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The Curse of "The Great Andino"
By John Kazar
On October 14, 2011
Let's face it: the Red Sox had a horrible season.
It seems they can never win against any teams that they were expected to beat, and this year was no different. In 2011, the Boston "let-downs" posted horrible records where wins should have been a guarantee. For the season series the Sox went 4-6 against the Cleveland Indians, 10-8 against the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-8 against the Baltimore Orioles and1-6 against the Chicago White Sox.
In the last month of the season, the Red Sox went an embarrassing 7-20, causing them to lose a nine game wild card lead over the Tampa Bay Rays. What will be known as the historic September collapse by the Red Sox was caused by the Orioles, who were happy to send the Sox home.
Robert Andino, today's Frank Catalanotto (Red Sox "Killah") had two of his five total home runs in the last two series against the Red Sox. Andino also had 8 hits and 9 runs batted in those final seven games against Boston.
Boston fans should soon forget baseball with the Bruins season just underway and the Patriots being 4-1. It is never too early to start talking about next year's Sox, though. This off-season will be very interesting for Boston (as it is every year).
Boston has some monstrous contracts but they also have expiring contracts coming up in the next two off-seasons (Jonathan Papelbon, J.D. Drew, Marco Scutaro, Daisuke Matsuzaka and David Ortiz). The team will also be looking for a new manager because of the departure of Terry "Tito" Francona.
On a brighter note for Red Sox Nation, the Rays and the Yankees were both eliminated in the American League Division Series.
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