Comments Off on Why the Boston Red Sox Might Be the “Odd Team Out” in the AL East
This New Yorker is by no means a Boston Red Sox fan. But if I were, I'd now be thinking in terms of "wait till next year," Yogi Berra fashion. Many might say, 'but it's just early in the season, there are almost 150 games to go.' But that's just the point: The Red Sox are already five games behind both the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays. Which is like giving "rook odds" in chess to such talented players. The other reason is because of how the Red Sox have done head-to-head against those teams already. They lost two out of three to the Yankees in Fenway Park, at home . Not counting today's (day) game, they've already lost at least three out of four to the Rays, again at home. This doesn't augur well for the season series against either team, because a majority of the remaining ga ...

Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - MLB
Article written by

Comments are closed.