Rollercoaster

(for the record, yes I was way too ambitious at the beginning of the season, thinking that I could actually write an entertaining blog for every game in the 2010 season...arguably, I didn't write a single one all season)

Ok so disregarding my total abandonment of this blog for the past few months, I just couldn't resist writing again after the up and downs of the last 24hrs+. Of course I'm referring to the Adrian Gonzalez deal which was announced yesterday, blew up (in the media at least) today, and by tonight appears to be back on. I guess it says alot about my passion (that's my word for the idiocy involved in how much I care about a baseball team) for the Red Sox that when I was reading the reports during the day today about the deal falling apart, I actually cracked open Word and started writing a letter to John Henry, here's how I started:

Boston Red Sox
4 Yawkey Way
Boston, MA 02215-3496
Attn: John Henry

Dear Mr. Henry,

I’m writing to you to make sure that you, as the primary owner and individual responsible for the operation and management of the Red Sox, understand exactly how utterly frustrating and disappointed I am in the organization as of Sunday, December 5th regarding the handling of the Adrian Gonzalez trade. First some context, I’m a 42 year old guy with a family, and kids that I’m raising to be Red Sox fans despite us now living on the West Coast.


I literally got so mad just getting to that part that I had to go in the kitchen and complain to my wife while she was making dinner, that conversation went something like this:

me: "Remember that trade I was so happy about yesterday?"
her: "mm hmm"
me: "Well it's off now, I can't believe they're doing this"
her: "mm hmm"
me: "It's just like with #$%!#@ Teixeira 2 years ago, they get to the point where they've got their guy and then they back out. I mean it's absolutely pathetic."
her: "Is it worse than in 2004 when you were so upset after they went down 3-0 to the Yankees?" (ok so actually she said something more like "is it worse than last time you were so mad", but I know what she means).
me: "This is different, that was players this is management. I mean I can't throw a 90mph fastball, I can't hit a 90mph fastball and I'm pretty sure I couldn't field a ball that was thrown by someone who can throw a 90mph fastball to a guy that can hit a 90mph fastball. This is about negotiating and setting expectations, something I can do to some degree. How in the world does the organization get to the point where they pull the trigger on a guy they've apparently been pursuing ever since the screwed up the Teixeira negotiations, I mean surely they knew what kind of contract he'd want when they made the trade right? Theo is all buddies with the GM from the Padres so are you telling me that at no point during the trade negotiations anyone from the Red Sox asked what it might take to get the contract done? "
her: "mm hmm"

I was so obsessed with this thing today that I actually searched on Twitter for the first time just to get updates...just what I needed, another way to fan the fires.