Its not whether you win or lose, its how you play the game, right? Completely wrong. The Red Sox have a $171 million payroll, so if they're not winning, no one's going to even watch them play the game.
Boston currently sits at 15-19, six and a half games behind the AL East leading Baltimore Orioles. Now the O's are a completely different story here, so we'll put that on the back burner for now. Let's start the the positives, though.
1.) The Sox are better than the Twins, Royals and Angels, Cubs, Rockies and Padres. What does that say? Not much, but at least we have something to hang our hats on.
2.) They're finally .500 at home. Home field advantage has been non-existent for them this season, between the fans booing Bobby Valentine and Josh Beckett and leaving in the 5th inning when the Sox are getting crushed, there hasn't been a whole lot to cheer about. During these past three games, however, fans have stayed put, singing Sweet Caroline louder than ever and getting rowdy right until Dirty Water.
3.) The Farm boys. Daniel Nava and Will Middlebrooks. The two have come up and totally caught fire the past week, totaling 13 runs on 19 hits, including four home runs and 17 RBI, averaging over .450 at the dish.
I was going to start talking about the negatives, but I'll let this one stand alone for now. Let's just let this post be positive and see how it's received.
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