This. I don't get the missing the playoffs mentality. I guess that's the adopted Sox fan mentality.
I'm not in the boat of anything can happen in the playoffs but I think you have to have a habit of winning to make the post season.
Not making the playoffs with hope for changes is like an NFL fan of an 8-8 team that makes the post season getting pissed off because 6-10 would be a better pick in the draft.
Winning needs to be a habit even if it's not the way you wanted it to pan out.
There should have been a major change during the season that so far has worked out for 2 teams.
If you look at the wild card standings I wonder how many of their fans have the attitude well lets miss the playoffs in hopes of major changes? I wonder how many Padre fans are thinking that?
It's the pissed off fan mentality and nothing more. There's plenty of knee jerk reactions to go around in this forum.
What you see now isn't really much different in this organization going back to the turn of the century.