Pessimistic Pete

Now that it's August it's easy to say the Yankees & Rays are clearly the two best teams in baseball, we won't be catching either of them.

Blaming injuries is lame, you could put a lot of blame on the TERRIBLE start to the season.

ausbacker

FO with your stupid threads would you.

KontradictioN

Eh, I can't argue with you this time. I don't think they'll make the playoffs at this point either (hoping for some reverse karma here). But it can absolutely be blamed on injuries. That was one of the worst rash of injuries I've ever seen this team go through.

As a side note, Pete, you still haven't killed yourself yet?

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YorkHarbor

Two things. A) What Aus said. B) What Kontra said.

IcyPatriot

Only Pete would start a thread like this ...

Pete ... is every day a rainy day ... come on now.

Seriously Pete ... Red Sox are in their position due to injuries and the same could happen to the Yanks or Rays ... too soon to tell. Nothing though would be sweeter than the Sox and Rays beating out the Yankme's. they won last year ... someone else gets a turn this year.

IcyPatriot

He wouldn't be Pete if he did that.

ausbacker

Personally there's nothing stopping me from reading them apart from my own choice. I'm more aggrieved at the consistent level of negativity that defines his posting.

bigcountry75

As much as I would love for them to come back and make the playoffs, I don't think it will happen either.....We would need to win 12 out of our next 15 to put us at the top of the division and that's because we play the yanks 4 times and the rays 3 times in that span.....Now say after the next 2 weeks we are still around 10 games behind then it will be interesting to see how Theo starts to shape up for next year......Our OF needs to be addressed, Starting Pitching is good with Beckett being hurt and Lackey having a down year they could keep this staff together next season and be fine, the bullpen needs to be upgraded.......These are givens but then it becomes tricky.....I would love to say move Youk back to 3rd base and go get Fielder or A-Gonz (Pujols will be a cardinal)......But I really love what Adrian Beltre has brought to this team and I think his errors will go down as he gets more comfortable playing in Boston......I would rather go out and spend the big money on a stud LF and maybe another stud SP to replace Dice-K.....When healthy I would take Beltre/Scutaro/Pedroia/Youk as my infield anyday.......We usually aren't in this position but it's something fun to think about.....

Real World

There's plenty of time left. These teams all play each other enough down the stretch, that a bad run by one could open up the door elsewhere. It won't be easy, but it's doable for sure.

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him."
Leo Tolstoy, 1897

Boston Boxer

Youk is now out with a torn something or other in his thumb...it will need surgery and i think he is done for the season. with this news today, i will say we are done. I cant see us making up ground without Youk.