The Red Sox realize they cannot beat the Yankees using conventional methods, like good defense, good hitting and good pitching. They have a collective inferiority complex because the better looking and more successful older brother (Yankees) always get the girl and mom and dad?s attention.
So what do they do?
They have Bronson Arroyo hit Alex Rodriguez. They have their 27 year old 5.0 lifetime ERA pitcher hit Alex with a pitch and let?s be honest, despite that dumb farm boy humble act he put on, he DID hit him. Then tough guy Varitek, who I kind of like, or liked, goes after Rodriquez because he was jawing at the pitcher. Sure, I can see Varitek getting between ARod and the pitcher because that is how it?s done, but did he have to take a swing at him. Most fights in the majors today are push and shove and ?hold me back? crap. So it was a GREAT plan. Take out one of the best players to EVER play the game, lose your freakin catcher, and see what happens.
Well, it worked. They won the game. They BARELY won the game, but then went out the next night and won the third game of the series. Good for them. Good for them to finally realize playing baseball will not win them anything. After the first 5 or 6 weeks of the season, the Red Sox, second highest payroll in baseball, are a .500 team. Pathetic. So they start throwing the ball around and start fights and get all jazzed up and YOORAW!! And all of that macho crap.
I forgot one other thing. And this one is a bute that people are not talking about. The Red Sox tell the Yankees the game will not be played. The Yanks shower and head to the bus. At which point some 7 dollar an hour assistant assistant to the assistant comes running after the team bus banging on the side as it gains speed. The bus driver stops and the kid through huffing and buffing breaths tells them the game is on. Oh sure, like Francona said, I am sure it was a ?communication? mix up.
Meanwhile, the Yanks will continue to go out and win games. They will continue to take a very professional and winning approach and do their best. They have problems as we all know. Pitching is suspect, Giambi has that bizarre health issue, but the Yanks will be fine.
The Sox will use Saturday?s pathetic display of sportsmanship to go out and win a few games and feel good about themselves, but deep down inside they know they have to resort to sandlot foolery because they are just not in the same league as the Yankees.
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