This is the season of angst. The whole “why can’t we get guys like that” effect is in full play, what with Anibal Sanchez’s no-hitter… losing the 10-9 game to the Royals in the fashion the Sox did pretty much summed it up: pulling ahead with hope, before the bullpen brought it all back down. And then now… 6 runs in the top of the 12th? Eric Hinske hits for Manny Ramirez? They are trying to break out hearts, I think.
At some point in the offseason, the wunderkind Theo and his crew seriously have to look at pitcher evaluation strategies, both for starters and especially for the bullpen.