A Day Late, Still A Great Article

In yesterday's Washinton Post columnist Thomas Boswell wrote one of the most refreshing pieces on the Red Sox that I've read in some time. After three years of Kevin Millar and Johnny Damon, one year runs of 'The Idiots' and the 'Mental Midgets' (never really caught on), Sox fans finally have a reason to be proud of their boys:

They're Idiots no more.

Boswell's piece is fair and balanced in a legit way, and for once we don't hear about the embarassing antics of the recently departed. That whole 'Idiot' thing really bothered me after a while. Sure, it was fun in the beginning, when it was all about the 3-run homer and sweet handshakes in the dugout. But when the team was sticking with season-slumping loudmouth players (coughMillarcough) when they could've easily gotten more production out of putting a 5th starter at first base, the talking got old. Quick.