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Their Dinner With Bobby? |
In fact, no matter how much stardust Werner sprinkles over the situation, the next nine games at home will likely make or break this 2012 squad. Amazingly, they are only four games out of Wild Card #2—which, of course, would offer them the opportunity to condense 162 games of effort into one winner-take-all contest (Thanks, Bud!). But, even that scenario is dicey unless they kick posterior on this upcoming nine-game homestand. They will face the Marlins (3 games), Braves (3 games) and Blue Jays (3 games).
Miami has the exact same record as we do (33-33), but has lost eight of their last ten and scored 47 fewer runs than they've allowed this year. Atlanta is hanging around in the suddenly tough NL East (4.5 back of Washington), but they just dropped three straight to the Evil Ones at the Concrete Bunker On 161st Street. Toronto—one-half game ahead of us at the moment—just lost three of their starters to injury. So, Boston should be able to take at least 7 of 9—which would put them at 40-35 and restore some legitimacy to the season.