Rather Be Happy Than Right
Watching this Red Sox collapse (predicted here three weeks ago) is kind of like watching a car accident. There is nothing pretty or productive about doing it yet you can't stop yourself.
Back in April, Orioles manager Buck Showalter was critical of (We hate to see) Theo (go), not really. "I'd like to see how smart Theo Epstein is with the Tampa Bay payroll," he barked. "You got Carl Crawford 'cause you paid more than anyone else, and that's what makes you smarter? That's why I like whipping their butt. It's great, knowing those guys with the $205 million payroll are saying 'How the hell are they beating us?'"
Turns out Theo was not all that smart with the Red Sox payroll. (Lackey, Lugo, Renteiria, and Drew alone equal a $400 million plus superfecta bust. As I am typing this Drew just ran straight into the wall instead of catching a fly ball. But don't worry Papelblewanotherone is coming to the Red Sox rescue.)
Nonetheless, Theo made a big deal about the comment and Showalter was ultimately forced to apologize. I'm sure Buck was told by the Baltimore powers that be, "rather than being right let's apologize and keep Major League Baseball happy."
Now if Buck is anything like me (bitter) my guess is he likes to get even. He's also been around long enough to know that getting even sometimes requires patience. (Like getting Irish Alzheimers, you forget everything except your grudges.)
Baltimore is largely responsible for the Sox demise taking four out of five so far this month. Buck looks like he is enjoying every minute of sticking it to the Boy Wonder turned middle aged blunderer Theo.
I bet Buck knows what I also know, people who say that they would rather be happy than right are neither. I know because this happens to be the Lovely Old Lady's (LOL's) mantra. She yells a lot for someone who is so "happy". (Of course she did say she doesn't yell but rather gets, "excited", seriously).
As Buck is proving this month when you're right you are always happy.
Go birdies, bye bye Theo.
KOKO
