Monday, July 18

Frustration

A few weeks ago I put a nice little picture in of a fire and talked about how the Red Sox were hot like a fire.
I now post this instead:




This person is very cold, SO ARE THE DAMN SOX.

It was a lovely All Star game. The AL won and were pretty much in control the whole game. Big Pappi had another good game. Yeah for the AL. If only I was still feeling so positve about the Sox's chances of enjoying that home field advantage.
Ya see, the Sox aren't playing so well these days. Not so good at all.
Everyone was calling the four game set with the Yankees at Fenway right after the break to set the tone for the rest of the season. Well I for one don't like the tone.

THURSDAY GAME
EVIL EMPIRE 8 (47-40)
RED SOX 6 (49-39) LOST 3

When I turned this game on the first inning was still going on and the Sox were up 4-0. After that the boys seemed to fall asleep as the Yankees crawled there way back into the game. It was tied at 6 when we hit the ninth. Everyone knew what was coming next, here comes Schilling from the pen. The place was rocking, flash bulbs were going off all over the place, you could sense good things were about to happen. But they didn't. Roid boy Schfield got a double and then "Could I look any gayer with my highlights" A-Rod hit a bomb to make t 8-6. The iar was let out of Fenway. The botton half of the ninth went by faster then you could say Mariano.

FRIDAY'S GAME
EVIL EMPIRE 1 (47-41)
RED SOX 17 (50-39) WON 1

For the second time this season we beat the Spankees 17-1. This game was highlighted by Trot's inside the park HR. There was lot's of scoring. The spankees called up someone from Triple A to pitch which probablly helped. I wish I could be more excited about this win.

SATURDAY'S GAME
EVIL EMPIRE 7 (48-41)
RED SOX 4 (50-40) LOST 1

All the sudden our starting pitching just ain't looking so good. Clement has been solid all year long but on this day he gave up 6 runs in three innings. The boys tried to battle back but it just wasn't happening. The Yankess haven really gotten it all together. For the most part their pitching has come around (last nights game really doesn't count), they have been hitting the ball all over the place with an insanse amount of homerun's. They are playing like they should be. They have also creeped right back into the race.

SUNDAY'S GAME
EVIL EMPIRE 5 (49-41)
RED SOX 3 (50-41) LOST 2

This game was a pretty good example of how the tides have shifted in the last few weeks. Al Leiter pitched for the Yankess after being picked up from the Marlins. He had been pretty mediocre most of the year. His first day as a Yankee he got to pitch against the Sox at Fenway, and he smoked us. He had lot's of strike outs and only gave up one run and a couple of hits. This game had a lot of similarity to the game I saw last Sunday in Baltimore. Wake pitched well but gave up two long balls. The Damn empire got 5 runs off 5 hits. After the 4th Wake shut them down until the 8th when Fag Rod went yard yet again. I had pretty much given up on this one when the 9th rolled around. Manny hit a HR then there was a huge error by Cano and a couple of key hits we had the bases loaded with no outs and were down by 2. I thought for the first time since the first week of the season Rivera was going to blow it. Up steps Alex Cora with his first chance to make a splash as a Sox. Instead he grounds into a double play (out at home and out at first) although the play at first was questionable. We still had a chance though when Mr Hit Streak Damon came up with runners at 2nd and 3rd. A single would have tied the game. Instead he grounds out to first, game over.
FOR AN OFFENSIVE TEAM LIKE THE SOX TO NOT SCORE ANY RUNS WITH THE BASES LOADED AND NO OUTS IT NOT OK! ESPECIALLY IN KEY TIMES LIKE THIS!
My frustration with the Sox is building. I keep expecting to see some major moves but it ain't happening.
The Emprie is 1/2 game out.

Now the Evil Empire might in first once again.

MONDAY'S GAME
DEVIL RAYS 3 (32-62)
RED SOX 1 (50-42) LOST 3

THREE DAMN HITS AGAINST THE D-RAYS! DID YOU SEE THEIR RECORD? THEY SUCK. THREE HITS. NOT OK.
I'M OVER WADE MILLER. HE'S NOT GOOD.
WAIT, WE'RE NOT VERY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
FYI-WE ARE NO LONGER IN FIRST, THE YANKESS (WHO JUST KEEP ON HITTING LOT'S OF HOMERUNS) ARE. Hold please. I just checked in and the Rangers have taken the lead. Maybe there is still hope.
BUT STILL, WE LOST TO THE D-RAYS.
Did anyone else notice that we play four games at the VERY GOOD White Sox this weekend. Oyyy.

Tito needs to light some series fires under some asses. NOW!