All You Need to Know About the Reasons For the Collapse of the Red Sox

[savage1]

My apologies if this was posted already, but imo this tells most of the story.
There is some great commentary on the Red Sox Forum for those of you who want to follow up on this:

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox unity, dedication dissolved during epic late-season collapse - The Boston Globe

[jcindaville]

Shorter version of the collapse


They blow cock

[wayne1218]

Shorter version of the collapse


They blow cock

Ditto!!!

[kbsooner21]

Now they're talking about Francona's pain pill problem? Wow it's getting ugly

[wayne1218]

Now they're talking about Francona's pain pill problem? Wow it's getting ugly

And his troubled marriage .........

[robby_morini]

Good article Savage it explains a lot. Sounds more like the set of Jersey Shore...jeeez, talk about a dysfunctional group.

Pedroia is rapidly becoming one of my top 10 Sox player's of all time;this article article confirmed my thoughts. The kid plays the game the way it is supposed to be played. Too bad the other players didn't take his lead they may still be playing.

Should be an interesting off season.

[savage1]

And his troubled marriage .........

I didn't care for the marriage and pill popping stuff mentioned in the article-that is personal stuff and imo not all that relevant to what caused the collapse.

[BettorsChat]

Terry Francona dives into the pool
June 28, 2011|By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff

PHILADELPHIA — Remember the scene in "Vacation" when Clark W. Griswold (Chevy Chase) was at the motel and Christie Brinkley asked him to go swimming?

"This is crazy, this is crazy," he said before jumping in.

Terry Francona is Clark W. Griswold. You can tell when he talks about playing Adrian Gonzalez in right field that he thinks it's crazy. But he also hates the idea of putting David Ortiz on ice for another five games.

Terry Francona dives into the pool - Boston.com

[PhilJr]

Maybe it was the beer that the 3 pitchers were drinking during the game