You seem to have constructed a perfect little Catch-22 there.
If we don't score runs it's because our approach stinks.
If we do score runs it's only because the other pitcher was terrible.
Happ pitched very well against us this year and the Yanks made sure to line him up to start Game 1 against us.
They scored 5 runs off Happ in "2+" innings. (2 were inherited runners of Green's).
While your point may apply to last night's game, trying to stretch it out to both games makes it thinner than a fashion model on a hunger strike.
Not 8-7, no. But 2 runs doesn't get it. Maybe against Verlander. But Tanaka is a guy we've had some success against. Kelly and Brasier kept us in the game and the offense didn't do anything with it.
1975 was a great season. Game 7 was kind of a painful way to end it. We had a 3-0 lead in that game. Spaceman threw an ill-advised eephus to Tony Perez that made it 3-2. Rose knocked in the tying run and Morgan knocked in the winner.
True confessions: I can't even watch these games any more. My nerves simply can't take it. I follow on Gameday and DVR the game so I can watch later if good stuff happens.
Not exactly the same team, but it was a case of standing still, since we made no acquisitions and went with what we had. The only real moves were to let Ellsbury and Drew go in favor of giving JBJ and Bogaerts their shot.
I didn't have any major issues with Ben for the 2014 season. It was the 2015 season where he really made a lot of questionable moves.