Goin Nowhere signs

by coachluc on Jul 21, 2008 7:33 AM EDT

If we don't start winning some games away from Fenway we are sitting watching someone else play in October. Mark my words on that. This has been a season long problem and responsibility for it lies with the management first. I understand this is a seasoned team with clutch players but why do we leave all those positive attributes in Boston. The comfortable confines of Fenway can't be duplicated, but a team with this talent should AT LEAST be .500 away from "The Park". If you know the reasons why; fix it. If you don't know why; find out. If you can't find out; you're not qualified for the job. At this rate you all should be making your tee times for October 3rd now because that is where you are headed.

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Away Record

It is a huge problem that we are not winning away. I fully agree that we need to figure out why we aren’t winning away from Fenway. As a caveat though, only one AL team has a winning record away from home though (Angels), and there are 4 teams that are going to make it to the playoffs. It seems like this is a problem that every AL team is going through and no one has figured out.

If we don’t figure it out before other teams though we are in trouble. We might still make it to the playoffs but we certainly won’t win in the playoffs.

by drabidea on Jul 21, 2008 10:43 AM EDT reply actions

dont worry

we’ll start winning on the road sooner or later, red sox are too good

by BostonNation on Jul 21, 2008 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions

This is my unscientific prediction

I have traveled to Seattle for the 3 game series with the Sox, and have tickets for all three games, which is no big feat in Seattle. I did this 2 years ago, and the Sox lost the series and never recovered. They did not make the playoffs. This year Seattle is very poor and disappointing to the locals here. Therefore, I predict unscientifically that if the Sox lose this series, they will become irrelevant for post season this year.

The way they looked on the road the last month or so, andf especially how they looked in LA, well I think the handwriting may be on the wall. The the blame question surfaces as to whether the Sox are just overrated, OR is management not doing its jobs of properly motivating and using the existing talent??

Stay tuned!

by NG on Jul 21, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

This team is not overrated. It’s simple: THEY CAN’T PLAY ON THE ROAD. That’s just them. They suck on the road. They have to improve if they want to head back to the playoffs.

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by Randy Booth on Jul 21, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

red sox

they kill teams at Fenway, i just dont understand whats going on on the road, they need to change up their pregame activities and workouts or something to switch this 2-11 slump on the road in last 13 games and get things going in a positive direction, cause every game counts even more in the second half.

by BostonNation on Jul 21, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not worried about our road record

But a lot of those losses have been awful, a real pain in the ass.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Jul 21, 2008 5:51 PM EDT reply actions

Only one AL team has a winning record on the road

The Angels. The MFY are at .500. Every other team has a sub-.500 road record. The team the Sox are chasing, the Rays, are 6 games under .500 on the road—and they’ve played 9 fewer road games than the Sox.

Here are the number of games each AL contender has played at home and on the road so far:

Red Sox – 47 home games (34 remaining) 53 road games (28 remaining)
Rays – 53 home games (28 remaining) 44 road games (37 remaining)
MFY – 52 home games (29 remaining) 46 road games (35 remaining)

White Sox – 48 home games (33 remaining) 49 road games (32 remaining)
Twins – 53 home games (28 remaining) 45 road games (36 remaining)
Tigers – 48 home games (33 remaining) 50 road games (31 remaining)

The Sox have played 53% of their games so far on the road. Boston and texas have played the most road games so far in the AL.

55% of the Sox’ remaining games are at home, as compared to 43% for the Rays and 45% for the MFY. If the Sox continue to win at home, I’d say they’re in very good shape.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Jul 21, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

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by drabidea on Jul 21, 2008 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah, those stats are really comforting.

Whats not: Texas. We may have to face them in the ALCS, and they are on the same level as us with the number of road games.

He who hesitates is tagged out between first and second base.

by BoSox415 on Jul 22, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Huh?

You do realize that the only team that hits better than the Rangers (.279 / .349 / .455) is whoever they’re pitching to (.285 / .362 / .448). To call their pitching abysmal is an insult to abysses everywhere. The Rangers have a sub-.500 Pythagorean record. The odds of them making the playoffs are impossibly low.

by 0157H7 on Jul 22, 2008 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

My initial thought about our inability to win away from Fenway was that there must be a big split between home and road OPS. And there is. Lowell, Tek, Lugo, Ellsbury, Crisp and Casey have all been significantly worse away from Fenway. This could be greatly helped by the return of Papi, who averaged an OPS over 1.000 from 2005-07.

But interestingly, the offense is not the only problem. Our pitching has been almost a full run better at Fenway than away.

Here’s to home team advantage!

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Jul 21, 2008 8:43 PM EDT reply actions