Well That Didn’t Go As Planned

Nothing else need be re-said, revisited, rehashed or redone.  It is what it is.  And it is brutal.  Epic.  Awful.  And over.  Gotta give it up to these 2011 Red Sox - they found ways to make what was promised to be anticlimactic and business-like very exciting.  Hey, there are lots of movies that ended horribly that were exciting for most of the time, right?  Like...The China Syndrome.  Yeah...that’s the movie that this season most reminds me of.

At least the Sox have great memories and found a way to revert back to form.  Now nobody can accuse them of “losing their way” or “forgetting who they are”.  THE REMEMBERED ALRIGHT!  What a memory on those Sox!  This is the song that pretty much sums up everything emotionally for me, kinda keeps playing over and over in my head, my shower radio, the car stereo, etc...



No, you can never take 2004 and 2007 away from us.  But we can’t just sweep this one aside either.

Rather than castigate the Lackeys and Crawfords for their season-long futility and significant role in this meltdown, or the Papelbons and Scutaros who contributed directly last night (WHAT ARE YOU DOING STOPPING AND WATCHING THE BALL BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD FOR SCUTARO!?!?!), or the Theo Epsteins who spent lavishly like a spoiled society child in building said “superteam” (have fun in Chicago!), it just never should have come down to this.  So...yeah.  It kinda finished how it began. like flaming dogshit in a bag.  Beautiful bookends to the season, I dare say.

To splash a spot of light onto the despair I’ll try and end on a peachier note; the true Red Sox fans know no boundary in their fandom.  That we were able to even temporarily even wrap our minds around the idea of rooting for the Yankees, for even but a moment, in our effort to get into the playoffs.  Something that would normally make us sick, even kill us.  That’s like Drain-O for the soul!  And we had to try and make that deal with the devil just to help our team get into the playoffs?  Wow...we really are a twisted bunch.

So that’s what we get.  Though you could say we didn’t deserve it.  But so it goes.  Putting some color and historical perspective back onto the whole Boston sports scene after a decade for the ages, I guess.  The Red Sox?  They definitely got what they deserved.  And so did Tampa.

A 7-0 lead, Yanks?  REALLY?  I hate the damn Yankees.

If you’re gonna shit the bed and collapse at least make it memorable, something for the ages, something to remember and share with kids (that you hate), right?