I didn't have the pleasure of watching tonight's game, so I read through this entire game thread.  It gives me a reasonably good idea of how things went, above and beyond the final score. Tonight was, from what I can tell, a case of the Sox going though the motions. 

 

Things appear to be somewhat bleak at this point.  Those that are preaching our hitting leaves a lot to be desired are 100% correct.  I don't know why these guys cannot grasp the fact that if you look to go up the middle and to the opposit field as a rule, you'll be more successful.  Sure, you can pick your pitches and take your shot at turning on one, but that should be an exception.

 

However, there are some other points I want to make here. We are 8 games into a 10 game road trip and are currently 4-4.  We have our best two pitcher's going in the final 2 games of the series, so that is set up nicely.  Let's look at the games we have lost on this trip.

 

Game 3 vs. the Cubs. ..... We had a AAA starter going after taking the first 2 games of the series.

 

Game 1 vs. LAA ..... No off days and a flight from Chicago to LA sandwiched in between the two games.  Jetlag.  It does have a very real effect.

 

Game 4 vs. LAA ..... Got beat due to one bad pitch.  We should have scored more runs, but this was just a good game between two good teams.

 

Game 1 vs, Texas ..... AAA pitcher and a 5 a.m. arrival time.  Lethargy ruled. 

 

The Cubs aren't great but LAA and TEX were both 1st place teams when we arrived in the respective cities.  All in all this has not been a bad road trip.

 

 

Yansy, you are indeed wise.

Yansy,  you are indeed wise.

 

Thank you. I just try and look at these players from the perspective that they are, in fact, human. The have good days and bad days. They get tired, I don't care how much money they make. I won't crucify the team for having an occasional stinker of a ballgame.