The Red Sox are finished

by anaconda on Aug 29, 2006 5:02 AM EDT Comment 20 comments

I hereby declare that the Boston Red Sox are dead in 2006.

Not only do they own the worst record in MLB during the month of August, but after their embarrassing 9-0 shutout loss to the A's on Monday night, the Red Sox are now a season-high 7 games in back of the idle Yankees.

If that wasn't bad enough, the Red Sox have been without Manny for the last several games and will continue to be without him in the lineup until later this week when the Red Sox return home to Fenway.

And finally, the fatal knockout blow, according to ESPN:

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was scheduled to leave the team Tuesday and return to Boston to be examined again for an irregular heartbeat.

Big Papi was a late scratch for Boston's game Monday night at Oakland for what was first thought to be the flu. Ortiz, who on Sunday hit his major league-leading 47th home run at Seattle, already spent time in a Boston hospital earlier this month for the condition.

He said he thought it was caused by fatigue.

"He will get a clean bill of health before he plays again," manager Terry Francona said. "The games are important, but we have a responsibility to do what's right."

Said Sox reliever Mike Timlin: "It's not good. This game is nothing compared to someone's health or family. We don't play games with people's lives. I don't know any of the details. All I can do is pray for him."

Read the rest here.

By no means am I taking pleasure in Big Papi's current medical condition and I certainly wish him a speedy recovery.

However, there is no question that Ortiz is the heart (no pun intended) and soul of that franchise and you can stick the proverbial fork in that team and eliminate any chance of them winning the wildcard, much less the AL East.

The same article reports that rookie pitcher Jon Lester has been placed on the 15-day DL due to a sore back.

As I said one week ago, this Red Sox team is finished.

They have no shot at the division and their chances of winning the wildcard are slipping away after each passing loss.

The Yankees should be on "cruise control" in September and now they should be setting their sights on the Detroit Tigers for the best record in the AL and capturing home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

What say you?

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David Ortiz

is having these problems with his health because he is a fat ass. If he stayed in better shape, he more likely wouldn't be having these problems.

by ReLaunch on Aug 29, 2006 6:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Applause

Way to dig on a guy when he's down. I'm sure if someone in your family were having heart problems, your first response would be to call them a fat ass. Makes me glad we're not relatives. Sensitivity anyone? Jeezus.

P.S. And no idiot, David Ortiz is not part of my family. But he's a human being with a problem. If there's no compassion in you, then shut the hell up. The majority of Red Sox fans I know cringed when Matsui went down and wished him a speedy recovery (and to forget how a baseball bat worked in the process).

by Trolling I admit it on Aug 29, 2006 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe

If you actually read the thread, then you would see that he had no ill will towards Ortiz. He had only ill will towards that Sox as a baseball team. Go troll somewhere else.

As for Ortix being the heart and soul, I would argue that it is Tek. The team has fallen apart since he went down.

You play the game to win the game, and not to worry about what's on the back of the baseball card at the end of the year. - Paul O'Neill

by potroast on Aug 29, 2006 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

I would argue that the team fell apart last winter when Wonderboy Theo shit the bed framing the roster.

Fear the Evil Empire

by pfistyunc on Aug 29, 2006 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your a dumb ass.

The number reason people in this country have heart problems and cardiovascular disease is because of bad diet and obesity. Ortiz is a fat ass. Obviously you are not in the healthcare field like I am so shut the hell up.

by ReLaunch on Aug 29, 2006 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well,

no one is disputing the medical truth of that. but I think the point is that it is not the appropriate human response when someone is diagnosed with a heart problem.

All my sox fan friends felt bad for Matsui and winced at his awful injury. No one gloated about it. I would like to think we are at least as classy as sox fans.

It's not always easy to feel bad for someone who brought harm on themselves (an obese person who suffers heart problems, or a chronic smoker who has lung cancer). it's much easier to feel superior and call the person a fatass or a fool. but it is not really an appropriate human response. I for one hope he is OK.

by hugo on Aug 29, 2006 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey Relaunch

Come on. Show a little compassion. Hating the Red Sox need not be cruel. I am thin as a rail, in pretty good health (knock on wood) and have heart palipitations when I am over tired and stressed. One need not be a fat ass to suffer from palpitations.

Thank you Aaron Boone.

by costa on Aug 29, 2006 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

One of my brothers, and one of my sisters have had irregular heartbeats. Both of them are thin as rails (compared to my chubby ass). They had something called an extra av node and needed a cauterization proceedure. It was something they've had all their lives and was only noticed when they were ill with something else that caused more stress on their hearts.

Be compassionate. But I admit until someone on the Sox actually does get injured, I secretly wish for them to be injured. During the 04 ALCS that I screamed for Schillings foot to be ripped off. I couldn't help it, but if it actually happened I would have been sorry.

by Greenfuzz on Aug 29, 2006 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have a heart

murmur myself, so I do apologize if I sounded like i didn't care. But I am tired seeing people not take care of themselves and have cardiovascular problems. Ortiz is an awesome hitter, as I have stated before, but he is very out of shape, his gut is enormous, things that don't help to a healthy lifestyle.

by ReLaunch on Aug 29, 2006 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

I don't think Ortiz is a bad person, I just don't like him in terms of baseball (I mean, he's a red sock)...but heart problems. I feel bad for him. I hope nothing happens to him that is REALLY bad.

Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win! -John Sterling

by goyankees on Aug 29, 2006 10:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Irregular heart beat

Usually nothing comes of it. Plenty of athletes have had it, and not all of them were fat.

by onehitwonder on Aug 29, 2006 10:51 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

definitely

It can be anything from overexertion to "supplements" (both legal and not) to a serious medical issue to almost anything one could imagine.

I don't believe this is the first time ortiz has had this issue, which could cut both ways.

by hugo on Aug 29, 2006 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Supplements"

was the first thing that lept to mind. All those guys use one form of speed or another, which can't be good for the heart.

Then again, maybe the month of August has literally broken Ortiz's heart.

"That was pure youth, speed and recklessness." --Mike Mussina on Melky Cabrera's 6/5 sprint for home

by JaneKnowles on Aug 29, 2006 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

didn't he start to have these "heart problems" during the son of massacre?

Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win! -John Sterling

by goyankees on Aug 29, 2006 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know what didn't cause it

Well, at least the doctors can rule out "fear from being pitched inside" since the Yankees' pitchers (and the rest of the AL) are total pussies when Ortiz comes to the plate.

Fear the Evil Empire

by pfistyunc on Aug 29, 2006 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

double true

the question is, why?

by hugo on Aug 29, 2006 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Papi

I hope he gets better. Red Sox player or not, its just sick to hope another human being faces health problems. I don't care if Sox fans didn't feel bad for Matsui. Thats what makes them classless douchebags. Besides this season, with their pitching staff, its not like the Sox are going anywhere with a healthy Ortiz.

by Lou Reed Is My Hero on Aug 29, 2006 11:59 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs