Confidence dropping among Red Sox fans again....before they swept the A’s

Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY SportsWelcome to SB Nation FanPulse, a survey of fans across MLB. Each week, we send 30 polls to plugged in fans from each team. Red Sox fans, sign up HERE to join FanPulse.

Confidence was falling fast before the sweep of the A’s

Well, our timing for these Fanpulse polls have been pretty rough, as the Red Sox have quickly changed course in each of the last few weeks between the time these polls went out and the time the results came in. This time around, the polls went out on the heels of being swept at home by the Rays, a series that followed a disappointing split with the Tigers. Things were looking bad, and it was hard to blame anyone for feeling down about the…