Aside from the plethora of injuries and re-injuries (see Jacoby Ellsbury’s three DL stints) the 2010 Red Sox have seen their share of the good and the bad. Let’s look at each, one at a time…
…hit a game winning HR in Toronto and playing a lot of time at 2B. OF Ryan Kalish has also stepped up and shown us a glimse into the future. Heck, even top prospect OF Ryan Westmoreland, recovering from brain surgury (to remove a cavernous malformation), is starting to resume baseball activities and may be ready to play in winter ball.
Conclusion
Personally, I have finally thrown in the towel on this season even though mathematically they are not out of it. Realistically speaking though, if they did, it could get ugly! The simply have too many injuries to overcome in order to make a serious run. Their only hope would be for the pitching staff to put up a 2005 White Sox type of display that would carry the patchwork offense/deffense.
In The Off Season
They might try to unload Dice-K while they still can. This would allow them to make a pitch for Cliff Lee if he…
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What’s Wong With The 2010 Boston Red Sox? : Baseball Reflections
#8 - Homer Simpson — Thanks to his secret weapon, Wunderbat, Homer Simpson homers throughout the season to send his team to the nuclear plant softball championships (”The Simpson’s,” Homer at the Bat). Unfortunately Homer gets benched when Mr.
…Was Bobby Thomson’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World the greatest home run in history? Page 2 answered that question seven years ago, so we won’t revisit it. Instead, here are the 10 greatest fictional home runs ever hit: 10. Scotty Smalls hits a home run into the next yard, which is protected by a baseball-eating dog called the Beast (”The Sandlot”). Unfortunately for Smalls, the ball he hit was the one he sneaked away from his stepfather, and worse, it was autographed by Babe Ruth, whom Scotty had somehow never heard of. He never heard of Babe Ruth? This may be the most unbelievable plot point outside of The Matrix series. 9. The Jeffrey Maier home run (1996 ALCS) off the bat of Derek Jeter. C’mon, you know it wasn’t a real home run. Courtesy of FoxUltimately, Darryl Strawberry and Co. need Homer Simpson to help capture the league championship. 8. Thanks to his secret weapon, Wunderbat, Homer Simpson homers throughout the season to send his team to the nuclear plant softball championships (”The Simpson’s,”…
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