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Well, the Sox are apologizing to Adam Jones which is appropriate but they should be apologizing to their fans too given the way they are playing. They now lead MLB in errors and are dead last in home runs. After last night's game someone should be angry. But there is a huge leadership void since David Ortiz retired.
I guess if I have to blame someone it would be Dave Dumbrowski. You can't field a team with no power hitters in the lineup and hope to be successful unless you do everything else really well. If you're going to stick with a bland manager like John Farrell you need to have a few leaders on the field. In 2013 in addition to Big Papi they had David Ross, Johnny Gomes, Shane Victorino, Mike Napoli, John Lackey and Jake Peavy. They were not all-stars but they hated losing. They were self-motivated and they won it all despite not having the most pure talent.
I fear that this is going to be a long season.
I guess if I have to blame someone it would be Dave Dumbrowski. You can't field a team with no power hitters in the lineup and hope to be successful unless you do everything else really well. If you're going to stick with a bland manager like John Farrell you need to have a few leaders on the field. In 2013 in addition to Big Papi they had David Ross, Johnny Gomes, Shane Victorino, Mike Napoli, John Lackey and Jake Peavy. They were not all-stars but they hated losing. They were self-motivated and they won it all despite not having the most pure talent.
I fear that this is going to be a long season.