As a new member to the site I can appreciate the optimism of many posters. However, I think we need to take a little time to stop making cute images of Sox players on the computer and start watching whats happening to this club. How about a little history lesson from a die hard fan who has had his guts ripped out by this club for over 20 years (including the awesome playoff run of 2000...swept in the same dead ass fashion as we have showed vs the Twins when it counts.)
Who has won the division the last three years with what are supposedly less talented players?? Who has won the big game head to head down the stretch when it counts?? Who took the division at our place last September?? Say what you will but every year we look like world beaters on paper, but when it comes down to the wire we burn like the very paper the supposedly vaunted line-up is printed on. The fact is that when it counts the Twins flat out get it done.
I love this team, in fact took off a bit early from work yesterday and Monday to attend the games and cheer on the club. And what happend? In front of two sell out crowds we fall flat on our asses. I was at the games last September as well...and I am sick of watching this team not show up in big games. Mags and Frank are out...too bad. Hey, we came back vs the Tigers last week...big f-ing deal, they suck. There are no asterisks in the standings, no what-if points, just wins and losses.
The bottom line is that the team as it is presently constituted can not win. They cannot win the big game, they cannot get the big hit, and they cannot win in the playoffs. I know there are 64 games left vs a weak schedule and the Twins play a tougher one, but they come to the Cell again in September and I see nothing from this ballclub that convinces me the outcome will be any different than last year. I have no desire to see this team slip into the playoffs only to get swept while scoring a total of 4 runs in three games. The goal is to "win the whole f-ing thing" to quote Lou Brown, and if you think this team can do that you have been staring at the monitor in your parents basement for too long.
It is my sincere hope that we do make a run sometime in the future, make a run with a club that has some heart and the horses to give this city and this teams fans what they deserve...a champion.
