So, I have been a little lax over the past few days – between being busy, getting bumped off my NECN slot on Thursday (I’ll be back on Monday) and then taking a weekend in Maine where I actually got a chance to breathe and relax, I have neglected the Yankee 2.0 faithful. But I have been thinking about you.

So, a few things. First, an overdue thank you to the people who helped with and took part in our chat around Obama-McCain 3: “The Wrath of Bob”. Steve Safran joined me to co-moderate a debate discussion and livestream from Hofstra that was both fun to do and really interesting. After a couple of little issues with integrating Mogulus and CoverItLive, we just kept them separate, and people were able to watch a kick-ass livestream and comment, take polls, and all that on NECN.com. In short, both platforms did what they were supposed to do – video and chat – wonderfully, and the audience (a few hundred who came into the chat), were well-behaved, thoughtful and at times more interesting than the debate itself.

We may try the same for the Mass. Senate debate Monday night and the N.H. Senate debate on Tuesday night.

I do have to note that we are wicked busy with webstreams this week. We’ll livestream the Kerry-Beatty debate on Monday at 8pm, the Shaheen-Sununu debate on Tuesday at 8pm, and then the NH 1st and 2nd district debates which we recorded with NH Public TV will air simultaneously on NECN and NECN.com on Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm.

Next – let’s talk Sox. You went to bed, didn’t you? That’s OK. You didn’t miss much. And it was funny. I commented before the game that I felt like I did in 2004. I didn’t feel in my head that the Sox could turn it around, but in my heart, I just couldn’t quite not watch. So I stayed up. I said I’d watch the bottom of the 6th, and that ended so fast, I decided to stay up for the 7th.

From then, of course, it was all in.

And Saturday’s game was interesting, because Beckett didn’t pitch great, but there was a different feeling. He didn’t make the *big* mistakes. And every time the Rays scored, the Sox answered, which was a very different feel from Game 2. The team that successfully comes from behind has the momentum in these situations, and gains the confidence. In game 2 – the Sox took leads, and the Rays came back. Last night, the Rays took the leads, and the Sox came back.

If Jon Lester shows up tonight – and the Sox don’t have to press like they did in games 3, 4 and even game 5 (when they went down early), we’ll be back in Boston for some cold weather baseball. My prediction: If the Sox are within a run after 4 innings, they will win this game.

There’s more I should discuss, but I think that’s the next post.