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Texas Rangers, nuff said. Respect The Star
For 86 years, the Red Sox struggled to win but had no trouble finding new ways to lose, a streak many thought was over when the franchise won it all in 2004. With this year's unprecedented September collapse, though, the Red Sox have written a new chapter of tragic lore for a generation of fans too young to remember the flops of the past."This is one for the ages, isn't it?" general manager Theo Epstein said moments after the collapse was complete. David Ortiz agreed: "It's going to stay in a lot of people's minds for a while."Almost a month after they squandered the remnants of a nine-game September lead, the Red Sox are still falling apart and the city is still wallowing in its grief like it did before two World Series titles that were supposed to put an end to the notion that the franchise was jinxed.Manager Terry Francona is gone, Epstein is on his way to the Chicago Cubs and the players are calling every radio station with an open phone line to defend themselves from reports that they grew fat on beer and fast food-fried chicken in the clubhouse rather than root on their teammates.
Need drama, and then some? For those members who may be in withdrawal since Guiding Light and As The World Turns went off the air, might I suggest you become a Boston Red Sox fan. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2011/10/22/trouble_for_red_sox_didnt_begin_in_september/