So in typical Red Sox fan fashion, the fact that Boston lost 20 of its 27 games in September, blew a lead to the Orioles in the ninth, only to watch Evan Longoria slug the Rays into the post-season minutes later is being blamed on Bill Buckner.
It's a curse. It has to be. No way the $160 million plus payroll could have bought a team that won't even compete in the post-season. Can it?
Damn Bill Buckner, appearing on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm in early September, sending the Sox into a tailspin.
Sadly, there are those who truly believe that Buckner making a television appearance did impact the club.
I call BS. Mainly because that was an incredible episode in what was a hilarious season of Curb.
Instead, I point the finger at Dan Shaughnessy.
Minutes before the Rays walk-off to win the American League wild-card, Shaughnessy said that the Rays would not win the American League wild-card.....
All sports media members eat it every now and then, but Shaughnessy's unfortunate prognostication yielded another curse.
Damn him. It's all his fault.
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