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...mercy-killing that would have made Jack Kevorkian proud, the Oakland A's finally pulled the plug on the Boston Red Sox' season last night, beating the Anaheim Angels 9-7 to maintain their lead in the AL wild card race. The win officially kills Boston's playoff hopes, which had been languishing on life support for the past week...
Maybe, if the Everett issues are resolved and Duquette renews his trust in Williams, the Red Sox can recover. After all, there is always next year...
...Fenway, we sat in the outfield with the Sox's ever obstreperous bleacher bums. After a couple innings of anticipation (and not a few visits by the Bud Man), when Rocker finally emerged from under the bleachers to warm up, you would have thought that this crew was going to storm the field and lynch him. There was enough cursing coming from the bleachers to make a sailor blush...
...most extraordinary moment, however, came late in the game. Down by a few runs, the Sox loaded the bases. Rocker had already come out again to warm up with a very good possibility that he might be called out to finish the inning. The fans in the bleachers knew this, and everyone seemed more concerned that Rocker might make his appearance than they were that the Sox had the chance to tie up the game...
When I thought back upon it later the inability of John Rocker to keep the Sox from scoring, the pandemonium of the crowd when he was yanked, Rocker putting his head down in failure as he left the field it all seemed the stuff of WWF wrestling, a scripted moment of tension, failure, and the ensuing celebration of good triumphing over evil...