You want to know how bad it got? You need to see Bill Simmons' tweets (all times in EST):
First, from Friday Night after A-Rod blasted one into the night: That game didn't just kill the 2009 Red Sox season, it chopped it up and put it in different suitcases like a serial killer.
Now on to last night:
8:12 (game just about to get underway): I'd call this a must-win but our season ended 2 nites ago. It's more of a must-save-face. And it's not even a handsome face. Damn it all.
8:38 (Jayson Stark just let us know that Yankees haven't thrown 3 straight shutouts since Ralph Terry, Bill Stafford and Whitey Ford in 1962): You know your season is in trouble when you're excited because your team foiled a no-hitter in the second inning.
8:57 (after Luis Tiant has been ruining the game for a whole inning of inaudible talk with three idiots): If you don't watch "Lost Son of Havana" on tomorrow night, I'm never talking to you again. One of the 3 best ESPN docs ever.
9:32 (after ESPN shows a close-up of Mark Teixeira): Why aren't people making a bigger deal about the fact that Prince William plays first base for the Yankees?
9:44 (after they kicked Luis Tiant out of the booth and started the English broadcast again): Joe Morgan made same point I made to my Dad 10 mins ago (about '09 Sox lacking a bat to carry them for a week). I think my phone is tapped.
9:50 (after the Red Sox are still failing to score a run even after getting a runner to third for the first time since early Friday night): Oh my Lord. RT: @jaysonst Last team to get shut out 3 straight games and still make it to the World Series: Joe Morgan's 1983 Phillies
10:03 (as the Red Sox look lethargic once again without a fight): A 30-inning scoreless drought? We need a bench-clearing brawl to shake things up. Too late to sign Izzy Alcantara? http://tinyurl.com/ku49ux
10:05 (on how slow the game was going): Totally agree. The Deer Hunter had a faster pace. RT: @robneyer: I love a well-pitched game; I just don't know why it has to take 3 hours.
10:11 (as the Red Sox once again look like they're going to go down without a fight, he goes to a hockey reference): Come on Red Sox, show some fight! Turn this game into a Patrick Kane late night taxicab ride! (Waiting.) What, too soon?
10:23 (after the A-Rod home run made it 1-0 Yankees): Countdown to me breaking out the 2004 Playoffs DVD to make myself feel better in 10... 9... 8... 7...
10:30 (couldn't let A-Rod's home run go without a Kate Hudson joke): Fact: A-Rod became clutch right after he started dating Kate Hudson. Is there a washed-up actress that we can set up Pedroia with?
10:41 (After all of us wondered why Phil Coke was still in there for Victor Martinez, he hit a MONSTER 2-run blast to make it 2-1 Red Sox): Welcome to the Red Sox, Victor Martinez! I'd like to thank NYY for inexplicably pitching Phil Coke for this entire inning.
10:48 (On the Red Sox Hall of Fame set-up man, Daniel Bard coming in): Note to America: Meet the Boston Red Sox closer from 2011 through 2015 (and hopefully beyond), Mr. Daniel Bard.
10:52 (on the Damon and Teixeira sending all of Bard's pitches back out): OK, this is devastating. Bard was my favorite subplot of the season. I can't even type.
11:05 (on Rivera coming in to close but making it interesting): Note to America. Reacquaint yourself with the NY Yankees closer from 1997 through 2015 (and hopefully beyond), Mr. Mariano Rivera!
11:20 (after the Red Sox lost yet another heartbreaker): If you see someone walking a golden retriever in L.A. late tonight, please don't mug him - I won't be carrying any money.
Awesome! As a Yankees fan, you gotta love that! I can't wait for the Jack-O call on the B.S. Report Podcast this week
And the Boston Dirt Dogs are calling them the "Boston Dead Sox" which just tickles me...
This is why I LOVE what happened this weekend
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