1996 Redux:Peter

Well, after this morning's game, the return to 1996 for the Sox is still continuing (and yes, I know that's a redundancy).If there is something good in today's one zip loss to the Tribe, it's that Lester was the Lester of the last couple of years, not, thank God, of the season opener last week! He gave up just 3 hits and got 9 K's, so his ERA is at least back in the respectable area of the mid to upper 3's.However, the hitting (WHAT hitting?) is still bordering on the non-existent, for the most part. Bard took the L, but even his stint was good as he gave up no hits, but unfortunately took the single earned run of the game.
This whole week's games is beyond horrible. When the team hits, the rotation gets lit up. When the rotation looks good, not very often so far, the order can't put wood on the ball. Now, in 1996, the last time the Hose opened 0-6, they finished 85-77, I believe, but no titles were won. This is supposed to be the favorite for the Series title! What the hell's going on? Truth be told, the final week and a half of Spring training, I started to worry as the Sox seemed to be losing virtually every game, and not by a little. But I then said, 'no big deal--it's spring training. Wait to regular season.' Well, I waited and look where we are! Tomorrow we get MR. Hankie's Yankees into the Fens. Hopefully, today's game is a start of a turnaround and in addition to this quality pitching, we get some offense.