But The World Goes 'Round.

Kicks in the shins, eh boyos? Ah, well. It's just going to be one of those years this year, isn't it?

Much like last year's team, they needed everything to go right for them to be any good. But unlike last year's team, nothing seems to have gone right for them this year. Clay has been terrible. And Felix was worse. The bullpen has been not inspiring.

Will was supposed to not suck but Mr. Easilydistracted was beyond useless. One wouldn't think that going from Will to Brock Holt was an upgrade but look how that turned out. Xander has been kind of okay at short. I love the man but Dustin has been mediocre. Naples was the only one hitting for awhile but then he busted his finger. Pierzynski isn't much of a catcher but at least he's hit a little bit. Maybe David Ross needs to be conked on the head again.

And then there's David. David is wonderful and maybe he's slowed down a bit but what do you expect? The back may be broad but it's not broad enough to hoist twenty-four guys on there and drag them through September without getting tired.

As for the outfield, it's a real shame that Daniel lost his pixie dust and that Shane's hamstring turned into spaghetti. If the pair of them are available then you can use Gomes and Sizemore properly. And then you can feel good about running Jackie out there everyday without worrying about whether he's forgotten what a baseball bat looks like--he is a joy to watch. 

But what are you going to do? Hope for a miracle, I suppose.