Tuesday, September 27, 2011

THE END IS IN SIGHT

***WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT BOSTON DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR***
It would be easy to blame the Sox' woes on their pitching, but in reality, they have problems all over. Their 3rd baseman is playing out of position, two of their thumpers, Gonzales & Ortiz aren't stepping up and leading the team, both of their catchers are injured and only Pedroia and Ellsbury look like they can handle the pressure.
Ellsbury runs into the wall and drops the ball -- no excuse here, you HAVE to hold on to that in this critical game -- followed up by Saltalamacchia letting the relay throw go right by him when they had the runner dead to right. Your ace, Beckett, has to shut down the Orioles. Pitching a 'good' game is not enough.
Am I being too hard on the Bosox? Yes, I am. But they deserve it. Everybody handed them the AL championship in March, and they were on the verge of running away with it in August and there are plenty of veterans that should be able to hold it together. Injuries are no excuse either. The Yanks had plenty, but they had enough on the bench to keep them in it and Boston just doesn't have it.
They'll complain because the Yanks didn't pitch Sabathia or Nova in the final three games, but it's not up to NY to get them into the post season. The Sox control their own destiny. Win the next three games (two in the regular season and one against the Rays in a tie breaker) and there in, regardless of who the Yanks put on the field. Quityerbitchin'.

***HAVE WE SEEN THE LAST OF CERVELLI?***
His concussion symptoms returned after a light workout yesterday, which basically seals his fate for the post season. And because this is his 4th concussion, it's possible his career is also over with. I hate to see that happen, but his health is more important. The Yanks will take care of him, either way.

Another career that SHOULD be over with, is that of umpire Paul Schreiber. Last night, he came around the plate, stood in front of Russell Martin with his hands on his hips and 5 seconds later, he threw Martin out of the game. Why? Wait, I don't care what happened. When a umpire gets that confrontational and goes looking for an argument, the umpire is wrong. The minute he heard about this, Joe Torre should have been on the first plane to Tampa to can this guy. Umpires get criticized all the time and nobody 'showed him up.' If he can't take it, well, Walmart is looking for greeters.
Unfortunately, nothing will happen.

CP-

No comments: