Inexcusable

This Red Sox team is absolutely exasperating! They were like this last year too, but at least then they could blame all the injuries. A healthy team performing this badly has nobody to blame but themselves. Stupidity, the second coming of Eric Gagne and an offense that is going to lead to a spike in antacid and antidepressant sales all over Red Sox Nation led to this embarrassing loss.

Good teams take advantage of opportunities and build momentum. Good teams are focused and disciplined at the plate and in the field. Good teams show up for all nine innings. The Red Sox obviously are not playing like a good team. If the game were called squanderball, where points were awarded for men left on base and called third strikes, they'd win the World Series. For a team with a payroll as large as that of the Red Sox, this kind of play is unacceptable. What's even more disheartening is that they show no signs of turning it around. There's no fire or sense of urgency with this team and the thought of a late-inning comeback or walkoff win seems just about inconceivable.

I honestly don't know what it will take to get this bunch, many of whom make obscene amounts of money, to perform up to their potential, whether they need a more take-charge kind of manager, a new hitting coach, or what. This is not just one game I'm talking about. This is how the entire first month of the season (less tomorrow's game) has gone. They teased us out west, making us think they had righted the ship, but they're still clearly lost at sea.