Apparently sometime after turning on the tube last night to watch the game, I took a travel to Bazaaro world. As the game continued, a stream of opposites started to occur.

Someone must have given some Kryptonite to Red Sox superman, Josh Beckett. He had good speed on the ball but couldn't find the strike zone. Meanwhile Cleveland's Paul Byrd, who entered the game with a 9.12 ERA, may have pitched his best game ever - allowing only one walk.

The league's top defense (now third), misplayed balls and shortstop Alex Cora made two errors. The Red Sox bullpen looked, well, like Cleveland's. Every reliever gave up at least one run except for Keith Foulke. He, by the way, pitched a stellar eighth (one batter in the seventh).

I couldn't believe my eyes! It's one thing to have the pitcher fall apart; I can accept that. It's entirely different watching the whole team fall apart.

I'm unimpressed with Seanez and Tavarez. The organization better be thinking of ways to ramp up the bullpen. Help may eventually be on the way as Craig Hansen was promoted to Pawtucket from the Sea Dogs, where he posted a 1-0 record with 12Ks and a 0.82 ERA in 11 innings of work.

Today the Sox head down to Tampa Bay for the weekend series. Former Red Sox pitcher, Casey Fossum will be on the mound for the Devil Rays. Normally I would be welcoming the matchup

. But last time he pitched against the Sox, I was impressed. Fossum doesn't have overpowering stuff, but the lefty put Tampa Bay in position to win. The Devil Rays bullpen couldn't hold on to the lead.

Matt Clement was on the mound for the Sox that night as he is tonight. In fact, this will be his first start at Tropicana since Carl Crawford's line drive richocheted off his noggin last year. As it is, Clement is having a roller coaster of a season thus far. Add the setting and memories may fog his ability. I truly hope he's able to put it behind him.

Read ESPN.com's game preview.

Tampa Bay offense is nothing to sneeze at. They have had some good performances. Luckily Aubrey Huff, Rocco Baldelli and Jorge Cantu will be unavailable. However it is the little known Johnny Gomes and Ty Wigginton who gave the Sox fits in the last series.

Since we are discussing Tampa Bay, I'll comment on the Delmon Young situation.

Delmon Young, a very promising player, has all the tools to be one of the better players in the league - accept for one - a cool head.

When he did not like a strike three call, he lost his cool and threw his bat at an umpire. Now according to the St. Petersburg Times, Young is out of baseball indefinitely. It looks as though he could lose a month of pay for the actions. This seems a reasonable punishment.

Luckily the umpire did not get injured but regardless the action was uncalled for. To his credit, Young quickly apologized to the fans, players and of course the umpire. What else could he do?

What I found most interesting is the fact that after realizing what he had done he did not rush over to assist the ump.

Young is, well, young. the 20-year-old has not reached a maturity level that is needed in Major League competition. He's talented no doubt.

But I can't help putting the blame on Tampa Bay, just a little bit.

Professional sports teams need to have personnel to help these prospects develop mentally as well as physically. We'll see how this affects Young's career. As they say: it takes 10 seconds to develop a reputation, 10 years to get rid of it.

So by the time Young is 30, we'll now how it turned out.

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