AL Schedule Makes should be fired

[notin]

He’s in his 90’s and is a WWII veteran. Go f*** yourself babe.

 

 

He’s aware of this as both posted on BDC. So it’s not like he can claim ignorance...

[Kimmi]

He's banned again, Kimmi. It was only a matter of time.

 

Yeah, I saw that after I posted this.

 

No worries, he'll be back.

[Kimmi]

Kimmi, all due respect, but the move west--which is the easiest direction to travel (I know) in terms of sleep cycle--was done gradually by playing those to Cactus League games before going on to Seattle. It's coming east that's hard. But even then it's still baseball in beautiful ball parks and with great travel and hotel accommodations. This is The Show. You know, white baseballs for batting practice.

 

I get that. Regardless, traveling is physically and mentally exhausting. It just is. I have a hard time believing that it doesn't impact how the players play.

 

Again, I'm not saying that's the reason the team is playing so poorly. It's not. At the same time, it certainly didn't help any.

 

Put it this way, I would be more concerned if the team started with a 2-8 record on a home stand. Wouldn't you?

[jacksonianmarch]

To be entirely honest, though, these guys don’t live in boston in the offseason and they haven’t been to boston yet, so this is more a continuation of their spring

[Maxbialystock]

I get that. Regardless, traveling is physically and mentally exhausting. It just is. I have a hard time believing that it doesn't impact how the players play.

 

Again, I'm not saying that's the reason the team is playing so poorly. It's not. At the same time, it certainly didn't help any.

 

Put it this way, I would be more concerned if the team started with a 2-8 record on a home stand. Wouldn't you?

 

Actually, no. Here's why. In the past 5 seasons the Sox have won 21 more home games than away games. That's against 405 total home games and 405 total away games.

 

The west coast trip is simply a convenient excuse for the vast under-performance--granted, a very small sample size--from easily the biggest payroll in MLB.

 

Alex Cora's spring vacation (vice training) is the most likely culprit.

[Kimmi]

Actually, no. Here's why. In the past 5 seasons the Sox have won 21 more home games than away games. That's against 405 total home games and 405 total away games.

 

The west coast trip is simply a convenient excuse for the vast under-performance--granted, a very small sample size--from easily the biggest payroll in MLB.

 

Alex Cora's spring vacation (vice training) is the most likely culprit.

 

Over the last 5 seasons, our home winning % is .565. Our road winning % is .528. Most teams perform better, on the whole, at home than they do on the road.

 

Also, I wonder what the record is in west coast parks versus being at Fenway. (I'm too lazy to figure it out.)

 

At any rate, I have said more than once that the reason for our slow start is that team was not ready coming out of spring training.

 

That said, do I think the west coast trip contributed to the poor play? Absolutely.