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Mother Of All Collapses Reaches Catastrophic Conclusion
By: Bob George

In the end, what to make of this?...

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cmasspatsfan

They were to banged up to do any damage in the playoffs anyhow, this just ended the misery earlier rather than later.

ctpatsfan77

No collapse will ever match the Skankees in the 2004 postseason.

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SammyBlueCat

Precisely!

Who did not see this coming???

robbomango

typical bipolar Boston sports that's for sure. Our teams have proved anythings possible on both ends of the spectrum. ultimate heros or total botch job.

jcdavey

red sox 86 world series did that, actually

weren't they up 3 games to 2 in the actual world series?

that trumps any blown game lead in a non world series ...series

TheBostonStraggler

I agree the injuries, very likely, would have meant a short lived playoff run. However, getting in the playoffs -- even with a very near collapse of epic proportions -- would have made this nothing more than an unremarkable season/a banal season of missed opportunity soon forgotten. And what did they need to do to make the playoffs? I think play .275 winning percentage baseball for the month of September. So they were so injured they couldn't win just barely more than 1 out of every 4 games? Seriously? This deservedly goes into the Choke record book and Hall of Shame. Think about it, the absolute worst team in the league played at a .360 winning percentage. This team had plenty of uninjured talent to win more games than they did in September.
This was a glaring example of a pre-2004 Red Sox team that would choke. When they needed the hit when it counted, they'd hit into a double play. When they needed the ace to throw a good game, he'd get lambasted. When they needed the reliable reliever to close it out? He all of a sudden couldn't strike out a drunk bum off the street.
It is what it is, no need to make excuses. It was an epic choke. Fortunately the demons had been exercised in 2004.......otherwise this would be another and particularly brutal chapter of the Curse of the Babe that would affect the team in upcoming seasons.

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tuckeverlasting

now it's just the "curse of the san diego padres". thanks agon !

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jcdavey

looks more like the curse of crawford

agon at least put up damn solid numbers

tuckeverlasting

yeah, except tampa's good and the padres are dog **** hence, curse of the padres.

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