By Roger Wallenstein
This was supposed to be fun.
The idea of blowing Saturday’s 5-0 eighth-inning lead with Chris Sale headed for another masterpiece wasn’t part of the new plan. The package wasn’t advertised to include Jose Abreu swinging and missing pitches in the dirt as he struck out four times. After taking two of three at Dodger Stadium earlier in the week, certainly a split of the six games played in Los Angeles and Anaheim wasn’t asking too much.
Apparently it was. Toss in Sunday’s 4-2 limp effort, concluding the three-game sweep at the hands of the Angels, and one can’t blame Sox fans for thinking, “Is that all there is?”
Three games doesn’t make a season, so all the clichés – “You have to have a short memory” and “Play them one at a time” – now are required.
Posted on June 9, 2014