State of the Red Sox Nation

First things first. This is a series I will do once in a while observing different aspects of the Sox team we all love and make comments and place simple, achievable goals for the Red Sox team. 

At the moment the Red Sox are 6- em 0-6. They have been out played almost every single game, and haven't displayed offensive spark yet. Some reasons not to worry too much are:

• This was a Road series. Of course 0-6 is still terrible, but not as terrible as 0-6 at home. 
• 3 of those are against the best AL team – not the Indians, but the Rangers
• After a poor performance, Jon Lester bounced back beautifully, pitching 7 scoreless innings of 3-hit ball while fanning 9. 

Players who have looked good:
Jon Lester in his second start. 
Adrian Gonzalez is being the entire Red Sox offense.
David Ortiz seems to be over his April issues

Players who have looked bad: 
Pretty much everyone else.... 

Goals: 
Heading into the Yanks - Sawks series, Francona – or anyone in there that has the balls to speak up – must inspire the team to man-up and play good baseball. 

1. Win the Home opener. This is CRUCIAL if the Red Sox want to stay confident. If the Yanks take the first one, the series will go downhill, happened in the Rangers series. 
2. Allow no more than 6 runs in each game against the Yankees. The way the offense is going (not scoring more than 5 runs yet) if the game goes high-scoring, the Sox won't catchup.
3. Score double digits in one home game this home stand. They need that oomph in order to get the ball rolling. 

Words of Wisdom (sort of): 
In a big early deficit in a baseball game, you dont come back with solo-shots. You need to work as a team and chip-away little by little. Thats what the Sox need to do now that they are in a 0-6 hole. 

Go Sox!

P.S.
Please let me know if you like this post and if you would like for me to continue making these throughout the year. 

P.S.S
 Go Sox!