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Today should not have happened. Yesterday should not have happened. Thursday should not have happened.
There's frustration and then there's whatever the Red Sox are doing to me right now. After the first inning, I thought Beckett was going to throw a perfect game. When he came out in the second and struck out the next two batters, it only reaffirmed my predictions. Alas, it was not to be, but he still pitched good enough to win. Bucholz pitched well enough to win. Masterson pitched well enough to win. Heck, even Manny Delcarmen today pitched well enough to preserve a win.
But no, the Red Sox decided they weren't going to hit. Captain Contagious is back behind the plate, the starting pitching is going the distance, Youk is setting records with his fielding, but the Red Sox don't want to hit, and if they don't hit, they don't win. Lovely.
To give some credit to the Rays, the pitching was pretty decent. Everyone on that mound executed well, and Shields today wasn't lucky, he was just good.
But still, I want Papi in the lineup and hitting, I want Dustin banging out doubles like he's Mike Lowell, I want Jacoby running around the bases and reaching home from second on a passed ball.
This team started the season really erratic. One day they won, one day they lost, back and forth, back and forth. Now, they're streak-tastic. They won nine out of ten halfway through the last homestand, then lost the last five.
I guess there are still, among all the Ls, plenty of positives to find. Beckett struck out 13 batters. Youkilis set a record for most consecutive chances without an error while subbing at third and then moving back to first. Mike Lowell's rehab is going well and he may be back Tuesday. Manny is fast approaching 500 homeruns and hitting like it's nobody's business. Dustin is one of the league leaders in batting average. Manny Delcarmen looks better this season. Masterson was masterful, and Bucholz pitched beautifully.
But for the icing on the cake, just win Tuesday. Beat Toronto and get rid of this bug for good.
There's frustration and then there's whatever the Red Sox are doing to me right now. After the first inning, I thought Beckett was going to throw a perfect game. When he came out in the second and struck out the next two batters, it only reaffirmed my predictions. Alas, it was not to be, but he still pitched good enough to win. Bucholz pitched well enough to win. Masterson pitched well enough to win. Heck, even Manny Delcarmen today pitched well enough to preserve a win.
But no, the Red Sox decided they weren't going to hit. Captain Contagious is back behind the plate, the starting pitching is going the distance, Youk is setting records with his fielding, but the Red Sox don't want to hit, and if they don't hit, they don't win. Lovely.
To give some credit to the Rays, the pitching was pretty decent. Everyone on that mound executed well, and Shields today wasn't lucky, he was just good.
But still, I want Papi in the lineup and hitting, I want Dustin banging out doubles like he's Mike Lowell, I want Jacoby running around the bases and reaching home from second on a passed ball.
This team started the season really erratic. One day they won, one day they lost, back and forth, back and forth. Now, they're streak-tastic. They won nine out of ten halfway through the last homestand, then lost the last five.
I guess there are still, among all the Ls, plenty of positives to find. Beckett struck out 13 batters. Youkilis set a record for most consecutive chances without an error while subbing at third and then moving back to first. Mike Lowell's rehab is going well and he may be back Tuesday. Manny is fast approaching 500 homeruns and hitting like it's nobody's business. Dustin is one of the league leaders in batting average. Manny Delcarmen looks better this season. Masterson was masterful, and Bucholz pitched beautifully.
But for the icing on the cake, just win Tuesday. Beat Toronto and get rid of this bug for good.
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Happy Birthday, Arielle.
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"...but the Red Sox don't want to hit..."
Really? They don't want to hit? I don't believe that. They want to hit -- they're just not succeeding right now. That's baseball for you. This seems to be the Year of the Gigantic Letdown for all of these high profile lineups (see Detroit, L.A., et al for more information) but again, it is April and your team is the Red Sox, so you really have nothing to worry about.
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