The disappointment is now complete with reports that the Sox are trying to get a last minute trade for David Wells. Not that I like David Wells but, for you non-baseball fans, when a team starts making off late season trades, it is a sign that the team is realizing that it will not be in the post-season. Teams then start trying to get out of large contracts by send their players off on waivers.
This comes as Manny Ramirez and Willy Mo Pena have both been sent in for Medical Evaluation and Ortiz is dealing with an irregular heart beat. This is a painful time for a baseball fan when, after investing a season, he realizes that the rest of the season is a lame duck.
This will likely be my last post on the Red Sox this season (unless something extraordinary unfolds). We may catch a Rangers game, just for one last hurrah and that is that. It's lousy that such a promising season (which saw the Red Sox in first place most of the season) has spiraled into such a disaster but I guess that's the game. I'll keep watching when I can and listening the rest of the time but I probably won't listen carefully or write at all. So long until next year.
SOME SILVER LINING:
I just listened to Curt Schilling get his 3,000th career strikeout against Nick Swisher of the Oakland A's. Schilling becomes the 14th pitcher in MLB history to get 3,000 homeruns.
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