while we are taking a lot of pitches (good) we aren't capable of doing real damage when we get into favorable counts
Well said etown...that's my take too.
I think that a home opener loss where the team falls behind 12 to whatever early, with clubhouse issues surfacing before the fans ever arrived, is a harbinger of a very, very tough season. Small sample size, yes. Could turn out to be a blip on the radar. Doc blew me off when I questioned his sanguine analysis of the first two games. Hey, he knows more than I will ever forget. Who am I, anyway? Just a bloke who sees what he sees and says what he sees. But it wouldn't be so easy to blow me off if I had posted the same thing after last night's game. Instead, I was saying it after the team had won it's first two games.
In the end, he may well be right, and me wrong. But that's not what my eyes told me from the very first game of the season. My eyes told me, this team is going to be nearly as bad offensively as the one last year. My eyes told me the bullpen looked very shaky, as expected. Add that up and you have a starting rotation that feels like if it gives up two runs their goose is cooked.
I sincerly hope I'm wrong, and I DO agree with Doc that 2-5 does not a season make or break. What bothers me is what my eyes see.