Oh good grief! You Phillies went and lost the World Series! That means I'll be avoiding reading or watching anything coming out of the Big Apple for the next couple of days (or weeks, could be some massive, protracted gloating going on. Months??) How could you? You were supposed to repeat, dang it! Could it be that ad in a Philly paper showing Phillies World Champs T-shirts pissed off the baseball gods--nothing riles them more than teams jumping the gun. Just ask the Red Sox after June 30th of this year. They leave the field with only two outs in the inning and then go on to blow an 8-run lead. So, anyway...
...Red Sox Nation was dealt a collective gut-punch tonight. The Enemy emerged with the big prize while our team had a blink-and-you-missed-it post-season. Was the whole ball of wax won last December when Steinbrenner, Cashman, & Co. won the free agent sweepstakes? Who knows, but they've spent in the past and had nothing to show for it. Maybe it was just their turn. Damn, it hurt to say that! Ow! Ow! Ow!
Despite what happened in the Bronx tonight, the world's still turning and there will be baseball next year. The Red Sox front office just might have some extra motivation to improve the team for next year, and it must improve in all facets of the game in order to compete with the Yanks, the Angels, and any of those up-and-coming teams like the Rangers and Rays. Leadership is needed in the clubhouse and it will have to come from someone other than Papi or Tek. Guys like Ells and Pedey are still a little too young to assume that role. V-Mart is a candidate. He was the new guy last year, having just come over at the trade deadline, but this year would be a great time to take those leadership qualities he had with the Tribe and use them to unify and motivate the Red Sox.
A power bat or two, a mid-rotation starter, a backup catcher with a decent throwing arm and maybe another sharp reliever could put them where the Yanks are now. After all, 2004...2007...is 2010 next??
LET'S GO RED SOX!!! WIN IT AGAIN IN 2010!!!!
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