I actually think as long as we're within 7-8 games of the division lead at the ASB that this team won't be torn apart.

 

Unless there are still 3-4 teams between us and first place. That would make the odds even more difficult to overcome.

I actually think as long as we're within 7-8 games of the division lead at the ASB that this team won't be torn apart.

 

Unless there are still 3-4 teams between us and first place. That would make the odds even more difficult to overcome.

Does anyone know our record in Oakland since 2001?

Does anyone know our record in Oakland since 2001?

 

12-33 since 2001. They actually won the series there in 08 & 09, but before that they were 6-27, ouch.

 

2010: 2-4

2009: 2-1

2008: 2-1

2007: 2-4

2006: 0-3

2005: 2-4

2004: 1-5

2003: 1-2

2002: 0-6

2001: 0-3

@LAA 2 games (1-1)

@Oakland 3 games (1-2)

 

TEX (1-1)

CLE (1-1)

LAD (2-1)

 

If we can manage to go 6-6 our next 12 games, they've bought themselves a reprieve for the moment.

 

But then comes the really challenging part.

 

AT Texas (3)

AT Toronto (4)

AT Boston (3)

DETROIT (the same team we've lost about 8 games in a row to)

 

Somehow, we have to go 12-10 in our next 22 before our next long homestand, which would put us at 6 games under .500.

 

And then we have to figure out a way to beat the Tigers.

 

At that point, we MIGHT be relevant again in the division race.

Edited May 10, 201114 yr by caulfield12

Texas has been playing like crap lately and has dropped to .500.

Texas has been playing like crap lately and has dropped to .500.

 

Josh Hamilton & Nelson Cruz have made their obligatory trips to the DL and after Ogando/Wilson their rotation hasn't been doing very well.

4-2 now.

 

Hopefully we can take 2/3 from Oakland, but as a Sox fan, you've learned that you have to be relatively satisfied not getting swept.

Edited May 12, 201114 yr by caulfield12

I think even when this thread was started everyone probably had a bit of dread about Oakland.

I'm just looking at getting out of the month of May around 6 games under .500.

 

That means we still have to go 11-9 over the next 20 games. (As Balta I think noted, the Rangers have been struggling recently but they've been REALLY tough on the Sox for the last 5 years, almost as tough as TOR and OAK)

 

If we can figure out a way to beat DET this season, and take out the Mariners, we could be fairly close to .500 by mid-May.

 

I always go back to 2003 when both the Sox and Twins trailed the Royals by 6.5-7 games at the Break and quickly made that up by the beginning of August.

 

So I'll set the "competitive" mark as being within 7.5 games at the All-Star break and no more than 2-4 games under .500

So, who had 6-3 for the trip?

I never woulda guessed 6-3, but I will definitely take it!

So, who had 6-3 for the trip?

 

And better yet, 3 series wins. Anyone know the last time that actually happened?