While most folks will point to getting swept at home by the Y@nkees as the point in the 2006 Red Sox season when everything went to hell, I'd more point to the sweeps foisted upon us by the Royals and Mariners. The Sox are the only team to get swept by both clubs this season. Which is something, when you consider that both are in the bottom 5 of ESPN.com's current power rankings.
(It should also be noted that the Sox have a slim 9-8 edge over Tampa Bay, the other AL team in the bottom 5. They also swept the Nationals, who are in the bottom 5 as well. Most of these games took place in the first half of the season, for what it's worth.)
And then you have Ortiz going on the shelf until doctors can sort out his irregular heartbeat problems. Talk about a metaphor for the team at present.
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