The Red Sox Reversed the Curse, They Are Now the Evil Empire
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by Aprisco
It is quite ironic but the Red Sox have become the Yankees. I don't know if people realize it yet, but this is the team that everyone should hate. Look at what the Red Sox have done this year. They signed Dice-K to a ludicrous contract, which, when combined with his posting fee was worth over $100 million. The jury is out on whether he was worth that kind of money. Then they signed Julio Lugo, barely a major league starter--he started two full seasons, is hitting .272 for his career and had 68 major league home runs over a 7 year career, to a 4 year, $36 million contract, oh, and they also threw $70 million at J.D. Drew, a career .283 hitter, who has hit 100 RBIs once and 30+ home runs once. That's $200 million of contracts to average, and in some cases below average players. Yet they are still winning.
They have had Julian Taveraz with his 5.15 ERA in the rotation all season, yet they are still winning. They decided to use somebody named Dustin Pedroia at second base this season, he's only hitting .315 in his rookie season. They took on Mike Lowell as part of a salary dump in the Josh Beckett deal, he's only been the team's best hitter this season hitting .308 and leading the team with 73 RBI.
Injury to Curt Schilling? Let's bring up Kason Gabbard, he'll replace Curt, no problem. Gabbard is 4-0 with a 3.73 ERA. And while we're at it, Jon Lester has recovered from cancer, let's use him as well. He gets a win in his first start of the season. And they quietly signed a pitcher from Japan named Hideki Okajima, who nobody ever heard of and who probably deserves the MVP award (46 appearances, 50 2/3 innings, 29 hits, 2-0, 4 saves, 12 walks, 63ks, 5 earned runs, .89 ERA).
There was a once a team called the New York Yankees. The whole league complained because they threw money around like water at players who were not superstars, took on other team's salary dumps, produced young pitching prospects to help out in a crunch, and scoured the world for hidden, unknown talent. Yep, everyone hated them. Now they are the ones trading high priced veterans (Gary Sheffield, Randy Johnson) for prospects, they are the ones watching their players go down to injuries or old age with no help in sight, and the Evil Empire, Boston Red Sox just keep winning.
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