Things come apart

August 29th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

manny.jpgI can still kind of remember when the Red Sox seemed completely, totally in control of their own situation. Happy, actually, to have such a solid group in a solid place in the solid American League. Contentment, it felt, was abounding.

Now, well - not so much.

With Ortiz struggling against heart palpitations, the Sox were dealt another blow today, as Manny Ramirez and Wily Mo Pena (man, I wish my name was Wily Mo), were taken to the hospital themselves, struck with “gray-area” injuries, or so says Theo.

Now, I have no room to talk here - the Cubs are long gone, and tonight’s loss pretty much sealed the deal that I will not be paying attention any more this season - but the Sox are a walking caricature of dissapointing. That five-game sweep from the Yankees, well, there’s your turning point. But if the Red Sox can’t stop the bleeding sometime soon, that sweep will be simply another point in the bulleted list of this season’s long, slow decline.

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3 Responses to “ Things come apart”


  1. Phillips
    August 29, 200611:05 pm

    ok guys i’ve got the debate of the decade here: Who has the better name: Willy Mo Pena or Coco Crisp?

  2. Jason
    August 30, 20061:13 am

    Hands down Coco Crisp. Now (as Ea stated) if his name were “Willy Mo”, then I think I’d go with him. But based on those two names, it’s gotta be Coco Crisp.

  3. Phillips
    August 30, 20062:04 am

    See initially I agreed with you Jason, but when I thought about it I realized I think I’d rather be named Willy Mo Pena. I don’t know if I’d like hearing “Hey Coco, want to catch a movie?” or something to that effect. Both a great names but I can’t decide.

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