Well, the trading deadline was supposed to shore up the Red Sox bullpen and it didn’t. All people were talking about was how the Sox were SET. They had the starting rotation, the line-up and ‘pen to make a serious run. Now, we have Hideki “I guess hitters have figured me out” Okajima in the 7th to Eric “way back” Gagne in the 8th. Remember when the bullpen gave you heart attacks, like in the ’03 season? Back when we just threw a guy out there and said “good luck?” well it feels like that is what we have going on right now except we guys designated to go throw the game away. Psh, the Yankees are now 4 game out of first in what was supposed to be a season of domination in the AL East. We are playing .500 baseball and it looks like the guys are getting bored out there. Do the Yankees really have to come close for there to be urgency on this team? I mean with all the focus on Barry Bonds* breaking the homerun record, the media has not really focused on the Yankees coming within 4 games of the Sox. Now that everyone has calmed down about Bonds*, maybe the media will start to put pressure on the boys with the Red Sox and talk about how epic of a collapse this would be for them to lose the AL East after having such a large lead to begin with. I just hope this is just a rut and the Sox will snap out of it because, if we peaked too soon like we did last year, then we will be the laughing stock of the baseball world. Lets not screw this one up boys.
EDIT: 9/17/07 Gagne blows ANOTHER save in a Sox uniform. He can't protect the 1 run lead to keep us 6 up on the Yankees. Way to go. Go play hockey.
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