Well...

Well... for the individual who kindly asked how I felt about the Rays vs. the Sox in a one game playoff. Here's my answer. It comes from a friend of mine's facebook status from earlier this morning. Granted, he is not the brightest bulb, but it could not have been better said ( I will edit where necessary). I quote:

"explicit-ing redsox, wat the explicit is wrong wit ya, u guys always explicit always explicit-ing up at the end. How the explicit u loose againts baltimore, are u guys nuts? And lackey we put money in ur pocket to perform like u did in the angels but ur just another renteria. Hey beckett wat the got damn explicit is wrong wit u bro! Francona please have them run suicides. ( In case you were wondering all the explicits begin with "f").

But ya, anyone have anything better to say? The oooooooooooooooooonly thing i might have added is maybe another 500-600 words on why John Lackey sucks. I know this is a terrible thing to say but, I really hope that he stubs his toes getting out of bed tommorow. And if he cant do that, I hope he hits his head on a coffee table while trying to put on his socks. Thank you. And goodnight. I'm going to take a few days to gather myself and recover from the absolute mockery of a baseball season we've all just witnessed.

doubleheader

Great win and game 2 of the double header for the sox. John Lackey's start looked ugly in the early going but at the end of the day, 3 ER in 6 IP; a quality start. What else can be said about Jacoby Ellsbury? leads the team with 31 hr's after his 2 in game one and his game winner in the top of the 14th. Great Game! Bullpen really showed some balls all night as they worked out of some really sticky situations all night. Kudos to Aceves, Bard, Papelbon, Morales, and Dubront: great job guys. The lineup was similar to last nights and I think that things are starting to fall into place. Couple more games left boys. Becket needs to go out and have a strong outing tommorow and pick up the bullpens hard work from today's double header and extra inning game

Game 1 of Yankee Series

The sox got smoked today. Even though we didn't produce any offense, I will say that I like the switch up in the batting order: CF ellsbury, LF crawford, 2B pedroia, DH ortiz, 1B gonzalez, 3B aviles, SS scutaro, RF reddick, C saltalamachia.

I like the idea of crawford batting second because even though he's having a pretty awful season, he has been better of late and his speed will be a real good supplement to ellsburys. Needless to say, this being his second start of the season in the 2 spot, things havent worked too well for him at the bottom of the order. I like the set up of the lineup except i would probably substitute connor jackson for josh reddick and maybe move saltalamachia up a spot or two.

Suprises

So the Red Sox/Yankees game was postponed tonight. I think that this could really work in their favor. I'm going to spend tonight focusing a little more on the positives. Due to the day off I think that it could really help giving some of the bullpen a break, along w/ our starter position players who, at the end of the season, most definitely could use the rest. But as for the rest of the league.. some pleasant suprises and maybe overachievers or people who are playing above what was expected of them:

Lance Berkman, STL: played the majority of the season in the outfield a position where most thought he was too old to play. He was also very productive offensively. Although he did miss a few weeks due to injury; he provided the Cardinals with some much needed protection for Albert Pujols to compliment Matt Holiday. He's on pace to finish the season with an average somewhere around .300 with close to 35 home runs and 100 RB1.

Jose Bautista: A year after his enormous breakout and freakish power, many assumed there would be a significant dip in his production this year due to pitchers figuring him out. That has not been the case however as he has kept up his power numbers and actually improved his batting average and obp considerably. With a few games left his numbers are: .303, 42, 101, .447.

Casey Kotchman: has been a pleasant suprise for the the Rays this year. The Rays looked like a team that would be hurting for offense all season long after the suspension/ retirement of Manny Ramirez. He has stepped up big and seems to finally have proved himself as a quality regular with a chance to be a standout player. His numbers as of year are: .309, 10, 48. He was also among the leaders in batting average for most of the year.

Thats just a few for now and will continue to look into some interesting news and reports throughout the league.

See ya

SOX

Looks like Tampa Bay's run was just too little too late. I mean lets be real it hasnt been much of a run... they've basically just been playing baseball at a professional level and its caused them to pick up 7 games on the Sox in 3 weeks. That should tell you something. That being said, the Red Sox will make the playoffs this year, but boy do things look grim. Wouldnt it be nice if John Lackey, a guy who is making close to 80 million dollars could be a servicible number 5 or 6 starter. I wouldnt start him for my college team right now. Its been a sad, long two years for this guy and just when you think it cant get any worse, it does. 6.49. His current ERA. why is he on this team? The same reason J.D. Drew is. Because in baseball you just cant get cut a guy like you can in football. Hey, at least someones happy about Lackey's struggles....Carl Crawford.

First Blog

Hey guys ( well actually, no one so far lol),

The Sox have been absolutely stinking up the joint. What a dissapointment! Yeah, chances are we are going to win the wild card and still make it to the playoffs, but as a fan,player, or whatever, you cant be happy with the way this season is coming to a close. Coming into tonight, Tampa is only 3 games back ( yes, that Tampa Rays team filled with no names, missfits, and rejects who were supposed to hang out near the bottom of the standings), but our NUMBER 3 STARTER, ageless Tim Wakefield has already given them a 4 run lead through 4 innings tonight. Listen, love the guy, but he has no business being anything other than a number 5 starter for a contending team, especially in the AL East, and even thats a stretch. Good luck guys, I don't see David Price pulling a Lackey, or basically " an anyone other than Beckett or Lester" tonight. And as for our $140 million dollar man in one of the biggest games of the year? Yeah, he's sitting. But we'll save that for tommorow.