Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Best 27-22 team of all-time?

I missed the game today, taking advantage of just the second nice day we've had all year essentially, but hot damn! This really is who we thought they were! I mentioned it earlier in my return to the blogging scene, this team is spitting straight fire lately. Besides the likely AL MVP Adrian Gonzalez, you have David Ortiz quietly having his best season since 2006. He knocked his 10th home run outta the park today. And what's even more mystifying is that during the Sox sluggish start, Ortiz wasn't his usual dreadful self coming out of the gate. 

Then you have Carl Crawford with a 4-4 day and yet another home run, his second of the series, further erasing the image of his game-ending double-play the other night. Jarrod Saltalamacchia is hitting like he did when he first came up with the ATL in '07, Pedroia seems to have solved his problems, and Ellsbury is just a shade below .300 (.295). And lastly, I have absolutely no idea who Drew Sutton is or what he did to Kevin Youkilis, but he went 3-5 today. I feel like you could unfreeze Ted Williams and he could hit .300 in this lineup right now. I mean, Jesus, Mike Cameron had two hits today. Mike Cameron!

The Sox are now 25-12 since the 2-10 start. Could they become the first team since the 2001 Oakland A's to start 2-10 and still eclipse the century mark in wins? Too soon to tell but if these past 37 games are any indicator, get yo popcorn ready.


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