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Road Trip: So far, so good

Winning on the road is tough.

Winning on the road on long road trips is tougher.

To borrow a question from Boog Sciambi's radio show last week:

If I would have asked you, before this road trip started, if I would give you an 6-6 record on the road, would you take it?

Would you stay home and say, "ok, I'll take 6-6 and not even make the trip"?

Obviously it's only a hypothetical mental exercise, but Boog said yes.

I wasn't sure, I wanted more.

A radio caller then brought up this scenario: the Marlins win 2/3 from the Cubs, lost the series 1-2 against the Angels (the AL West leading Angels), win the series 2-1 against the Braves and sweep the D-Rays (the worst team in baseball).

Seems like an altogether not impossible scenario, and the team comes out 8-4.

Coming into this afternoon's game that possibility is still in place, so looking at the big picture I can't complain too much yet. Even if we don't go 8-4 on the road trip, and manage to go 7-5, that's not bad for the longest road trip of the season.

The key is, don't get swepped today. That puts you in a tough spot. Today is key. Yes we have Alois on the mound, but today is close to a must win. Win today, and we have so far .500 baseball on the road for the trip coming up against a division rival (who I think we are better than, considering their injuries) and septic tank bottom-rung-of-the-ladder baseball team.

In baseball, a game where you want to stay in it on the road and make hay at home, I'll take that any day.

But guys, let's win today.

Go Marlins!

Update [2005-6-27 13:18:35 by fishfan24]:We actually went 7-5, with the scenario I predicted nearly holding up, except that we lost the series to the Braves 1-2 after two horrendous hitting performances

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