I can't find a bigger collapse of a pitching staff than the 2011 Red Sox. John Lackey was horrible the entire year. The RS starters had an ERA over 7 this month.
Carl Crawford made $14 million this year and put up a .289 OBP and 11 HR, playing a pitiful LF. He gets a $5 million raise in 2012, with six years left on his contract. He is a brutally bad player in Boston. He needs some soft team like the Royals, Mariners or Twins to disappear on. No guts.
This is the biggest choke job in the history of organized athletics, maybe since the Persians were favored over the Spartans in Thermopoli. Edgar Renteria and Bruce Chen are thanking God they don't have the stink of this team on them this morning.
Ownership will take a flame thrower to the locker room and front office, hopefully before the end of the week. Without 2007, and especially 2004, RS fans would be out on a collective ledge today. Congrats to the Rays and Cards for NOT collapsing like a $3 umbrella.
I can't wait for Friday, since it is two days removed from yesterday.