Sox get the ultimate broom job

I really can't believe that they lost 5 straight at home. But I woke up this morning after the euphoria passed and said damn, this isn't any fun, what do we do now? Both the Yanks and Sox have made the playoffs for so long that fans of either team have come to actually want to see the other team make the playoffs so that we could have a confrontation.
I'll actually root for the Red Sox to nab the wildcard spot. I know they won't beat the Yanks for the division but in looking at the schedule they have left its really not all that hard. What helps them is that Minn, Detroit, and Chi all play each other a whole LOTTA times in the last 6 weeks. If they split up their games and the Sox get hot they might be able to run down the wildcard spot.

[Nostradamus]

You are missing the fact that the Red Sox are not very good. You need to be a good team to make the playoffs in the AL. Their bullpen is atrocious and their starting pitching is equally as bad. Toronto is likely to catch them. They are done. Put a fork in them. White Sox and Twins fight it out for one spot.

if the RedSox made the playoffs and got hot and beat the Yankees
then what would really be the point of the 5-game sweep in Boston?
that's my beef with the wild-card, when both teams are making the playoffs
the only difference is home field, and it's really not that huge a difference
as we have seen wild card teams advance and win the world series
I'd like to see the Yanks, Tigers, Twins, and A's prevail,
doesn't matter much in the other circuit, if forced, I'd pick the Dodgers

[Seattleallstar]

that curt schilling is so courageous

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by BellamyRd.

if the RedSox made the playoffs and got hot and beat the Yankees
then what would really be the point of the 5-game sweep in Boston?
that's my beef with the wild-card, when both teams are making the playoffs
the only difference is home field, and it's really not that huge a difference
as we have seen wild card teams advance and win the world series
I'd like to see the Yanks, Tigers, Twins, and A's prevail,
doesn't matter much in the other circuit, if forced, I'd pick the Dodgers

Hard to agree that a team(Dodgers) without the self motivation to beat their Southern Cal rivals(Padres,)will show the will to take it all.This is a constant embarassment to the city,and yet they continue to show up at the park with half the juice that the Padre players show.I think they have lost 9 of 12 to this team (that struggles against most everybody else.)Tonight they start this dung called Hendricksen,and that almost insures they will have to score 8 runs to win.They have 3 decent pitchers in Penney,Lowe,and Maddux.Billingsley has great stuff,but is unfortunately a headcase severe(which means he has the stuff to win 15-20,but gets in his own way enough to make him only a .500 pitcher.)The last guy is a poor pitcher(Hendricksen.)Sometimes he can get cagey enough to get out of the big trouble that a guy with poor stuff gets into.He is pretty good at picking guys off etc..Unlike most years,they have the pitching to protect leads in the 7th-8th.As you could see by last night,there is one lazy cancer they couldn't unload by the trading deadline(J.D. POOH.)One look at that play he botched last night,will show anybody that he is all about J.D. He is not gunna make the little extra effort plays out there needed to win games.You know,I see this Milton Bradley play right field most every game,and he makes that play 999 out of 1000 times.He is a guy with huge temper control problems,but that guy wants to win as badly as anybody I have ever seen.I don't agree that the trade Ethier/Bradley was a huge theft by one team,or the other.Both are very good ballplayers.I guess that Milton's temper,and injury problems make Ethier the better deal,but I don't honestly think the A's would take Ethier for Bradley right now(next year...when they are having a bad year,and he is beating cars up?? probably they would want Ethier...not now..)The Dodgers problem(as usual)will not be talent.It is motivation.Last night,that was not a team desperately looking to win.That very average team across the diamond wanted it more.They are an amalgam right now.Sunday,and Saturday they looked like the team that won a bunch of games in a row.Last night was that same team that lost a bunch of games in a row.They show up,and pop up/ground out while their own pitcher gets to walking people,and getting a high pitch count.Jekyl n' Hyde team.They are the best in the West(when they SHOW UP.)It is the organization I grew up with,and I would love to see them go to the series.Fact is,this is a very odd team(duh...lose a bunch...win a bunch..and now show up at the ballpark with the motivation of a bunch of goats who ate some pot.)They seem to be totally unmotivated to beat the Padres.This is what I wrote weeks ago,and last night was the best example I could show you.Very odd team.