Well, look at the bright side, without this crappy start, we've nothing to talk about!
Dan D Central NJ USA ________________________________ From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:50 PM Subject: Re: Just not that good I just don't understand why we suck so bad. We can't chalk all this up to beer. Sobriety and broccoli will not save Beckett. On Apr 12, 2012, at 5:35 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: Seriously? We are too negative? After the epic collapse of 2011, the off-season antics and the miserable start to 2012 it is amazing we’re still watching. > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Steve Ouellette >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 5:21 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Just not that good > >Red Sox fans have become spoiled on top of being innately negative. The Red >Sox led all of baseball in runs scored last year with 875. Only the Yankees >(867) and Rangers (855) were also over 800. Ellsbury, Pedroia, Gonzalez, >Youkilis, Ortiz, Salty and -- in 2 or 3 weeks -- Crawford are back from that >team, seven of the nine starters. Mike Aviles replaces Scutaro, which is a >wash offensively. Ryan Sweeney and Cody Ross will platoon to replace JD Drew's >.617 OPS in RF. Shouldn't be hard. Why is it exactly that this team won't be >able to score runs -- besides the fact that they haven't hit well in the first >six games? > >Pedroia, Ellsbury, Gonzalez, Ortiz are all either first or second at their >positions (offensively) in the AL. Youk could be too, if he hits like he did >way back in 2010. Crawford too, actually, if he just hit like he did in 2010. >So the fact that Salty, Aviles and Sweeney/Ross might post middle-of-the-pack >OPS at their positions -- is going to devastate the Red Sox offense? Please, >tell me what team has a star at every position? What team doesn't have >"holes"? Whose offense would you trade the Red Sox offense for? Maybe the >Rangers? > > >Steve O > > > > >On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Ray Daniel Salemi <[email protected]> >wrote: >Truth be told, this team is just not that good. Traditionally, Red Sox bench >players would be starters on other teams. But this year has a weak roster: > >Look at how many players are "Who?" level of players on this team. Our >catching core is doomed to bat 8th. Aviles, Punto, McDonald, Ross and Sweeney >are either journeymen or unknown. > >There's simply too many holes. > >39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia S-R 6'4" 235 May 2, 1985 >10 Kelly Shoppach R-R 6'0" 220 Apr 29, 1980 ># Infielders B/T Ht Wt DOB >3 Mike Aviles R-R 5'10" 205 Mar 13, 1981 >28 Adrian Gonzalez L-L 6'2" 225 May 8, 1982 >15 Dustin Pedroia R-R 5'8" 165 Aug 17, 1983 >5 Nick Punto S-R 5'9" 190 Nov 8, 1977 >20 Kevin Youkilis R-R 6'1" 220 Mar 15, 1979 ># Outfielders B/T Ht Wt DOB >2 Jacoby Ellsbury L-L 6'1" 185 Sep 11, 1983 >54 Darnell McDonald R-R 5'11" 205 Nov 17, 1978 >7 Cody Ross R-L 5'10" 195 Dec 23, 1980 >12 Ryan Sweeney L-L 6'4" 225 Feb 20, 1985 ># Designated Hitter B/T Ht Wt DOB >34 David Ortiz >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
