When I think about the 2010 Red Sox season, I think about half the roster on the disabled list. Then I think of Terry Francona trying to make a play-off team out of players there were...for lack of better wording, very fragile.
2010 wasn't the best year for Boston baseball, but like any good Red Sox fan would say,
"There's always next year."
We'll give the boys the winter and whatever's left of fall to piece it back together.
Despite the frequent visits to the doctor's office, we had some pretty great moments this year. Before Pedroia's foot got smashed in San Francisco, he hit 3 home-runs in a 5-hour game against the Colorado Rockies JUST SO we could walk away with the win.
Clay Buchholz will be coming out of this season with one of the lowest earned run averages in all of Major League Baseball.
Jon Lester, my hero will likely find himself (like he has a majority of this season) on the list for most strike-outs in all of MLB.
And who can forget about my favorite fighter rookie who hit a grand-slam on his first Major League at-bat, Daniel Nava (other hero)?
Today, Josh Beckett will pitch for the last time in the 2010 season. The worst part about this time of year is that there are so many, "lasts."
Speaking of lasts,I realized today, that this is the last week that Mike Lowell will play for the Red Sox, as he is retiring at the end of this season. I realized this in the middle of math class as I looked out the window out at the midsummer-esque weather and thought about summer. Summer makes me think of baseball, and then I thought about Boston, and Fenway, and it hit me that Lowell wasn't going to be back next season.
Lowell will take the field as a Red Sock (...) and a major league ballplayer for the last time this Sunday at Fenway park.
Lowell came to the Red Sox from the Florida Marlins, sort of a package deal with pitcher Josh Beckett. In 2007.
The 2007 season turned out to be one of Lowell's best, in which he set career bests in hits, RBI, batting average, OPS, and played a key role in helping the Red Sox win their second World Series in four years. One of the early highlights of the season came on April 22 when Lowell was one of the four Red Sox players to hit consecutive home runs against the Yankees. During the first half, Lowell hit .300 and led the team with 14 home runs (tied with David Ortiz) and 63 RBI. This performance helped earn him a spot on the 2007 American League All-Star Team as a reserve player voted in on the player's ballot.
Each player has an influence on their team of course, but also on the fans, and the ball park in which they play in. Each player leaves there mark on the fans. The Red Sox will honor Lowell on October 2, 2010 in Boston. Fenway will never be the same again, it's never the same when a player walks off that field for good.
There's nothing really left to say except for,
Mike Lowell, you will be missed.
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