Manny Ramirez Ruined Postseason Baseball

Well, our beloved Red Sox lost a gut wrenching Game 7 last night. Our pitching was very solid but our offense fell short, to say the least. What happened to our traditionally star-studded high powered offense?

IT WENT TO LOS ANGELES.

Think about how the postseason would've shaped up if Manny stopped complaining and stayed with the Sox. First of all, the Dodgers would not have made it. Arizona would have taken first place in the NL West and be matched up with the Cubs. Manny hit a ridiculous amount of homeruns against the Cubs and basically carried their offense. In any case, the Cubs might've actually made it past the DBacks this time. A Phillies vs Cubs matchup would be intriguing as it features two high powered offenses backed by solid pitching. I'd take the Harden-Zambrano-Dempster combo over the Hamels-Blanton-Myers combo. I guess it becomes unknown from here because the Cubs do have a habit of choking real bad. Anyway, the Red Sox would've swept the Angels (again), thus giving Josh Beckett a chance to rest his sore and overweight body. The Red Sox would then have a healthier Josh Beckett and an offense that won't struggle against scrubs like Andy Sonnastine and Matt Garza. Who wouldn't want to see a Red Sox vs. Cubs World Series (that the Red Sox would win in 5 games max)?

What do we need? Well we need a catcher and a big bat. Varitek's leadership is commodity that can't be replaced, but he batted .220 for the season, and WELL UNDER the Mendoza-line during the postseason. Lets bring Varitek back as like, a bench coach or something. He's the ultimate rally killer and just loves to strike out. His bat speed is gone as is his judgement of the strikezone. Curt Schilling is probably leaving the team this offseason so the combination of losing Varitek and Schilling should free up a lot of money... enough to sign a bat. How does Mark Teixiera sound? We could trade Lowell away for a catcher, any catcher. We need someone that can hit 30-40 hr because as its becoming increasingly obvious, David Ortiz is entering the twilight of his career. We don't need to blow up the team, we just need to add a legit guy to bat 4th, and slide everyone down a spot. Jason Bay batting 6th or 7th sounds pretty good to me.

Well, this is all just speculation... at least we're not New Yorkers.