Baseball Surprise

The Red Sox have been dreadful this year. A complete embarrassment. No one thought it would be this bad again.

Or so I thought.

I just looked at the standings. They are 73-80 right now. They have nine games remaining. If they could magically go 8-1 over those nine games they would finish the season at 81-81 for an even .500 record.

Prior to the season starting my thought was that they would not be very good this year, but they would be better than last year. I thought the upside would be a .500 record. That or something close to it.

By June I had changed my tune. Last place with a bullet! They suck to high heaven! They are going to lose 100 games!

Who knew that my original prediction was going to be so close to correct. They have a legitimate chance to finish only a few games shy of .500. I am totally shocked! It is amazing what can happen when you are out of contention before the all-star break!