Can a whole team fit under the bus?

Because that's where I'm throwing 'em! Damn the Red Sox for keeping me wide-eyed and pissed-off at 2 am. This team looks like it would rather be somewhere else. Anywhere but at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. They look sad, tired, defeated, overmatched, and OLD! This is the friggin' PLAYOFFS!!!! There are 22 other teams who would LOVE to be in the Red Sox' place. Take the Detroit Tigers, for example. They played 12 innings on Tuesday night, only to fall to Twins. If the Sox don't want to step it up and play to their abilities, then step aside and let another team play. The Angels are playing with a purpose and they're playing some pretty damn good baseball. I'd enjoy it if it weren't at the Red Sox' expense. If they beat the Red Sox in the ALDS, then they really deserved it.

The front office needs to address this bi-polar offense thing this off-season. Maybe a new hitting coach who can motivate them more on the road. This wasn't always a problem. As recently as 2007, the Sox had a winning road record. The decline began last year and just got worse this year. I'm afraid the acquisition of V-Mart, while it helped them get into the playoffs, isn't going to be enough to fix the offensive ineptitude away from Fenway. I expected a much better performance out of the Red Sox in these first two ALDS games. Maybe not like in 2007, but certainly comparable to how they performed last year. They may very well win the next two games at Fenway (or they may not) but they still have to win one on the road in order to advance.

To make things worse for Red Sox fans, the Yankees can't do wrong this post-season. Even Sabathia and A-Rod, two notorious post-season chokers, are suddenly clutch. So far, this season has been a Red Sox fan's worst nightmare. The Red Sox can change things, at least on their end, by coming up big both at Fenway in the next two games AND on the road for Game 5, should it get that far. However, they have to want it and right now, I'm not sure they want it badly enough.

LET'S GO RED SOX!!!! DO OR DIE ON SUNDAY!