Late Links: Losing Streaks, Misleading Stats

Plenty of sports page conversation about misleading pitching stats and, naturally, Boston's current four-game losing streak. Here's how the best of it broke down ...

- Sox Trip On Okajima's Slip, Gordon Edes, Boston Globe: When he does cover games these days, Gordo is still the best in the Red Sox business. Naturally, this is no exception.

- Okajima Has Been Blowing His Inheritance, Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe: Chalk Cafardo up as one of the first names to officially delve into Okie's struggles with runners on base. The way things are going, we're sure he won't be the last.

- The Numbers Game, Michael Silverman, Boston Herald: Speaking of numbers, here's Silverman's take on Daisuke Matsuzaka's strange yet auspicious beginning. Interesting that the Herald would go full bore on Dice-K's "schizo" performances on the same day that the Globe goes for Okajima's disparity, isn't it?

- Colon Not Ready Yet, Michael Silverman, Boston Herald: With the Sox taking the day off, Silverman jumps into the impending controversy over Boston's fifth starter. He doesn't seem to take a side, but he does make it clear that there's absolutely no way that Colon will start in that slot next week. Interesting that he doesn't think Masterson fits the bill either, though.

- Youkilis Powering Red Sox' Lineup, Inside Edge, ESPN: It's Insider content, which naturally is one of the more pointless and annoying inventions on the internet, since countless amounts of data shows that premium content doesn't really work. Nonetheless, Inside Edge provides an interesting breakdown of Boston's early season offense, and the impressive role that Kevin Youkilis is playing in it. Of course, you knew that already, didn't you.

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