John Lackey Deal Adds to Baseball’s Decline

Last year, the Boston Red Sox clinched a World Series title at home for the first time in 95 years. The winning pitcher in the game was John Lackey.

Nine months later, John Lackey has been dealt away from the Red Sox. Another reality of today’s sports and baseball in particular–fans are rooting for laundry.

Not even one completed season later, and the pitching star of that historic Red Sox victory is no longer with the team.

The so called experts analyze the trades as if they have an idea about the future, especially the prospects. The arrogant, continual, virtually useless, never accounted for “hot air” of these talking heads continues.

With all this “business stuff,” I often curse the fact, and genius, of 90 feet from home to first base and baseball’s inherent beauty because that makes it hard to get completely away from it.

Sadly, I do get further away from baseball and its beauty each day.

John Lackey