Thats why I never really gloated on here or called them finished. To much talent for them to fade without a fight. You are always dead on with your assesments of the sox weaknesses. Manny needs to step up. Hes working hard. I dont get it?
Yep, I was the same way. That team is too good to languish for the whole season. We start back up tonight against Halladay, should be a game.
I think Manny's drop off is a function of getting older. His bat isn't as quick as it used to be and his eye isn't as good as it used to be. He's taken a ton of pitches he normally would have destroyed. And he's swung and missed a lot of pitches he would have driven in the past.
Manny was arguably the best hitter in the game, he was SPECTACULAR and now he looks relatively average. 11 HR's on July 12, WTF is that?