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Red Sox epic collapse one for the record books
see bs ^ | 9-29-11

Posted on 09/29/2011 7:43:01 AM PDT by doug from upland

BOSTON - Move over, Bucky Dent. Step aside, Bill Buckner. Make room, incredibly, for Jonathan Papelbon.

The star closer is the stunned symbol of the latest Red Sox collapse. This one lasted a month and finally ended when there were no more games left to lose.

Rays, Cardinals clinch playoff spots

"This is just maybe the worst situation that I ever have been involved in my whole career," designated hitter David Ortiz said. "It's going to stay in a lot of people's minds for a while."

No team has blown a bigger lead in September — a nine-game margin through Sept. 3 — and missed the playoffs. Boston went 6-18 after that and did not win consecutive games at any point in the month.

Stunning.

"This is one for the ages, isn't it?" general manager Theo Epstein said, a blank stare on his face.

CBSSports.com's Danny Knobler says this year's collapse is as bad as it gets, because there's not one moment and not one villain.

"There's an entire group that spent four months masquerading as the best team in baseball, or one agonizing month masquerading as perhaps the worst," Knobler writes.

Boston began play Wednesday tied with Tampa Bay in the AL wild card race. But the Red Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 when Papelbon, who had blown just one save before this month, blew his second in September, allowing two runs in the ninth.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: orioles; rays; redsox; yankees
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To: doug from upland

that’s nothing....dodn’t the Mets blow a 7 game lead with only 15 or so games remaining a few years ago?


21 posted on 09/29/2011 8:21:54 AM PDT by wny
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To: Mouton

Anybody realize the BOSOX collapse coincited with their associaton with “It gets better campaingn”.. I bet it split the clubhouse apart.


22 posted on 09/29/2011 8:23:11 AM PDT by scbison
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To: doug from upland

Go Phils!!


23 posted on 09/29/2011 8:26:12 AM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (Tag line under construction, please mind the gap!!)
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To: Hatteras

Bring him some flowers on your lunchbreak, and be syrupy-nice to him all day. Rub it in. You have one chance.


25 posted on 09/29/2011 8:27:59 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: doug from upland

So does this replace the Chicago Cubs’ epic el-foldo in 1969? Please?


26 posted on 09/29/2011 8:29:09 AM PDT by SoJoCo
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To: doug from upland

“Proposed New Red Sox Uniform Omits Shoelaces, Belt”


27 posted on 09/29/2011 8:30:02 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results~Einstein)
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To: doug from upland

Thanks, Red Sox, for keeping my Braves’ collapse off of the front page.


28 posted on 09/29/2011 8:31:06 AM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: CGalen
The Detroit Tigers had a huge collapse a few years ago.

They still won the Wild Card and made it to the World Series.

The bigger collapse was the Blue Jays in '87, when they lost their last 7 games and blew a 3 1/2 game lead to the Tigers.

29 posted on 09/29/2011 8:31:58 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: tnlibertarian
Thanks, Red Sox, for keeping my Braves’ collapse off of the front page.

You can take the Braves out of Boston, but you can't take the Boston out of the Braves.

30 posted on 09/29/2011 8:32:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: doug from upland

Nothing sweeter, Redsox losing and Rays winning.
GO RAYS!


31 posted on 09/29/2011 8:33:29 AM PDT by Spaghetti Man (NOBAMA)
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To: Hatteras
In all seriousness though, it is pretty disturbing that a 40-something year old guy with a wife and kids and a good job, would actually get so wrapped up in his sports the way he does. He's 40 and he wears Red Sox shirts and Patriots jersies to work!

Please. How would you like to be surrounded by 20 million of these nimrods? Guess all those 'Enjoy the World Series with the Sox and Doritos' displays at the grocery stores will be disappearing pretty quick...

32 posted on 09/29/2011 8:35:45 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: dfwgator

Apparently. The worst part is I’m dragging today because of the 13-inning game last night. Hey, if you’re going to lose, at least have the common decency to do it in 9 and let me get to bed.


33 posted on 09/29/2011 8:36:17 AM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: who knows what evil?

They still have the Bruins.


34 posted on 09/29/2011 8:37:21 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: doug from upland

In 1964, the Phillies squandered a six-and-a-half-game lead during the final weeks of the season that year, losing 10 games in a row with 12 games remaining and losing the pennant by one game to the St. Louis Cardinals. The “Phold of ‘64” is among the most notable collapses in sports history.


35 posted on 09/29/2011 8:38:02 AM PDT by bankwalker (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: tnlibertarian

Keep in mind that your Braves USED to be a BOSTON franchise...someone had it out for Boston this year; past and present.


36 posted on 09/29/2011 8:38:02 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: submarinerswife
‎2012 Red Sox: Slogan Yes We Can. Higher ticket prices and payroll, poorer performance. Three left fielders, none in center or right. Fenway renamed Ted Kennedy Field.
37 posted on 09/29/2011 8:40:46 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Hatteras

Offer to buy him lunch, but tell him you’re concerned that he might CHOKE on it.


38 posted on 09/29/2011 8:41:35 AM PDT by So Cal Rocket (Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
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To: dfwgator
They still have the Bruins.

Hockey? Who cares? :-)

39 posted on 09/29/2011 8:41:35 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: dfwgator
You can take the Braves out of Boston, but you can't take the Boston out of the Braves.

Man, you are on a roll today...keep up the good work!

40 posted on 09/29/2011 8:43:49 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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