We’re four games into the baseball season and the Boston Red Sox are 0-4 and Red Sox Nation is in a state of PANIC!!! As I’ve discussed many times on this blog before, I’m a huge baseball fan and follow the Red Sox as my favorite team. If you follow baseball you probably know the Red Sox have a great team this year and many have predicted them to not only win their division but also the American League and World Series. Unfortunately through these first four games of the season it just hasn’t gone all that well. They’re not hitting and they’re starting pitching is getting beat up pretty bad. The hitting has been almost non-existent with six players batting under .200. The starting pitchers have given up about 11 home runs and haven’t registered a win in the first four games. They also haven’t really been able to go 6 innings in an outing.
With all that said, Red Sox Nation, please step off the ledge and put down the gun. It’s only 4 games and guess what there’s 158 more to go. If the Sox are going to slump, don’t you think it’s better to slump NOW then in late July, August or September? I’m not saying these four games are meaningless, in fact, I think the first 3 against the Texas Rangers hurt a little because they will be one of our main competitors come September but these four games are also non-divisional games and can be made up as the season progresses.
This team is too good not to turn it around and win 90-95 games. They have the lineup that most teams would drool over and their starting five is very strong. The bullpen looked great last night and I expect that to continue through the season as well. The team is just in a funk and slumping right now. All teams go through it in a season and you know what, I’m fine with them starting this way. Remember, it’s not a sprint, the baseball season is a marathon and most of the time, it’s all about how you finish that’s important.
Maybe it’s me, but it’s a bit too early to panic in Boston
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