Red $ox = Red $ux

How do you lose a game when you are ahead 9 – 0? It would be a somewhat of an easy feat in football where a touchdown, point after and a field goal would give you 10 points; but baseball – you need to score 10 separate times.

Red Sox spoiled “Nation” was witness to this collapse playing in their little historic 100 year old museum that’s just as much of an attraction as their overpaid “Texas tough guy,” and their Menino impersonator. Up 9-0 with three innings left to play the “chicken and beer” guys that were the cause of their beloved manager, Terry (Tito) Francona; the one who brought them two World Series, getting fired, managed to do just that losing 15 – 9. What an embarrassment? The fans who for years have called their rivals from NY many derogatory things should now be eating crow. I ask you, if the Yankees “suck” as you have so deemed them, where does this put you in comparison? (BTW I am not a Yankee fan but I do respect them and their organization).

I’m afraid that a new curse has been put on this team – the “Francona” curse and management deserves it. While fans boo their new manager Mr. Henry & Co. are laughing all the way to the bank. Instead of booing their new manager who inherited many of the same spoiled brats that were there for last year’s collapse why don’t you look and place blame on the real culprit, the man who runs, according to their owner, the Red Sox, Mr. Lucchino.

The team is an embarrassment and the organization doesn’t care because the fans will continue to come and dish out on average of $500 a game for a family of four between parking, tickets and concessions. I’m not a Valentine apologist and was never a fan of Valentine but think that he’s not the reason the Red Sox are performing so poorly. Remember that their new General Manager selected Dale Sveum to replace Francona but was shot down by Mr. Red Sox Baseball Operations. Larry Lucchino was the one who wanted Valentine to deal with the problem players of last year instead of getting rid of some the bad apples on the team. The man inherited some garbage and that’s what you still have garbage, very expensive garbage.

How do you win today? Just hope and pray that it rains hard enough today so that the game gets cancelled.