I for one believe in this team and feel they will make it back to the World Series. But who on May 7th wants to throw in the towel and say the season is over with this team and this front office.? But remember this. Let history be your guide. Memories fade but let's turn back to the 2004 season. And take a look at Wikipedia: "But high expectations accompanied the acquisitions of Foulke and Schilling to bolster what was already a very good team. And while the team started well (15–6 in April), they were soon mired in a sort of malaise, playing well enough to stay above .500, but not in serious playoff contention. May opened with five straight losses, and the team went 55–52 in May–July. Some of the underperforming was because of the injuries to Nixon and Garciaparra (both of which lingered beyond expectations), Bill Mueller (who needed minor surgery during the season), and reliever Scott Williamson (who was pitching extremely well before his injury). Even the staff was not exempt, with first base coach Lynn Jones nearly losing an eye in an accident at home with a screwdriver. Some of the problem was the team’s porous defense, although many of the weakest defenders were players who’d been very good in that area in the past, such as Nomar. But injuries and defense alone didn’t account for how the team was playing, and the media began to search for targets, focusing largely on sulking shortstop Garciaparra and on manager Francona, who refused to publicly criticize his players. By July, much of the Boston media had given up on the team, which fell as far as 10 1/2 games behind the Yankees, and at one point was in danger of falling behind the surging Devil Rays and the Orioles in the division as well. There were calls for Francona’s ouster." How did the 2004 season end?
Posted by fir.eballer58

We have a good team but due to age and loyalty to players like Tek and Wake we still have a couple huge holes to fill. Have you seen the names of other team's 24th and 25th players? To think that we are losing because of VTek and Wake is a joke. VTek: Against our pitchers the opps have a ... .607 OPS when VTek catches. .798 OPS when Salty catches. We are 9-6 in games Teks starts.We are 8-13 in games that Salty starts. Wake: As a reliever (in almost total mop up duty): 4 good/4 bad outtings 1.000 WHIP As a starter: 1 great start/one horrible start. 6.30 ERA and 1.700 WHIP. Overall: 5.73  1.318 WHIP If Wake is to blame then why not mention these guys. If Wake was gone, we'd have seen more innings from some of these guys: Wheeler  11.32  1.839 BJenks      9.35  2.538 Reyes      16.20  2.400 Atchsn      7.36  2.182  Doubrnt    6.75  2.250 Lackey, Buch and Oki also have higher WHIP.

Posted by moonslav59

We have a good team but due to age and loyalty to players like Tek and Wake we still have a couple huge holes to fill. Have you seen the names of other team's 24th and 25th players? To think that we are losing because of VTek and Wake is a joke. VTek: Against our pitchers the opps have a ... .607 OPS when VTek catches. .798 OPS when Salty catches. We are 9-6 in games Teks starts.We are 8-13 in games that Salty starts. Wake: As a reliever (in almost total mop up duty): 4 good/4 bad outtings 1.000 WHIP As a starter: 1 great start/one horrible start. 6.30 ERA and 1.700 WHIP. Overall: 5.73  1.318 WHIP If Wake is to blame then why not mention these guys. If Wake was gone, we'd have seen more innings from some of these guys: Wheeler  11.32  1.839 BJenks      9.35  2.538 Reyes      16.20  2.400 Atchsn      7.36  2.182  Doubrnt    6.75  2.250 Lackey, Buch and Oki also have higher WHIP.
Posted by moonslav59

The team was put together for the future as well as this year, so no panic.   They could go on a tear and end up in first place over a 2-3 week period.  It is definitely frustrating, we all know they are better than their record.  But I also wouldn't want to play this team in the playoffs, they have the potential to explode at any time.  The wild card will be there for the taking, if not the division.  AGon is a joy to watch, isn't he? 

Posted by soxmeister

We have a good team but due to age and loyalty to players like Tek and Wake we still have a couple huge holes to fill. Have you seen the names of other team's 24th and 25th players? To think that we are losing because of VTek and Wake is a joke. VTek: Against our pitchers the opps have a ... .607 OPS when VTek catches. .798 OPS when Salty catches. We are 9-6 in games Teks starts.We are 8-13 in games that Salty starts. Wake: As a reliever (in almost total mop up duty): 4 good/4 bad outtings 1.000 WHIP As a starter: 1 great start/one horrible start. 6.30 ERA and 1.700 WHIP. Overall: 5.73  1.318 WHIP If Wake is to blame then why not mention these guys. If Wake was gone, we'd have seen more innings from some of these guys: Wheeler  11.32  1.839 BJenks      9.35  2.538 Reyes      16.20  2.400 Atchsn      7.36  2.182  Doubrnt    6.75  2.250 Lackey, Buch and Oki also have higher WHIP.

Posted by moonslav59