Chicago at Boston

I've been one to beat up on Boston of late as they have folded like a cheap suit after New York ripped their heart out in that 5-0 series. But, they've shown a little life of late and the further that NY series gets, the more Boston will recover. It's been long enough. Boston has won 3 of their last five including wins against Roy Halladay, Ted Lilly and Jon Garland. That's pretty good (even though they didn't deserve the Halladay win). Boston is now 3-1 this season vs. Chicago. Things are all of a sudden going Boston's way and the opposite is true for Chicago. They have lost four of five games including losses vs. a loss to Tampa Bay and two losses to Kansas City! The White Sox are just 14-22 vs. winning teams in the second half of the season. They start Javier Vazquez who is 1-4 vs. Boston and 9-21 on the road as a favorite of -100 to -150. While Chicago "should" win this, I feel Boston has the psychological edge and momentum and given that they are 42-26 at home this season, I'll take them as an underdog.