We all remember the headline in
The Boston Herald:
'Best Team Ever'. It was March of 2011 and the Red Sox seemed poised to dominate major league baseball with a 'Super Team':
Adrian Gonzaelz,
Carl Crawford,
David Ortiz,
Jacoby Ellsbury,
Dustin Pedroia. On the mound:
Jon Lester,
Josh Beckett,
John Lackey,
Clay Buchholz and
Daisuke Matsuzaka. Even their
bench had stars in
Mike Cameron and
Jason Varitek (backing up
Jarrod Saltalamacchia). And, of course, games would be closed out by
Daniel Bard and
Jonathan Papelbon. Game. Set. Match. World Series Champs. NESN's website actually said
this in January of 2011:
"They could unseat the 1927 Yankees as the greatest major league team of all time." Ha! Then,
Chicken.
Beer.
Back-Biting. They actually won 90 games—and finished
out of the playoffs. So, as we look forward to the heavily-hyped 2017 Edition of
The Carmine Hose, we should all heed the words of
Pulp Fiction's
Winston Wolf—and not be so self-congratulatory quite yet.
