The End of an Era

The 2011 Red Sox season is over and so is the franchise’s renaissance of the past 7 years.

2004 changed everything. 2007 emphasized that fact. But 2011 has brought us back to the world of the cursed. The 2003s, 1986s and 1978s that we all believed were behind us have returned.

Of course we were confident. Money and championships will do that to you. But, once again, we learned that money doesn’t equal championships. Best Team Ever? 100 wins? Try worst collapse in baseball history. No team has ever had a 9 game lead in September and not made the playoffs. Until now.

Maybe this is what needed to happen. To start over. To hit refresh. This will clear out all the pink hats. This will clear out all the Fenway Commemorative Bricks. We needed to get back to basics. We needed to get back to baseball. Hey Theo, batter up.