Anybody been watching this series from Fenway Park?  Wow.

As a Blue Jays fan, I want to scream obscenities all day long, but as a baseball fan, I'm getting a heavy dose of fantastic baseball.

While both teams are struggling to get a simple hit for the past week, the pitching has been dominant:

Roy Halladay - 8.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K and 15 ground outs/5 fly outs.
Jon Lester - 8 IP, 1 H, 4 BB, 6 K and 15 ground outs/3 fly outs
Dustin McGowan - 7.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K and 10 ground outs/7 fly outs
Daisuke Matsuzaka - 7 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 K and 8 ground outs/9 fly outs

Halladay has four complete games this season, with 3 of those ending as a loss for "The Doc".

But what has been spectacular is the way the games have ended both times:

Tuesday, with David Ortiz on second base, Kevin Youkilis hits a sharp liner that fell for a hit in front of a running Vernon Wells in center field, but he bobbled the ball and couldn't make a play at home against a running Ortiz.  While there is no way to say how it would have ended, Wells said there was at least a play possible.  The game ended 1-0 and with a steaming Halladay.

I must also note the great catch by Dustin Pedroia on a deviated liner by Vernon Wells in the top of the ninth inning, with Scott Rolen on second after a two-out double.

Yesterday, the Red Sox threatened again in the bottom of the ninth and pinch-runner Jed Lowrie was caught at the plate (from second base) by a great throw by Vernon Wells and an equally great block of the plate by Rod Barajas, after Brandon Moss singled to center field..

Believe it or not, with a man on second again, the next batter lined at the exact same fielder (Wells) and another throw was made toward home with Manny Ramirez given the go-ahead to score.  The throw was strong and on target, but a fraction of second too late.

Vernon Wells now has two assists (and two errors), behind B.J. Upton of the Rays, who leads the majors with four assists from the outfield.

If you have the time, go watch these endings on MLB.TV, they are worth it.

After a week and a half of "being away from the game", that was all I needed to get pumped up again.