Oops, We Did it Again

Skipper Jim Tracy ponders when and if the Bucs will score again

Baseball is a pretty simple sport. The rules are clearly defined, in order to win a ball game, you must score more runs than your opponent. In order to outscore your opponent, you must first score runs,...hopefully lots of runs.

This concept has eluded our boys for most of the last decade and a half. Actually, around 54% of the time. After last night's second consecutive shutout in Seattle, you really must ask yourself what is the problem with these guys.

This was my deepest, darkest fear entering this road trip. If the Bucs pull another one of their legendary post-Leyland era zombie acts, let's say like only scoring a run or two during a 5 game skid, they will be screwed. They stand the potential to come home as many as 13 games under .500, and at that point, who really gives a fuck anymore.

The Steelers are a few weeks out of training camp, and I for one will find it hard to stomach the interest for yet another "September Surge", where we start beating other irrelevant teams and push our win total up to a whopping 75, good enough for fourth place in arguably the worst division in baseball. Finishing ahead of Cincy and the Cubbies just ain't doing it for me anymore. The September Surge is also when you start hearing about our potential, and all the brilliant what-if questions like "what if we weren't as bad in one run games" or "what if we didn't lose every game in which Jason Bay wore red boxers".

Am I projecting anger? Good, because I'm just a few more blocks away from the neighborhood I like to call Rage. Not sure what comes after rage, but I'm certain my beloved Bucs will help me discover it.