The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

[ORS]

Post what you take away in any category after each game. If you would, please also post the date, opponent, and final score of the game, like so....

 

5/5, Anaheim, 11-0 (L)

 

The Good: Slim pickings for a silver lining here. Rich Hill looked good. And, if the offense is going to struggle, at least they did it during a game where the starting pitcher got nuked, so they didn't waste a good pitching performance.

 

The Bad: 4th time they've been shutout in 31 games. With the smoke and mirrors squad they had last year because of all the injuries, they got shutout 4 times all season, and we are treading into the part of the season where if it continues, it's not just a bad start. To be honest, I'm very surprised Magadan still has a job, and I will be completely shocked/appalled if he still has one by the end of May with a serious rebound from the offense.

 

The Ugly: Who else, Lackey.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I like this thread. I'm going to keep mines short and simple.

 

5/5 vs Angels, 11-0

 

The Good - David Ortiz. Went 3 for 3 today and has been money this series. Much better start to the season than the last 2 years.

 

The Bad - Poor offense. I forgot what inning we got our first hit(I think it was the 5th?) but it looked bad. We did get 7 hits this whole game but we were 0-5 RISP, Team LOB - 7, and not 1 not 2 but 3 GIDP. Where in the hell did the offense go in like 2 days? Disgusting.

 

The Ugly - ORS said it best folks, John Lackey. He got rocked.

[Palodios]

The Good: Wheeler and Jenks sent to the DL. The rest of the mainstay bullpen arms got a much needed night off.

 

The Bad: Everything else.

[iortiz]

The good: The game is over and the NYY lost.

 

The Bad: Another loser-record team (twins) will be faced with two streak wins and a No-hitter game on their back, and this team seems to love to struggle with that kind of teams, and guess what? Wakefield and Matsuzaka are announced to start 2/4 games.

 

The Ugly: Lackey and the lazy offense of course.

[Wil Corderos Wife]

The good: Adrian f***ing Gonzalez, our resident magnificent bastard.

 

The bad: Wake's knuckleball. Joe West's senility.

 

The Ugly: getting pounded to the tune of 9 runs by one of the worst offenses in the game. Could we please beat a bad team for once?

[Youk Of The Nation]

ORS, excellent thread topic.

 

 

The Good: Adrian Gonzalez, David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Daniel Bard, Josh Beckett, Jed Lowrie

 

The Bad: Kevin Youkilis, Carl Crawford, Dustin Pedroia, Daisuke Matsuzaka some of the time, Terry Francona

 

The Ugly: Tim Wakfield, Dan Wheeler, John Lackey, Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

 

Now, I fully expect the Bad to improve soon, all of those guys are great players, and I am certain by year's end they will all be producing.

 

The Uglies, on the other hand...well, something needs to change, and quickly. This season is getting into the weeks where it is no longer a slow start, it's a slow middle.

[Station 13]

vs Twins

 

Good - A-Gon. Aceves (did as expected)

Bad - Lowrie defense is really subpar

Ugly - Shakey Wakey, Pedroia continues to look awful. He's swinging at up high and in or away 2 foot out.

[RedSoxFaithful]

5/7 Vs Twins

 

The good: Jacoby has a 15 game hit streak and is starting to become a good leadoff hitter with the occasional bad at bat. Crawford still seems to be swinging a decent bat. Aceves is back with the club and did a great job giving our pen a rest, he should be our spot starter instead of Wake. A-Gon also showed us his Opposite field power which hopefully we will continue to see.

 

The Bad: Lowrie's defense and our lack of hitting with RISP

 

The Ugly: Making Scott Baker look like a Cy Young candidate, Pedroia well, not being Pedroia and striking out alot more than normal.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

5/10 vs Blue Jays 7-6 L

 

The good - Gonzilla and Papi

 

The bad - Offense wasn't quite there. This game should have never went to extra innings.

 

The ugly - Jon Lester and the fact we can't get a damn winning record.

[SoxFanForsyth]

5/10 at TOR

 

The Good - Adrian Gonzalez 2 HR, Ortiz and Ells had 3 hits, and Pedroia looks to be coming out of his slump (2 hits and a walk). Also Rich Hill looked great.

 

The Bad - Adrian Gonzalez's untimely error, our defense against baserunning, and Youk went 0-5 with 2 more K's, looking lost as ever.

 

The Ugly - Lester's inability to find the plate during the first inning, poor performance by him. Also - our offensive inefficiencies. We hit .356 as a team with a .375 OBP in yesterday's game, yet we couldn't push across more than 6 runs? An offensive outburst like that should push 10-12 runs across.

[Wil Corderos Wife]

5/10

 

The Good - Adrian f***ing Gonzalez (I'm sensing a recurring theme

 

The Bad- lack of opportune hitting from most everyone else and our general aversion to .500

 

The Ugly- 3 walks in the first inning from the ace? Really?

[RedSoxFaithful]

5/11

 

The good - Gonzo and Ortiz

 

The bad - The rest of our offense (maybe minus Crawford)

 

The ugly - TERRY f***ING FRANCONA and his inability to manage a pitching staff and John Lackey and all of his awfulness

[ORS]

5/11, Toronto, 9-3 (L)

 

Good: Gonzo & Papi's mango salsa, Youk/Crawford/Drew had good games

 

Meh: Ellsbury - smoked a couple of balls that were stopped by nice defensive plays

 

Bad: The rest of the lineup

 

Ugly: Quasimodo, with an assist to the enabler (Francona)

[Palodios]

5/11

 

Good- A-gon

 

Bad-- Salty continues to hurt this team on both sides of the ball. 0-3 with 2 strikeouts and a double play. He also allowed 3 steals.

 

Ugly-- I wasn't completely serious when I said Francona was a bad manager before. Now? Every Sox fan should seriously start considering what he actually contributes to this team. When Fuld/Zobrist are significantly outplaying Crawford/Pedroia, it makes me ask-- what are other coaches doing that Tito isn't?

[Wil Corderos Wife]

5/11

 

The Good- Adrian f***ing Gonzalez (I should save this as a template). Papi has also been looking good and Crawfish has finally heated up, thank Jesus.

 

The Bad- everyone else.

 

The Ugly- Sir Chins-alot and Francona with the slow hook. I understand he's probably trying to spare the pen, given the recent short starts and extra inning affairs, but he just let Chin-man dig a much deeper hole than necessary. I think the off-day will benefit everyone.

[iortiz]

5/11

 

The good - my man, mi paisano, mi azteca... "El Titan" A.G.

 

The f***ing Bad - Terry Jon Francona, after 100 P/2 outs/bases loaded/2 walks in that 7th IP/still 4-3/Lackey's recent struggles antecedent.....U f***ing retard, left Lackey.

 

The Ugly - Lackey's numbers 8.71ERA/2-5/1.81

[Station 13]

5/13 vs Yankees

 

Good - Solid performances from Buchholz. Still following behind hitters but able to finished them off. 7K/1BB.

 

A-Gon is on fire. Also makes good play.

 

Bad - Bard and Papelbon: Shaky outing.

 

Ugly - Drew. When is his contract up??

[Palodios]

5/14

 

Good-- Gonzalez Gonzalez Gonzalez

 

Great-- Pedroia with 3 hits tonight

 

Better-- Odd year Beckett is back

 

Best-- Shutting out the Yankees, while beating up on their lefthanded ace, as their clubhouse looks to be having internal conflicts.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

5/14 vs Yankees, 6-0 W

 

The good - Josh Beckett was simply dominant. Bullpen looked real good as well. Pedroia starting to look better, A-Gon still hitting bombs and wait for it...shutting down the Yankees.

 

The bad - The fact that are 3-4-5 hitters couldn't score a run with runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs.

 

The ugly - Nothing. That's what I like to see. Well played Sox well played.

[Cocos Disciples]

Good: Beckett and Pedroia were awesome. Gonzalez with another HR. Even Varitek got in on the fun. Albers continues to surprise.

 

Bad: 1st inning squander.

 

Ugly: Not the Sox, but the Posada controversy is not something I wanted to see. Also Sarah Silverman in the booth was awful.

 

All in all, you know it was a good game when the "ugly" isn't even Red Sox related.

[Cocos Disciples]

5/15 @ NYY: 7-5 W

 

Good: Ortiz's 3 hits, Salty's first HR, another huge 3-R HR for Youk

 

Bad: Lester--not a terrible outing, but more bad than good. Bats bailed him out and he got the W. Also Bard was shaky again, falling behind a bunch of hitters and walking two.

 

Ugly: Bogar sent another runner (Ortiz in the 1st) to the pastures. He's got to go, but I've never heard of a 3B coach fired mid-season.

[DirtDog]

The one thing I admire about Lester is his ability to shake off a bad inning. While Lester's start last night was a little shaky, he was brilliant after the 2nd inning.

 

On the other hand, Buchholz seems like he has confidence issues. While he seems to be improving in this area, a bad inning seems to really rattle him into having a bad outing. I think that's somethign he will eventually learn from a guy like Lester and why ultimately he will be a great pitcher for us for a long time.

[Palodios]

Good-- this was a team win. Lester fought through a tough start, the bullpen survived, and the bats were hot.

 

Bad-- Crawford and Drew had rough games. Crawford went 0-4 and had a poor defensive play in late innings that almost cost the game. Drew looked lost at the plate. I'm very concerned that Drew is drooling over his hunting lodge retirement home, and that Crawford can't handle the pressure of NY.

[ORS]

Ugly: Bogar sent another runner (Ortiz in the 1st) to the pastures. He's got to go, but I've never heard of a 3B coach fired mid-season.

What makes no sense is that he was so bad all of last year too. Why was he allowed to continue in this role after such a poor performance last year? If his other contributions to the team are so laden with brilliance that they think it's a long-term mistake to let him go, then put him somewhere else on the staff where his obvious inability isn't hurting the team. He's as bad as I have seen as a 3B coach, and that's saying a lot given his recent peer comp group (send 'em in Wendel Kim, and send 'em Sveum).

[SoxSport]

Good-- this was a team win. Lester fought through a tough start, the bullpen survived, and the bats were hot.

 

Bad-- Crawford and Drew had rough games. Crawford went 0-4 and had a poor defensive play in late innings that almost cost the game. Drew looked lost at the plate. I'm very concerned that Drew is drooling over his hunting lodge retirement home, and that Crawford can't handle the pressure of NY.

 

 

This team has too many LHd hitters. Wake up, Theo. Did I say Wake?

[SoxSport]

What makes no sense is that he was so bad all of last year too. Why was he allowed to continue in this role after such a poor performance last year? If his other contributions to the team are so laden with brilliance that they think it's a long-term mistake to let him go' date=' then put him somewhere else on the staff where his obvious inability isn't hurting the team. He's as bad as I have seen as a 3B coach, and that's saying a lot given his recent peer comp group (send 'em in Wendel Kim, and send 'em Sveum).[/quote']

 

The Red Sox seem oblivious to the competence of their coaching. It's outrageous considering the salaries they pay their players. But then, as long as the fans are paying for it all, who cares.

[Station 13]

Bard please find some f***ing control. Your job is tougher because you are expected to deal with inherited runners. Don't crap now.

[Palodios]

This team has too many LHd hitters. Wake up' date=' Theo. Did I say Wake?[/quote']

 

Team against RHP .729

Team against LHP .763

 

What are you basing this claim off of, exactly?

[SoxFanForsyth]

This team has too many LHd hitters. Wake up' date=' Theo. Did I say Wake?[/quote']

 

Yeah. Way too many LHH. Because CC absolutely dominated us this weekend.

[jacksonianmarch]

Lackey on the DL with right elbow sprain