" I'm ready Sparage how pleased were joined by foxsports.com. Senior baseball writer Ken Rosenthal. As we preview the great matchup you can see on the MLB on fox this weekend and guess he'll be in Boston for the Yankees and Red Sox who won and need this series more."

" Randy there's no question that the Red Sox need this series more if they are intent on getting back into the division race. And even if that doesn't happen and the Yankees do have one of the largest lead of any team right now. Well the Red Sox have to worry about the wild card the competition from Tampa Bay and Texas. They need to get wins any way they can but as for the division is concerned. If the Red Sox get swept this weekend they could be buried."

" It's over you out -- the Cubs to economic Dodgers and ball teams have been struggling. Which of these clubs will snap out of their funk first you'd like."

" Great question Randy and I'm not sure the answer is either. These two teams are both faltering in different ways. The Cubs have had issues all season long injuries Carlos Zambrano of their nine million dollar -- admitting he's lazy. Milton Bradley never really getting going and of course just this week they change closers. For them to it finally get back into the picture from -- perspective or even in the NL central they simply need to play to their capabilities. It's not something that they've done all season long. The Dodgers slide of course is more reason and it's related somewhat to their pitching issues. They have rotation problems as we know just had to sign Vicente Padilla or just really death. You don't know when Kuroda is coming back they do have Billingsley curse Jon Wolfe and those guys have been very good for the most part. But their bullpen is worn down a bit and overall they are just not the same team that they were earlier in the season. Really I added GM tell me a couple of weeks ago that he thought the Rockies would pass the Dodgers. At the time that notion seemed preposterous. Not anymore. That's a definite possibility Kenny thanks so much for being let's be sure to catch MLB on fox on Saturday beginning at 4 PM eastern time for Ken Rosenthal. -- Thanks look at again."