Monday, June 15, 2015

Bad Loss - Again

No player wants to lose.  It's one thing to play a better team, give it your all & come up short.  That's not what has been happening in the 6-game losing streak.  The Boston Red Sox are playing like a Little League team -- missing pop ups because of the sun, lackluster hustle to balls in the outfield, poor base running & poor defense.  The Blue Jays averaged 10+ runs over 3 games, a combination of poor pitching & poor defense.  This last series reminded me of the Boston Massacre by the Yankees a few years back.  Pitching - both starting & relief - has been horrible.  Hitting has been better, but spotty.  When you don't catch the ball, pitch the ball, hit the ball or run the bases well on a consistent basis - you lose.  And the Red Sox are now 10 games under .500 as they approach mid-season.  At this point 75 to 80 wins would be a stretch.  The only team with a worse record in the AL is Oakland.  Changes could be made top to bottom, but what change will get this team back on a winning note?  I just don't know.        

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