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Pedroia is back on the DL. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2010/08/pedroia_back_on.html
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You are missing my main point. I only brought those facts up to point out that it was not just the injuries that will be the cause of the Sox missing the playoffs. They played poorly when healthy through the first 6 weeks of the season. They played sloppy error filled baseball against lesser competition all season long. These are also reasons why they'll be home in October, not just injuries. You are getting caught up in the semantics of the phrase "very good team." Maybe I should not have used that term. I should have used the term "playoff team" instead. Playoff teams don't lose sloppy games to inferiro teams, etc. Replace "very good team" with "playoff team" in my posts and that will be more accurate. I used the wrong term.
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I'm sorry you are confused. They only had one two week stretch where they played really well, and it was against NL teams that are not familiar with the Sox. My point is that the two week period was an aberration. The team's performance against the AL competition is a better indicator of what kind of team this is-- not very high-performing.
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Standing pat is never an option, because the MFY will make moves to improve like Cliff Lee or Carl Crawford or both. MFYs!!!
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The bad play extended into the middle of May, so I am not going to dismiss it as unimportant. I don't think this team needs an overhaul, but it needs more than just a rejuvenated bullpen. It needs more stability and production from the OF. A healthy 38 year old Cameron will not fill that need. Also, let's not forget how we got embarrassed game after game by runners with canes and walkers stealing at will on us. We need help at the catcher position. VMart should either play mainly 1B or they should let him walk.
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Delgado didn't play Thursday either. This signing was pointless.
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Pettitte will likely be out until mid-September. He had a setback on Tuesday. MRI shows that he is not fully healed. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/andy-pettitte-unlikely-to-return-before-mid-september.php
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I'm always hoping.
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The Sox remain on life support. With 6 games left against the Rays and 6 games back in the loss column, the Sox need to take 5 of those 6 games to have any realistic shot at the playoffs. The Sox have not been able to win 5 of 6 against the O's this season, so I don't expect that they will be able to do against the Rays.
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The A's came back to take the lead. A's lead 4-3 with 2 outs in the 9th inning. The Sox may not lose ground to the Rays. That's it. Game over. A's win. Sox still 6 back in the loss column.
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Carlos Pena hit a 2 run bomb in the 4th of Cahill to take the lead 2-1.
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No va for Nava on the 2011 team. It 's tough not to root for him, but he doesn't have what it takes to stick at this level. He's this year's Morgan Burkhart. He'll stick around as a spare part for a couple or three years, but nothing more than that.
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The White Flag is warming in the pen. Wakefield is up. I can hear his old bones creaking through the TV.
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Does Pedroia PH in this game?
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The book is closed on Beckett. He only gave up 6 runs. He's improving.
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The the last place Orioles are shutting out the Rangers after 8 innings. They battered us to death, but the O's can shut them down.
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Maybe a grand salami.
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That's right. Just give me the sounds of the game and some organ music and none of this other noisy nonsense.
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The season is slipping away as our ace continues to suck and give games away and the idiots at the ballpark are doing the wave. I don't do the wave at the ballpark and I don't join in singing that hideously sissified Sweet Caroline in the 8th inning.
