Looks like it's a good thing we didn't sign Oswalt. He's getting his head handed to him by Youk and the White Sox. He's given up 31 hits in 14 innings for the Rangers so far. Welcome to the AL.
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Thanks for the memories, Bob. Glad to hear you're doing well now.
One interesting point on the Red Sox pitching: the team's road ERA is now 3.69, which is much lower than the league average ERA of 4.03. The Fenway Park Factors this year are 109/108, even higher than usual.
The problem the first month of the season was the pitching. It has improved a lot since then. The offense has not been that great lately, such as on this road trip. Gonzo and Pedroia are having subpar seasons and we miss Ellsbury.
Ha ha. If they win the next few games in a row you'll be back on board. You know, you don't have to keep 'taking a position' on whether we'll make the playoffs or not. It's not really necessary. The outcome will not be affected by your constantly changing viewpoint.
Huh? No team is 'set up properly' for a one game playoff. It's a crapshoot extraordinaire, and a really really dumb idea at that. But anybody can win one of those things if they get that far.
Pretty hard to judge based on a series in Seattle. They have good pitching and the ballpark is a graveyard for offense. In Seattle's home games this year the average runs per game is 6.1. In their road games it's 10.0.
Who's going to take Lester and give us an ace right now though? It has to make sense for the other team. If Seattle ever did agree to trade Felix to us they would make sure we were bleeding profusely - like Ellsbury + a package of our best prospects.