Tonight's the Night, Wake

I feel pretty bad for Wakefield right now.  He's a resilient guy so I know he'll be able to eventually get to win #200, but this has got to be a painful stretch of time for him.  There's nothing like coming so close to something and then having it fall through time and time again (Right, LeBron?)  

Wake's been stuck on 199 for a little while now.  It's a tough job for pitchers because their success relies not only on their personal performance, but the performance of their teammates too.  Pitchers need run support.  You can pitch a no-hitter, but if your team has put up a goose egg on the scoreboard, you're not going to get that W.  But I think tonight is the night for Wake.  The Sox offense has been on a tear.  He'll get the run support.  The Sox are playing Oakland who just gave up 22 runs to the Yankees yesterday.  They're vulnerable, to say the least.  

So everybody tune in to the game tonight!  You may see one of the all-time best Red Sox pitchers reach an impressive milestone.