34 Errors in 37 games so far. That is just terrible, I'm sure that's a record for a team that in first (at least at the beginning of today) in their division. Never has there been a team that's been good enough to win a championship, but could not play defense. Can the Sox still win it all without great defense?
I think the biggest problem is having Nixon out. With Nixon, who has great range and usually plays good D, the Sox don't need to have two bad outfielders, and they can survive with just Manny. Also, with Mueller out for a few games, our third base defense suffers. Crespo, Bellhorn, Youkilis, Daubach, Ortiz, Millar all play bad defense, and none would have to be in (Ortiz would DH, Millar 1B) without our injuries.