So much for the Red Sox. They’ve officially abandoned any hope for 2006. Varitek gets knocked out, they lose first place, then go directly down the shitter – do not pass Go, do not collect $200. Oh well. On the bright side, they managed to beat Toronto at home, which is a rare achievement this year. Of course, that means it’s now a given absolute that if it doesn’t rain out tomorrow night they will lose. Spectacularly. Leaving unbroken my string of witnessed Sox defeats. In consultation with my partner in misery, I don’t think I’ve seen the Sox win at all – unless they were beating the Phillies.
Bastards.
In other news, I would like to add a corollary to the “Never help the Yankees” law of baseball. “Never deep-six the Phillies.” Especially when you’re dropping out of the season and the Phils are surprisingly in the playoff hunt.
Talk about kicking a man when he’s down. Give up your playoff hopes, abandon the only consistent player on the team and shiv the Phils while you’re at it.
In fairness, turnabout is fair play.
Goddamnit. I hate baseball. Maybe I’ll be a Nationals fan. No chance of them getting good any time soon. I could even wear one of those nifty retro-Expos hat and merrily abandon all my principles.