Yep, they are a sorry lot, those Red Sox fans. Sadly I am in a bind because:

1. My local cricket team back in Darkest Somerset have named their Twenty20 squad the Red Sox. Silly name for a cricket team, but it worked, because the lads made it to the semi-finals of the national club Twenty20 tournament. The Sox, bless them, mentioned this on their web site, so I’m honor bound to be nice to them.

2. I’m flying to Boston on business on Sunday and I want to get out alive.