7/25 Sox @ Tampa Bay

[Station 13]

Defense tonight was absolutely pathetic. Catch the f***ing ball.Lester should have another inning in him.

[Spudboy]

So much for Spudboy mojo!

 

The suck that the Sox brought tonight was just too much to overcome.

 

Wow. Gomes looks just terrible in left. He had at least two more Olberman "gah" moments. Farrell must be blind not to see this. Enough of the "intangibles" that Gomes supposedly brings to the lineup. Sit this hack down and just start Nava every night against both rh and lh pitchers. At least Nava plays good defense in left.

 

Boy. XB is really playing lousy. I certainly am not a qualified baseball talent evaluator. I just do not see what everyone was raving about. Superstar of the future? How was this determined? I know that he had a decent post season in 2013 and that is great. But his main attribute has been said to be his "poise". Someone please tell me how that translates to excellent play on the field? He seems incapable of making even some routine plays at third. When he was playing SS I said that his range to his left was not good and that his footwork was leading to bad throws to first. Now these deficiencies seem amplified when he is playing 3rd. He looks worse than WMB defensively. Maybe he should be sent down to AAA to work on his game. Although part of me says just throw him out there and let him work on his warts in the bigs. The Sox are not going anywhere this season and they made the decision to go with Bradley through all his offensive struggles. Yes, I know Bradley has brought stellar D to the mix. Still....

 

This is what a bad MLB team looks like. I do not see any end in sight. I might as well get used to it since the remedies are many and will take time to implement.

 

I won't stop watching the Sox play because I am a Sox fan and this is my team. I'm too vested to give up entirely and likely will never do so. I'll just have to lower my expectations for each game and try to find new positives to fuel my hope for a better team.

 

I hope that Holt snaps out of his three game slump. He is too good a batter to become an instant out. It's possible that opposing pitcher now have "the book" on Holt, I do not know. If so, I hope that he is able to make the appropriate adjustments and resume his usual 1-2 on base per game performances.

 

I could go on bitching but what is the point?

 

End of rant!

 

Time for some BTR mojo!

Edited July 26, 2014 by Spudboy

[Bellhorn04]

Peavy will be traded. Gomes must be traded too, even if it's for balls, bats etc.

[a700hitter]

So much for Spudboy mojo!

 

The suck that the Sox brought tonight was just too much to overcome.

 

Wow. Gomes looks just terrible in left. He had at least two more Olberman "gah" moments. Farrell must be blind not to see this. Enough of the "intangibles" that Gomes supposedly brings to the lineup. Sit this hack down and just start Nava every night against both rh and lh pitchers. At least Nava plays good defense in left.

 

Boy. XB is really playing lousy. I certainly am not a qualified baseball talent evaluator. I just do not see what everyone was raving about. Superstar of the future? How was this determined? I know that he had a decent post season in 2013 and that is great. But his main attribute has been said to be his "poise". Someone please tell me how that translates to excellent play on the field? He seems incapable of making even some routine plays at third. When he was playing SS I said that his range to his left was not good and that his footwork was leading to bad throws to first. Now these deficiencies seem amplified when he is playing 3rd. He looks worse than WMB defensively. Maybe he should be sent down to AAA to work on his game. Although part of me says just throw him out there and let him work on his warts in the bigs. The Sox are not going anywhere this season and they made the decision to go with Bradley through all his offensive struggles. Yes, I know Bradley has brought stellar D to the mix. Still....

 

This is what a bad MLB team looks like. I do not see any end in sight. I might as well get used to it since the remedies are many and will take time to implement.

 

I won't stop watching the Sox play because I am a Sox fan and this is my team. I'm too vested to give up entirely and likely will never do so. I'll just have to lower my expectations for each game and try to find new positives to fuel my hope for a better team.

 

I hope that Holt snaps out of his three game slump. He is too good a batter to become an instant out. It's possible that opposing pitcher now have "the book" on Holt, I do not know. If so, I hope that he is able to make the appropriate adjustments and resume his usual 1-2 on base per game performances.

 

I could go on bitching but what is the point?

 

End of rant!

 

Time for some BTR mojo!

The FO managed to build such a bad team that Diehard loyalists like us are disgusted. All they needed was a .500 team and fans like us would be walking around wearing our 2013 Championship shirts and hats with our chests puffed out. Crazy fans like us will always be with them, but a lot have headed for the hills. Look at this site as an example. Posters come and go over time, but we have had an exodus. This place has had less fights and acrimony lately than anytime I can remember. They checked out because a lot of people don't want to watch a losing team, because it just isn't fun. Pete, you and I just love baseball. If the major leaguers went on strike, I'd watch the minor leaguers. We are in the minority. Many other fans will just find other ways to spend their time, and they will not be that easy to win back. No matter what people think of our FO, they are all good businessmen and they know what they seriously screwed up. Edited July 26, 2014 by a700hitter

[Bellhorn04]

The FO managed to build such a bad team that Diehard loyalists like us are disgusted. All they needed was a .500 team and fans like us would be walking around wearing our 2013 Championship shirts and hats with our chests puffed out. Crazy fans like us will always be with them, but a lot have headed for the hills. Look at this site as an example. Posters come and go over time, but we have had an exodus. This place has had less fights and acrimony lately than anytime I can remember. They checked out because a lot of people don't want to watch a losing team, because it just isn't fun. Pete, you and I just love baseball. If the major leaguers went on strike, I'd watch the minor leaguers. We are in the minority. Many other fans will just find other ways to spend their time, and they will not be that easy to win back. No matter what people think of our FO, they are all good businessmen and they know what they seriously screwed up.

 

Yes, I think they are good businessmen, and I think they know they have to upgrade the team. Or sell it.

[a700hitter]

Yes, I think they are good businessmen, and I think they know they have to upgrade the team. Or sell it.

Have there been rumors about them selling the team?

[Bellhorn04]

Have there been rumors about them selling the team?

 

None that I've heard. I'm just saying, IMO, Henry and Lucchino, as good businessmen, know that in this market you can't keep putting s*** on the field and making money at it. So they will be looking to improve the team. Unless/until they get tired of it, and if that happens, I think they'd be ready to sell.

[Spudboy]

None that I've heard. I'm just saying, IMO, Henry and Lucchino, as good businessmen, know that in this market you can't keep putting s*** on the field and making money at it. So they will be looking to improve the team. Unless/until they get tired of it, and if that happens, I think they'd be ready to sell.

 

And this is THE reason to have hope for the Sox near term.

[Bellhorn04]

And this is THE reason to have hope for the Sox near term.

 

Pretty much. The laws of business are on our side.

[Jasonbay44]

This team isn't even watchable right now. This season has been truly pathetic.

[seabeachfred]

The FO managed to build such a bad team that Diehard loyalists like us are disgusted. All they needed was a .500 team and fans like us would be walking around wearing our 2013 Championship shirts and hats with our chests puffed out. Crazy fans like us will always be with them, but a lot have headed for the hills. Look at this site as an example. Posters come and go over time, but we have had an exodus. This place has had less fights and acrimony lately than anytime I can remember. They checked out because a lot of people don't want to watch a losing team, because it just isn't fun. Pete, you and I just love baseball. If the major leaguers went on strike, I'd watch the minor leaguers. We are in the minority. Many other fans will just find other ways to spend their time, and they will not be that easy to win back. No matter what people think of our FO, they are all good businessmen and they know what they seriously screwed up.

 

Don't forget to put me in that pantheon of crazy fans that are in it for the long haul, and I'm certainly not heading for the hills any time soon. For the record I am wearing my 2013 Red Sox title shirt I got from Red Sox Destinations when I went to Boston in April and I wore my 2013 hat I got from SI when went out an hour ago. And what pisses me off are those creepoes who accused me on not being a Red Sox fan, and those *******s know who they are. Where are they? I'm here and I'm staying here. I will say, though, that we do have some very good and loyal fans here and we just have to ride this out and hope there are better days ahead. Forsythe did make a good point that we are still WS Champs and have won three of them the past ten seasons. What he might not understand is that we believe that we should be in contention every year with the money and funds the team makes from fans like us.

 

August 19th, it will be 14 years for me following my now beloved team. Now can we win a freakin' game tonight?????