The month of May is officially over for the Boston Red Sox and now with the first two months in the books, is it safe to say that fans were simply overreacting?
Yes, Boston is still in fourth place in the AL East (one game behind Toronto). Obviously that's not ideal, but let's go over the numbers and facts.
After a horrendous 11-12 record in April, the Sox bounced back in May at 18-11 to give themselves a 29-23 overall record.
In 2009, the Bosox finished April at 14-8 after getting off to an awful 2-6 start. In May, they finished one game above .500 at 15-14. Now add those two monthly records up and what do you get?
Boston was 29-22 this time last year.
How the month of May was salvaged in 2010?
In the last two weeks, the Red Sox have won against contending teams including the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, and Philadelphia Phillies. And during its last series, salvaged a four-game split with Kansas City at home.
The Rays have cooled off significantly in the last week. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games including being swept at home against the Red Sox and splitting a four-game series with the White Sox.
Perhaps Tampa Bay has finally come back down to Earth.
So there you have it Red Sox fans. I know it is hard to believe, but the numbers are there. How to answer why everyone has been a skeptic this season, well let's see:
Jacoby Ellsbury was on the disabled list and is now back on it, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Mike Cameron were also DL victims, and the newest is Josh Beckett who I was not surprised with since it was clear something was wrong during every outing he pitched in April and the first week of May.
Other issues and messes:
The battle between Mike Lowell and David Ortiz, who should be the designated hitter? Now all of a sudden Papi is heating up, popping 10 homers in the month of May alone to give him 11 on the season. Now Lowell is the odd man out.
Another odd man out? Tim Wakefield. But with Beckett on the DL, he's been starting again.
Yes it's been a crazy two months and there are four more months to go so who knows what will be next and what will be the next thing that fans complain and criticize?Like what you see? Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/batterupbruno
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Yes, Boston is still in fourth place in the AL East (one game behind Toronto). Obviously that's not ideal, but let's go over the numbers and facts.
After a horrendous 11-12 record in April, the Sox bounced back in May at 18-11 to give themselves a 29-23 overall record.
In 2009, the Bosox finished April at 14-8 after getting off to an awful 2-6 start. In May, they finished one game above .500 at 15-14. Now add those two monthly records up and what do you get?
Boston was 29-22 this time last year.
Gasp!
How on Earth can this be correct?
But last year the Sox were tied for second with Toronto and only 1.5 games back of the Yankees?
But, but this year we're 5.5 out of first?
What!?
How the month of May was salvaged in 2010?
In the last two weeks, the Red Sox have won against contending teams including the New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, and Philadelphia Phillies. And during its last series, salvaged a four-game split with Kansas City at home.
The Rays have cooled off significantly in the last week. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games including being swept at home against the Red Sox and splitting a four-game series with the White Sox.
Perhaps Tampa Bay has finally come back down to Earth.
So there you have it Red Sox fans. I know it is hard to believe, but the numbers are there. How to answer why everyone has been a skeptic this season, well let's see:
Jacoby Ellsbury was on the disabled list and is now back on it, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Mike Cameron were also DL victims, and the newest is Josh Beckett who I was not surprised with since it was clear something was wrong during every outing he pitched in April and the first week of May.
Other issues and messes:
The battle between Mike Lowell and David Ortiz, who should be the designated hitter? Now all of a sudden Papi is heating up, popping 10 homers in the month of May alone to give him 11 on the season. Now Lowell is the odd man out.
Another odd man out? Tim Wakefield. But with Beckett on the DL, he's been starting again.
Yes it's been a crazy two months and there are four more months to go so who knows what will be next and what will be the next thing that fans complain and criticize?Like what you see? Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/batterupbruno
Original Story:
http://batter-upwithbruno.blogspot.co...
