The next day after hitting a home run that seemed like it might save the Red Sox' post-season hopes, Jacoby Ellsbury makes an outfield error, dropping a ball he had his mitt on, that might doom the Red Sox. So much for all that MVP talk.
not an error
he made a hell of a play just to get to the ball and the wall knocked it out
perhaps. it certainly was a tough play. still, it's a microcosm of this month. sox trying hard, but just don't have quite enough to make the play when they need it (last night not withstanding).
I've always felt like you should probably catch the ball if it hits your glove (and he definitely could have had that one), but still, most guys don't even get to that ball.
meanwhile Salty sucks
meh. im all set with what we've gotten from salty / tek this season. they haven't been great offensively, but with our lineup we shouldn't have to fret about the latter part of our lineup not driving in a lot of runs. the sox simply don't have any excuse for not scoring a lot of runs, even now. ellsbury, pedroia, gonzalez, ortiz, crawford . . . that should be 4-5 guaranteed runs almost every game.
the pitching is what it is. the depth isn't what it should be, and the lackey and dice-k signings were horrendous and have really hurt the sox. but the hitting should be really good, and has been for stretches of this season. overall, though, the hitting has been bafflingly inconsistent.
