'Decade of Dominance' ends with whimper

[bluedigger]

Boston's "Decade of Dominance" died nearly alone late Wednesday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 10 after a painful, year-long illness.

Decade had slipped into a irreversible coma in recent months. The official cause of death was the 82nd loss of the season for the Red Sox, guaranteeing them a sub-.500 season for the first time since 1997, ending a run of 20 straight winning seasons for Boston's sports teams and capping off a decade that saw the city's sports teams win seven championships. Decade was critically stricken last September, but managed to put on a valiant fight throughout the 2011 NFL season, up until the Super Bowl, and this spring's NBA playoffs.

After consecutive Super Bowl appearances that ended in last-two-minute losses to the Giants, the greatest regular-season collapse in September baseball history, back-to-back playoff losses at the hands of the Miami Heat, a first-round post-Stanley Cup playoff exit and the bottomless, catastrophic 2012 season of the Red Sox, Decade's tenacious fight to survive was simply overmatched.

Officials are investigating Decade's death. an official cause has yet to be determined and officials expect the autopsy to be completed sometime in the next 10 years. Among those suspected in Decade's death are: Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning, Father Time, Bobby Valentine, LeBron James, the NHL lockout, the signings of Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez and John Lackey - and several who helped the Decade take shape, including John Henry, Larry Lucchino, Tom Werner, Theo Epstein, Carmine and Josh Beckett.
http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/obnoxiousbostonfan/2012/09/boston_decade_dominance_over.html

RIP

[joeybee12]

1. Last week I figured the Sox would take 1 game each in their final 3 series...

To get 72 wins...didn't take one from TB...they really suck.