Tony Graffanino did his best Bill Buckner impersonation tonight.

With one out in the bottom of the fifth, Chicago had Joe Crede at first. The Red Sox led 4-2 although the White Sox already scored both their runs in the inning. Juan Uribe hit a soft grounder to second that Graffanino overthought from a potential double play ball into a complete miss. He picked up his glove too quickly and the ball scooted right under. One batter later second baseman Tadahito Iguchi hit a 1-1 pitch over the wall in left, and that was the difference in the ballgame.

Now, the Red Sox season rests on the mercurial arm of Tim Wakefield. Wakefield's last three starts consisted of no decision with 8.2 innings pitched and 4 earned runs in an eventual 7-4 loss to Tampa Bay, a 7-inning win with three hits and one unearned run in a 3-1 win against Toronto, and an 8-4 loss to the Yankees with only five innings pitched, seven earned runs, and three home runs, which eliminated Boston from the division title hunt. So which Wakefield will show up Friday?

Should the Red Sox get swept, they would be just the sixth World Series champion to get swept in their next postseason series. Here are the previous teams that have achieved this dubious distinction (Note the 1990 A's got swept by Cincinnati in the World Series but did win the ALCS first):

Here's to the Red Sox as I lustily cheer them on to utter defeat in pursuit of making this list.