Filed under: Boston Red Sox
‘Oh man. This Kansas City series was nothing short of a disaster. We got swept by the perennial basement dwelling Kansas City Royals and finish our roadtrip with a 1-5 record and a 5 game lossing streak. Sweet. All this in the middle of a Yankee coup into first place and a Twins and White Sox overtaking of the wild-card. This is not good folks. This series with the Royals was about as frustrating as kinetically possible. Our go-to, healthy, reliable, and steadfast pitchers were all essentially responsible for the losses. Lester recorded just his second loss on Tuesday night, Papelbon blew a Beckett win last night, and Schilling gave up the tying and eventually game winning runs in the bottom of the eighth after the Sox entered the inning with a lead.
And since these guys have been our studs all year, its impossible to get that upset with them, despite the immense dissappointment and frustration that is caused by getting swept by the Kansas City freaking Royals. I can guarantee this roadtrip will come back to bite us in the ass come September when these Division and Wild-Card races come down to the wire. All three of these KC games were very winnable games. In fact we SHOULD have swept them. These are certainly the games we need to win if we are going to compete for the playoffs.
I know I can’t dwell on the Papelbon blown save or Schilling loss. But its not as if some of the other guys are stepping it up either. I can’t even express to you how bad Tavarez and Seanez are. They are beyond awful and Gawd-awful and have entered the realm of pathetic, incompetent, and utterly futile. Seanez has even been demoted to mopping up the mop up guys. During Tuesday night’s loss to KC, Seanez was forced to play after Francona pitched the kitchen sink the night before. And God forbid he keep the deficit to one run. Instead he allowed a homer in the eigth that prevented the Sox from playing small ball for a run in the ninth when Coco and Papi got aboard with one out. We then had to swing away rather than try to manufacture a single run that would have tied the game had Captain Suck-head(Seanez’s new nickname until I come up with something more creative and mature) actually done the job he’s paid for.
And don’t even get me started with Tavarez. The worst part about him is that on rare occasions he will actually give off the impression that he is worthy and able to pitch in the Major Leagues. Francona, blind by these false ilusions of competancy, will actually play good old Julian in crucial situations. Such as Sunday’s game against the Devil Rays, where Tavarez entered a tie game in the tenth inning. Francona probably envisioned Tavarez pitching a few strong innings of extra-inning relief until the Sox could get a run or two across the board while everyone watching knew that the Sox had essentially conceded the game. Sure enough Tavarez allows a game winning home run to just the second batter he faced. At least he didn’t waste anyone’s time with an artificial front of him actually being capable of doing his job.
Those two guys really are the only Sox players I dislike. In fact I absolutely LOVE this team. They rank up there with some of my favorite Sox teams of recent memory. And despite all the injuries, I 100% believe they can contend with any team in the league. But they are definately in a skid and they need this upcoming homestand to quell any premature notions that this season is beginning to slide away.
It certainly will not be easy. The Sox host pesky Baltimore, Detroit with the best record in baseball, and then the Division leading and eternal rival New York Yankees. If this homestand doesn’t say gut check, I don’t know what does. Pop the Ripped Fuel and turn up the warm-up music folks, its time for our Red Sox to show their huevos.
theaveragefan@bostonprosports.com
No Comments so far
Leave a comment
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>