Red Sox Hold Team Meeting, But Lose Seventh Straight
The Boston Red Sox held a team meeting on Monday in an attempt to find a way to turn their season around. The Sox have lost 7 straight and are 27-38, nine games out of first place.
Following the meeting of the team that was held by John Farrell the manager, Dustin Pedroia the second baseman said the club would start winning games even if the only ones who believe that are the 25 players and our coaches.
Pedroia has been the most consistent player at the plate and on the field this season. He said the team would attempt to eliminate all the distractions. Pedroia said the team was worried about the game at hand and not tomorrow’s or next week’s.
He also added that the players would stop listening to the “bull—-, that comes from the media, the only thing that will matter is what goes on, on the baseball diamond.
Farrell also mentioned the point brought up by Pedroia about the team blocking the media coverage out about the performance of the team. Farrell said that he does not pay much attention about what is written, as he is aware it is part of every major sports city, and there is no one that likes where the team is at this point.
Before Monday’s 4-2 loss to Atlanta, the Sox were 12th in the American League in runs scored, last in team ERA, last in runs given up and tenth in errors.
Pedroia is confident the team will start to win. He knows it is all about the players eliminating all the distractions and going out playing together as a team.
When asked how much of an impact he thought the distractions were Pedroia said he did not know, he just knows that starting on Monday everyone stops worrying about the distractions and distracters and worries only about winning.
Pedroia addressed speculation as well that Farrell’s job was on the line. The second baseman said everyone was in this together and he does not agree that it is just a single person’s fault. He called the past the past, the hole has been dug and now the team must dig themselves out.
Pedroia added that it started with everybody, not just David Ortiz, or the manager, or the GM it is everyone on the same page together trying to fix it.
Ortiz on Sunday said that Farrell was not to blame for the current position of the team. Farrell said he appreciated what Ortiz had said, but that he was in this with the team and everyone collectively needed to play and do better.
