The Red Sox finally got a win last night. In the process, they mercifully pumped the breaks on their season-long losing streak and forced the vultures to find something else to bitch about for the next 24 hours.
Shhh, everybody listen for a second
You hear that?
Silence.
God, it's a beautiful. Now let's just hope the Sox can string together a few more wins, so we can keep this going.
To be honest, that's what this season has become for me. I'm not only rooting for the Sox for the obvious reasons, but also to spite the bitter crazies who are so obsessed with stirring the pot. Who aren't happy until they've turned every little thing into really big thing, and ruin the experience for everyone else. I'm sick of it.
Blah.
Anyway, the latest source of drama is surrounding Buster Olney's repeated claims that there's trouble in the Sox clubhouse. And you know, if it was anyone else (EXCEPT FOR CSNNE.COM RED SOX INSIDER SEAN MCADAM), I'd probably ignore the story. But with Olney, it's fair to assume that there's maybe a little something to this.
Here's what he said yesterday, on Mike and Mike:
"There are still some players on that team angry with what happened last fall," he said. "The accusations, questions about who the mole was on that chicken and beer story. One loud conversation I heard about between two teammates on that team. They've got to get that settled.It really tells you the depth of the anger that was felt after that story got out. ... there's a lot of questions among some Red Sox players about who was the guy that leaked that information out there and that has not been resolved."
The funny thing about this is the constant reference to "some Red Sox players" as if there's any question as to who might still have a problem with last year. Hmm Darnell McDonald? Maybe Matt Albers? How about Frankie Mo?
It could only be Josh Beckett.
And if it's true, that sucks, but thankfully, he only matters once every five days. And if the Sox can start winning, it won't matter at all. But before we move on from Boston's alleged clubhouse issues, I need to pass along this great quote from Big Papi, when he was asked about the reports after last night's game.
"We're just going to try and play the game right and go through it, he said. "People need to put whatever happened last year behind. You're not going to resolve any problems by talking about it."
You're not going to resolve any problems by talking about it.
I get what he's saying, but in any context that's pretty funnyastounding. Hopefully there are a few other influential leaders in that clubhouse who feel differently. If not, it might not be long before the Sox have some new problems on their hands.
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