Red Sox Nation is ready to explode. The Sox got swept by the Indians this week......yes, those Indians. How is this possible? Well, with lack of hitting and poor pitching anything is possible. Just when you thought the Sox would have a chance to right the ship and get back to 3-3 or 2-4 at worst, the wheels fall off. Unfortunately, the bums from the bronx are coming to town this weekend. Maybe the ball club will be energized by the rivalry or the fans as the Sox open Fenway Park for the first time this season. Surely they can win one in front of the home crowd. Although I said the same thing about the Indians, there is hope following the Yankees series. The 0-6 Sox will play the 0-6 Rays. Something has to give. You can't have a scoreless tie in baseball, right? No team has ever won the World Series after starting 0-6, but you may recall that now team had ever won a series after going down 0-3, but we all remember that glorious comeback against the hated Yankees. Ah, the joys of yesteryear. Remember Sox fans, the season is a marathon, not a sprint. We still have 156 games left. By the end of April this little sputter out of the gate should be an afterthought.
On a much more positive note, the Cincinnati Reds are 5-1 for the first time since 1990 when they went wire-to-wire and won the World Series. The Reds are hot right out of the gate and firing on all cylinders. I don't see why they shouldn't win the Central this year and at least make the NLCS if they can manage to avoid a fiasco like the Phillies series last year.
Could two teams, that of course I'd like to see in the postseason, start off the season any different? This is what makes baseball so exciting. Go Red Sox and Go Reds!
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