* How do you spell CHOKE? Here's a hint: it starts with a "P", and ends with an "N". ALL YOU NEEDED TO DO WAS TO GET FOUR LOUSY OUTS, AND YOU BLEW THE SAVE AND THE GAME BY GIVING UP FIVE FREAKIN' RUNS?! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU WERE ONE FREAKIN' PITCH AWAY FROM GAME 4 AT HOME THREE TIMES?! ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME???!!!
* Poor, poor Clay Buchholz. With two year's ups and downs - much more downs than ups - and in the most important game of his young career, he was as good as it gets. But it wasn't enough. When the bats finally had some production and the starter somehow came through, the bullpen faltered and fell - face first.
* Josh Beckett and Jon Lester. Yeah, they are great, but they ain't superman, hence they AIN'T capable of pitching shutout games facing a team with the second run production in regular season. They lost their games partly because of some bad pitches, but mostly because of the bats who didn't do their job.
* Bats. I'm speechless. Besides 5 runs in the 3rd and 4th innings on Sunday, they only managed to score 2 runs in 25 innings. How could they even possibly do that? Can they be more lifeless?
* It has been an awful second half - the Sox got (I refuse to use the word 'clinched' here) the wildcard berth just because the Rangers were more determined to golf early - and a horrendous ALDS. The Angels are the better team, I get it. I haven't really expected the Sox to win the series. Just not a sweep, not in our house. Is this too much to ask? To put up a good fight, a nice show. Is THIS too much to ask? I suggest the players should personally refund the tickets to all the fans, who had to be there before noon despite all the traffic due to the game and a city marathon and a parade and a Tom Cruise filming in town just to suffer this (my poor, poor boss Bill). A note to Tom Cruise, you hadn't really had to overturn an 18-wheeler or land a helicopter on the Zakim Bridge for a disaster scene, in a park about 2 miles southwest you would have seen it all.
* Well, at least the Sox could sign Jason Bay with less money, bwee?
* And the over-time loss of the Pats at Denver three hours later? Just kill me already.
* A season-ending loss and a season-nearly-ending loss for two most beloved local teams in the span of 6 hours? People, it is official. God hate us New England sports fans.
* Well, maybe not, on Saturday night the B's did have an epic comeback against the Islanders to score three goals in 7 mins and win the shootout later on. Otherwise you bet I'm suicidal now.
* But basically it was just because the Islanders and their goalie sucked more. It's still a crappy situation all around.
* I think I'm already a little bit mental.
* Oh well.