Wow!

 Time to abandon ship.   This team stinks.  They are a bunch of losers run by a loser manager, supported by a GM afraid to make a deal to win this year who is afraid of a cheap owner who shouldn't own a major league chess team let alone a major league baseball team.

OK, phew.   I'm glad I got that off my chest.

But, really, people!  WTF!!!

I harken back to 1997 when we finished 86-75, frustrating all of us almost every day when we KNEW we were so much better than any time in the AL Central and, maybe, in the entirety of the American League... but we played mediocre ball for most of the regular season, only winning our division and getting to the playoffs because our division sucked so bad.  

I was frustrated with this team almost every night that year.   They acted like they didn't care.  

So, thinking back to 1997 and how that was and then coming back to think about the game tonight I only have one thing to say.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stuff needs to change.    Lindor is pathetic as a #3 hitter.   Give up the experiment!  Lindor leads off.  NOW!

What could happen?  We score fewer than 0 runs!

Lineup should be: Lindor, Henandez, Santana, Reyes, Naquin, Thirdbaseman, left fielder, Perez, DeShields.

It is desperation time with this lineup.  Hernandez doesn't steal bases but he handles the bat well.   Maybe we get something started at the top of the order.  

The Kyle Nelson experiment worked so badly tonight that I worry about bringing up Jefry Rodriguez or Nick Sanlin or anyone else.   I KNOW deep in my heart that Nolan Jones isn't ready.   I know it.  Right now his splits make him look like a platoon hitter in the majors, if he ever gets there.   He isn't ready.  But we need a spark of some kind and we weren't given one at the trade deadline so what choice do we have?   I mean, could he hit worse than Yu Chang?  Or maybe we bring up Owen Miller?  

And for the trip down to Lake County fixing any of the hitters?  Look at Oscar Mercado.  The same lost hitter he was when he went down there.   Hitting help from any guys we have banished to Lake County?  Fogetaboudit!

Maybe bting up Tyler Freeman?  Hey, he may pull an Albert Pujols and never leave after only having played A ball!

This team is a mess.   Ownership has dealt us this hand.   Francona doesn't look like he will be back any time soon.  Don't think that it is out of the question that we won't make the playoffs.   It is a real possibility, especially after tonight.  If that clubhouse wasn't trashed by the players out of anger tonight...  People, not us, but the players, should be pissed.   They should be but are they?  Do they care but are in an incredibly bad stretch where they couldn't beat their team at Lake County?  Or are they just coasting like the '97 team?  If it's the latter, wake me up on Sept. 28th.  This pathetic display is too hard to watch right now.