Where Has The Magic Gone?

At the beginning of the year all Red Sox fans believed a repeat was in the cards.

The team had everything: pitching, exciting young players, veteran leaders, sluggers, an experienced manager, and an exceptional front office.

However, as the All-Star break approaches, the Sox have seemed to lose some luster.

Sitting in second place behind the first place Rays, and seemingly having an offense incapable of getting any runs across when they need them, the Sox are now reeling.

To me the evidence of this current low level of play began in the St. Louis series.

After losing the first two games of the series, it took a walk off home run by Kevin Youkilis to save the boys from being swept in Fenway.

Then, they managed to take two of three from the Diamondbacks, despite some shoddy hitting, was exhibited in stretches during that series by the team.

After seeing this, I thought I had found the perfect solution: a trip to Houston.

However, the Astros played tough and stole two out of three from Boston leaving them in a funk going into possibly the most important week of the year, not in September. 

The first two games against the Rays kept up the trend: untimely hits given up by the pitchers and a lack of them by the hitters.

With Manny Ramirez, in a horrific slump, and J.D. Drew finally realizing he's human the offense has come to a halt.

So, with this entire “wrong,” will my Sox find a way to climb out of it?

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