WHEELS COME OFF
"It's
obvious why one American League official told Newsday's Ken Davidoff
the Red Sox are "a dead team." It has something to do with the fact
that they are without a pulse.
Not
that they'll find sympathy on the other side of the field. When Pedro
Martinez made a loud entrance onto the field in street clothes
yesterday afternoon, a couple of Yankees uncomfortably shook his hand.
But not all. "I don't know the guy," Posada sniffed. "He's not my
friend. No sense for me to say hello."
Boston's
clubhouse was deadly quiet before the game. Manny Ramirez clicked off
the voice of Bostonian baseball analyst Peter Gammons talking on ESPN
about how lifeless the Red Sox are. Later, there was a half-serious
confrontation between Jason Varitek and Curt Schilling about why
Schilling blew off the pre-series pitchers' meeting, in which opposing
hitters are discussed. That Schilling isn't pitching either of the next
two games was no excuse, for Varitek or Schilling.
When
Schilling tried to take the offensive, Varitek reasonably wondered why
the guy who missed the meeting was the one raising his voice. The
historic visual of "25 players, 25 cabs" was fresh in anyone's mind who
witnessed this scene.
It's nice from a Yankees perspective that Boston appears to be coming unglued."
-- Newsday: More of the same
Pedro Caught Clowning Around on YES While His Team is Taking a Vicious Beating in the Bronx
"I'm
watching YES....I actually do not mind Jim Kaat... he was talking about
Pedro clowning around with the fans in the middle of an ass whooping...
he said that most managers would not allow that.. he said it is one
thing to be loose, but it looks like you don't care about the team." - Scott Cooper, SoSH (yes, that Scott Cooper... no)
Yankee
fan emails us: "WTF is Pedro doing? Joking with the fans, flashing his
tetas at them, smiling with an 11-3 deficit? Some leadership."
6.30.04:
Bronx Blowout
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NEW YORK NIGHTMARE
The Big Awful
Yee-Yuk, Gone-see-ya-parra, Sox Drop the Ball
New York 11 Boston 3, D-Lowe Comes Undone, Sox Defenseless, Lethargic, Fundamentally Unsound
Sheffield and Tony-the-Phony Clark Clobber Lowe
Sloppy Sox Slip Back into Francoma
"For the last two months, there's been a lull here." - Derek Lowe
"He
is starting to look like Wade Boggs circa 1992, like a man so consumed
with resentment that he cannot focus on anything else." -- Mazz on
Nomar
"There
may have been unhappier players in the history of Boston sports, but
this typist remembers none. It could not be more clear that these are
the final days of Nomar Garciaparra in Boston." -- Dan Shaughnessy
Fredo:
"Nomar's trying to hustle, Kevin looks up because Lofton's fast. No
that's not an excuse, that's what happened. We need to play the games
as well as possible. We've got to come out here grinding."
