Lineup Shuffling

The past two games, the leadoff hitter for the Red Sox were Pedroia and Crisp. Tonight, Tito's trying J.D. Drew.

Why three different guys in three nights? Because regular leadoff man Julio Lugo sucks. Real bad. He's hitting .211. That's probably what he's fielding too. So they're trying to shuffle everything around, having him hit last. Problem is, Drew and Crisp both suck too. Drew's been horrible with the exception of the first two weeks and the Arizona Diamondbacks series. The team said way back when they acquired him he was the number five hitter. He was gonna protect Manny. Although he's done next to nothing this year, they've stuck with him, mostly cause they didn't wanna admit they were wrong. Many times the media would question Drew hitting fifth, and Francona got extremely defensive and defended Drew. Crazy as it sounds, Drew might be worse than the stupid Cow Boy Kevin Millar. Managment defending him all the time too. Morons. Finally, Youkilis is behind Manny tonight to protect him. Only managment is using Lugo as a scape goat, saying Drew has to take one for the team and hit lead off.

This team needs a shortstop first and foremost. Then a right fielder secondly. This is so frustrating. Coco Crisp has done nothing but suck ever since he put on a Boston Uniform two years ago, and yet he's not even one of the top two problems with their lineup. I hope Youk and Lowell can keep up their offensive production. Last year they started off really hot and cooled off big time come July.

As for what's going on in the AL East in general: The Red Sox had a 14.5 game lead over everyone. The Yankees have won 9 games in a row and now that lead is down to 8 games. The Sox are 4-5 in that span, including a 12-2 loss to Josh Fogg and the Colorado Rockies last night.