The Walking Wounded
That's what we are. The Walking Wounded. I don't see how it's possible to be this beat up. And it's a fact. The injuries ARE killing us. Yesterday we had absolutely nothing. We had the same number of errors (2) as we did hits, for crying out loud. As NESN showed us during the game, only three of our guys are in the same spot in the batting order as they were opening day. Our pitching was bad -- um, Snyder gave up a freaking grand slam! Our hitting was bad -- two hits the entire game! Our defense was bad -- two errors, and two missed catches by Youk in left field that could have been errors as well; plus, no one was playing their correct position. Our baserunning was bad -- Hinske being tagged out between second and third, ending what could have been a big inning.
We are left with nothing. And it's not fair. This team was never given a chance. We were never healthy. We never showed what we really could do. I can't think of one time during the season when our entire team was on the active roster. Not one time the entire season. Not even Opening Day -- David Wells wasn't ready yet.
So it's really nobody's fault we're doing so bad. Nobody's really underperforming. It's just that we have a AAA team, a bench team, instead of a Major League team. And it sucks.
We are left with nothing. And it's not fair. This team was never given a chance. We were never healthy. We never showed what we really could do. I can't think of one time during the season when our entire team was on the active roster. Not one time the entire season. Not even Opening Day -- David Wells wasn't ready yet.
So it's really nobody's fault we're doing so bad. Nobody's really underperforming. It's just that we have a AAA team, a bench team, instead of a Major League team. And it sucks.
posted by Julie @ 10:42 AM
3 Comments:
At 11:41 AM,
Peter N said…
The days leading up to Sept. 1st will tell us much. Can we win 2 of every 3? Will we risk Wakes' health by bringing him back, maybe too soon, when the injuries and all the other stuff has us buried 7 games out? Same for Manny and his knee. We'll all have a better idea come Sept. 1. And tough decisions will have to be made. Smart ones, I hope. Julie, I wrote my latest post, number two for the day, on exactly this. Hope you can come over and give me your important to me opinion. And thank you, as always. I love this cool weather! When do you start school?? That might make your blog nearer to the back seat! Bye..take care. And I hope you can do both, although the Sox might just be, (no no!!!!) playing out the string. But with the excitement of Papi and his soon to be right at 50 home run mark, well, there's excitement!
At 1:16 PM,
Julie said…
i start wednesday :(
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