Air_Out_Your_Sox's Blog

One or two of the less effective Red Sox batters should have argued the calls at the plate early in the game and gotten themselves thrown out. How are they supposed to get hits when the umpire is calling balls strikes?

Absolutely change the lineup. Francona had said that he's going with the guys who got him there. Are you kidding me? Ortiz, Ramirez and sometimes Youkilis, but the rest have been somedays I'll show, somedays I don't. INCONSISTENT! Get rid of Drew pleeeease.....put Kielty in. Get rid of Crisp put in Ellsbury, get rid of Lugo put in Cora. Those guys were the guys that got you where you are now too Terry and they actually produced. Ellsbury is a new face to their pitching. Put him in the leadoff spot(I guarantee you he'd get on base)put Predroia in Drew's spot and Kielty in Crisp's spot with Cora hitting last. As far as the Pitchers? What happened to Tavares? He was one of the guys who got you where you are now. Francona, stop being the do-gooder and start managing the team like you want to win.

Oh, and while I'm at it, can we please send Buck and McCarver on the same plane with Delcarmen and Gagne? I can't stand those two.

Hello Everyone!

I want to get right to my point. As a Red Sox fan, I don't plan on giving up
on this team. I am not ready to throw in the towel. Hopefully, the Red Sox can show up
on Thursday that they belong in the ALCS. I expect Josh Beckett to pitch well on the mound and feel confident he can put us in a position to bring the series back to Fenway Park. If I'm manager Terry Francona, I would bench Julio Lugo and insert Alex Cora. He is a veteran presence and can replace the ice-cold Lugo. I would plug in Jacoby Ellsbury for Coco Crisp. Besides, I think he is gone after the season based on his performance. They need to play from in front. It is difficult to play from behind. Two things I did not like about Game 4 One, I did not like the way Manny Ramirez stood and admired his home run. Second, it was painful to hear Joe Buck remind Sox fans of the Aaron Boone home run. That totally took the enjoyment out of the game for me. It's unfortunate because I really do like and respect him.

According to a friend of mine, Jared (Founder of Soxspace and Red Sox Nation Candidate), "This is it, this is where we separate the diehards from the bandwagon fans. Many of you when you saw the final score go up got a sickening feeling in your stomach that the October Magic has run dry and that you beloved Boston Red Sox have failed you. I would just like to remind you that this series is a best of seven, not five. Each team has to win four games before the other does. Little did some of you out there know, that is doesn’t matter what order you win your games in, all that matters

My choices would be biased, Chip. :) I guess I'd settle for anyone else.

Lafko has hit it right on the nose because as any baseball purist understands, good pitching beats good hitting. The fact of the matter is that Cleveland's pithcing has stepped up and performed while with the exception of Josh Beckect the Red Sox has not. When a team runs into good pitching, the manager has to get creative like hitting and running, bunting to help jump start the offense. Right now the Indians are making pitches and getting clutch hits and deserve to be ahead 3-1 in the series, but history shows us that this is not a guarentee that the Red Sox are finished.