What’s Going on with Boston?
This is what many Redsox fans are thinking right now. What is going on? The Boston Redsox, expected to be the Wild Card team of the American League, are 2-4? Their batting average is .240? What? Clearly, surprised, possibly flabbergasted is a word to describe the way us fans are feeling. Still though, we are only six games into the season, and we’ve faced two of the best teams in the league, in the Angels and Rays. If we combine this year’s win-loss record with the postseason last year? The Sox are 8-9, something that is very respectable considering that the Rays and Angels are such great teams. Also, how long do you think Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Jason Bay, Mike Lowell and Jacoby Ellsbury will be under .225 batting averages? Exactly. The Sox’ hitters have gotten off to a slow start, because they have faced top-notch pitching. The only thing that concerns me thus far is the pitching, with exception to Josh Beckett. Every bullpen pitcher who was expected to be a stud (Okajima, Papelbon, Saito) have given up home runs. Why? Because the team has gotten off to a slow start. Don’t worry about this 2-4 record junk! THE SOX HAVE ONLY PLAYED 6 GAME PEOPLE! There are 156 games left in the season, and every single aspect of Redsox baseball will improve within the next 6 days. All the Sox need is a little bit of time, whether it be one game or 5, to get their game to the high level at which it can be. If it takes 1-2 more losses, you need to understand that we’re talking about a 2-6 record. Teams go through ups and downs all season long, the Sox just started off on a down. What does this mean? They’ll end on an up, which would have been appreciated last season. The Yankees are down too, and neither the Sox or the Yankees will be losing teams this year. Their pitching will be better and more consistent (just look at last season’s numbers), the hitting will improve as the players’ health does (Ortiz, Lowrie, Lowell) and after that, the locker room will be looser, and we’ll be rooting for a bunch of idiots again. Successful idiots, if I may.
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