of the way? Yup, running out one of the interminable groundballs he hits, this one in the bottom of the sixth. Left abductor, tests to follow. No need to bother. Can’t field, can’t stay healthy, shouldn’t be playing even for a team this bad.