The outlook isn't brilliant for the Local 9 these days.
The Sox have weathered a first month of the season filled with injuries, ineffectiveness, and all other manner of "suckitude," and have surprisingly come out of it with an 11-12 record.
They have beaten up on the dregs of the AL—thank God for doormats—going 9-4 against the Royals, Jays, O's, and Rangers, while running up a less than impressive 2-8 record against the Rays, Yanks, and Twins. What's surprising is not that there have been issues, but what they are.
We all know about the Ortiz-Tito-Lowell love triangle, the injuries to Ellsbury and Cameron, and the general anemia of the Sox offense, but the pink elephant in the room is really the catching situation.
Plain and simple, Victor Martinez has been about as impressiv ...
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Emasculated Boston Red Sox Search For Answers Behind the Plate
Posted: 1st May 2010 by GetOutofMyBallpark in MLBComments Off on Emasculated Boston Red Sox Search For Answers Behind the Plate