Hard throwing rookie Daniel Bard arrived at the abyss of his young MLB career last night, yielding an 8th inning lead to the Yankees and cementing a humiliating sweep at the hands of the Bronx juggernaut.

"Wait a minute...I'm the steroid user here. Why don't MY forearms look like that?"

Fittingly, it was the big money players who did the most damage in the series; C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, and of course…Mark Teixeira.  With the struggles of guys like John Smoltz and Brad Penny, you could almost hear a message being whispered to the Sox front office: forget the “creative” approach next winter.  Spend, spend, spend like a rapper after his first record deal.  The creative approach will work when you’re lucky, but the smart money should always be on the $200 million dollar machine.

I’m not saying that we should be pressing that big red Panic Button just yet, but, let’s just say the admiral and the first mate have taken their keychains of their necks and are awaiting orders from the Pentagon.

If you’re looking for a silver lining in this nuclear meltdown of a weekend, here are a few:

• Beckett and Lester are pitching as well as anyone in baseball.
• Victor Martinez is looking like a terrific pick up.
• Despite this tailspin, the Sox are still tied for the Wildcard lead.
• Ehhh, that’s about it.  Things are quite shitty right now.

We’ll see how this team handles themselves at home against the Detroit Tigers (first place in the AL Central), and the Texas Rangers (tied for the Wildcard lead).  Two tough teams, not quite as strong as New York.

It will be a very telling week.

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