Dead Sox

Red Sox tickets went on sale a couple weeks ago and we didn't get any because we were making a crack o' dawn pilgrimage to retail Mecca. And you know what, I'm glad we didn't get anything because the Red Sox are self-destructing and they are not going to be fun to watch. I don't know how any of this happened: Theo leaving, the two-headed hydra GM being installed, Olerud announcing his retirement right after they finally rid themselves of Millar, franchise player Johnny Damon defecting to the dark side. It's just like, are you kidding? How do you let it get to this? They have no shortstop, no first baseman, no center fielder, no leadoff hitter, and no speed. There's nobody on the market to get. Mirabelli got traded for some schnook. Nobody will take Manny. Tejada wants to make out with Baltimore. Schilling is still the best we can scrape up on the hill.

It's discouraging, to say the least, and also waaaay too familiar. I'm really not prepared to see Damon in pinstripes, palling around with Jeter and A-Rod. Oh my God, just... no.