If you navigated last September without shaming yourself, your family, your employers and the city you call home, congratulations! You had a better month than the Red Sox. ...
Outside of Ellsbury, every player on the roster has room to improve and all of New England - not to mention the rest of baseball - will be watching hawkishly to see how they respond. ... The Sox have circled the wagons and proclaimed that they're not the freak show everyone thinks. Now comes their chance to prove it.
East Central West Yankees Tigers Rangers Rays Cleveland Angels Red Sox Royals Mariners Blue Jays Twins A's Orioles White Sox Wild Cards: Rays and Angels NL Divisions: Phillies, Cardinals, Giants NL Wild Cards: Diamondbacks, Reds ALCS: Rangers over Yankees World Series: Rangers over Phillies
MVP: Miguel Cabrera (Pedroia #5, Gonzalez #6) Cy Young: Justin Verlander (Lester #5) Rookie: Jesus Montero NL MVP : Joey Votto NL Cy Young: Roy HalladayUSAToday:
One of the Burning Questions: "Are The Red Sox In Decline?"
East Central West Yankees Tigers Angels Red Sox Cleveland Rangers Rays Royals Mariners Blue Jays White Sox A's Orioles Twins Wins: Yankees 98, Red Sox 92, Rays 88 Wild Cards: Rangers (93 wins), Red Sox NL Divisions: Phillies, Cardinals, Diamondbacks NL Wild Cards: Atlanta, Reds
Oh please. Everyone knows the Orioles are going to finish ahead of Boston.
ReplyDeleteI have no doubt there are some fans who believe that could very likely happen.
ReplyDeletePredictions are pretty useless since the favorites rarely do as they should, and there are sleepers in each league that no one sees coming.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest need for the Sox in the offseason was a different mindset. They'll do fine with their roster changes and may just surprise everyone next year.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest need for the Sox in the offseason was a different mindset.
ReplyDeletepitching > mindset
The W-L contest entries should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest need for the Sox in the offseason was a different mindset.
ReplyDeleteOh, we're supposed to think about winning?!?! Damn!
Like L says, I'll take talent over "mindset". A roster of shitty players with the perfect mindset is still going to have a shitty season.
The best talent on paper hasnt won in a while.
ReplyDeleteMindset ,talent , or whatever , the problems they have had lately has been injuries we lose someone key and we are done. Mainly because we do not have the arms in the minors to make up for a guys like Clay , Beckett, or Lester. Or a third baseman to make up for Yook. The team is built to win with the roster they start with . Because management has shown they will not go get a top line guy at the deadline.
Thats what make its so hard to predict what this team can do ,because it is always on the brink...
Talent is great, but did the Sox lose their talent the last month of the season or did they lose focus?
ReplyDeleteTalent is great, but
ReplyDeleteThis says it all.
I have an idea. Let's build a team based on facial hair. Team with the craziest beards win.
Tim Britton (Providence Journal) asks three questions - rotation, shortstop, right field - and notes that the club has been more concerned about changing attitudes than personnel:
ReplyDeleteComing into 2012, it's about change and challenge. The Red Sox aren't embracing a change in roster so much as a hopeful one in attitude, with hunger and conviction slated to replace hype and complacency. There are legitimate questions regarding the constitution of the lineup, the rotation and the players' mindsets.
Coming into 2012, it's about change and challenge. The Red Sox aren't embracing a change in roster so much as a hopeful one in attitude, with hunger and conviction slated to replace hype and complacency. There are legitimate questions regarding the constitution of the lineup, the rotation and the players' mindsets.
ReplyDeleteYou're using this cliched tripe as some kind of reference? The only thing this is proof of is the predicatability and superficiality of most mainstream sportswriting.