The Curse of Julio Lugo
Well, that was a crappy way to end an 11 game winning streak. Anybody notice a coincidence that as soon as Julio Lugo rejoined the lineup, the Sox sucked again? I’ve heard that I can’t blame everything on Julio, but that’s not going to stop me from trying.
First, Julio gets placed in the lineup. Everyone except Big Papi groans. As long as Lugo’s in the lineup, nobody will worry about Papi.
Lugo then proceeds to drop a double-play ball. Instead of the Sox maintaining a 7-3 lead, his error opens the door for a four run inning for the Indians. Suddenly we’re tied at 7.
In the 8th, Lugo leaves the game for Nick Green. Green strikes out swinging on 3 pitches with the go-ahead run at third and one down in the top of the 9th. For those of you who want to put this on Green, forget it, have you ever tried hitting a 99mph fastball after sitting on the bench all game? I blame Lugo.
And for the clincher, the 9th inning debacle. I bet you’re wondering, how on earth can you put this on Julio. Well, did you see that error by Lopez, who does that remind you of? Clearly Lopez has been taking PFP with the one guy on the team who can’t catch. You bet I’m blaming that on Lugo.
So you see, everything is Julio Lugo’s fault. EVERYTHING.
we need to get rid of lugo and lopez, possibly think about dealing JD cause he so inconsistent and is always hurt and we pay him 14.5 mil a year
Comment by Snoooooooot — April 29, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
How come we can’t find a shortstop? And how did we go from a killer depth in the outfield to what we got now? Drew whines so much about his physical problems you gotta wonder if we got him from a retirement home. I mean, I never expected to be the MFY since we are doing this one the cheap, but hey, can we get Coco back?
Comment by ComanchePilot — April 29, 2009 @ 5:37 pm
Can we PLEASE trade Lugo to ANYONE for ANYTHING?? The man committed what, 40-something errors last season and he only played half the season? He can’t bat in clutch situations and he can’t field his way out of a paper bag. What the heck are we keeping him around for, pity? The next time I am at Fenway and he comes up to bat I am gonna boo him like the POS he is, and I’d be willing to bet that I wont’ be alone. We could have, and should have, won that game and kept the streak going!
Comment by clmw — April 30, 2009 @ 8:42 am
i agree man his play has been worse than ever…i never liked him i never wanted him on the sox and now he is truelly showing why
Comment by phil — April 30, 2009 @ 8:45 am
Further evidence of the Lugo jinx: 13 to 0 loss with Lugo starting at short!
Comment by Steve Zeoli — May 1, 2009 @ 9:56 am