Sunday, October 12, 2003
Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Red Sox / More ugliness gives teams, game black eye
Jackie MacMullan has it about right in this piece about last night's Red Sox insanity. I've seen this so many times - the Sox get all crazy, they lose their composure, get emotional, and it NEVER works in their favor. Nobody looked good last night, and the score was the worst part. People thought it would be different this year? Ha! It's the same old story.
...Martinez was out of line for throwing at Garcia. Zimmer was certifiably crazy to try to be Rocky Balboa at his age. Ramirez overreacted to Clemens's pitch, and looked all the worse for it after he struck out on the same at-bat. No Red Sox employee should be waving towels in the Yankees bullpen. No New York relievers should be punching anybody for waving a towel.
It's the same old story. The Red Sox behaved badly, and lost. The Yankees behaved badly, and won.
Which team would you rather be?
Since you seem to be interested in baseball and politics, I thought you might enjoy this post about the political implications of the Red Sox-Yankees series.
BTW, are you from Israel?