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A Chronological History of Amazing Boston Red Sox Losses, Remarkable Collapses and Other Record Breaking Feats
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June 19, 2000: The Yankees beat the Red Sox 22-1, handing them their most-lopsided home loss ever. New York scored sixteen runs in the final two innings of the game.
July 15, 2000: The player's families (including Carl Everett's wife and baby boy) were in the stands for "Family Day" at Fenway. Everett was ejected from the game for a profanity-laced tirade that resulted in his bumping home plate umpire Ron Kulpa twice. Everett (who blamed the media) was suspended for ten games.
September 29, 2000: A one-run extra-inning loss against Toronto on September 14 started a Yankee losing streak where they dropped twelve out of fifteen games. New York's lock on the AL East Crown was at risk. The Sox needed a sweep of their final series versus (last place) Tampa Bay in order to have a chance at forcing a one-game tiebreaker for the Division Title. Boston lost the first game 8-6, permitting the Yankees to back into the postseason. New York went on to win the World Series (their third in a row, fourth out of five, and twenty-sixth overall).
2001
May 30, 2001: Boston's Pedro Martinez beat the Yankees for the first time in over a year (since May 28, 2000 Martinez faced the Yanks five times and Boston lost all five games). The following day Pedro scoffed at "The Curse", telling reporters "Wake up the Bambino and let me face him -- I'll drill him in the %#$." At the time Pedro was 7-1 with a 1.44 ERA. After his challenge, he managed only seven more starts (without a win) due to rotator cuff trouble. It was the first time that Martinez was winless in seven straight starts since the first seven of his major league career; during this time he went 0-2 with a 4.54 ERA. The Red Sox lost their seven remaining games against the Yankees after Martinez's comment.
August 13, 2001: After hitting a home run, Carl Everett grabbed his crotch as he spit at opposing pitcher Jamie Moyer. Everett was fined by Major League Baseball for "inappropriate on-field conduct." Prior to the start of the regular season, Everett had been fined over $97,000 by the Red Sox and suspended for one exhibition game. Later, in September, he was fined and suspended by the team after berating manager Joe Kerrigan, calling him a drunk and a racist.
August 16, 2001: Boston terminated Jimy Williams, and named pitching coach Joe Kerrigan manager. The move was considered questionable for three reasons; historically pitching coaches have not been successful in managing major league teams, Kerrigan had never managed a team at any level, and at the time, the Red Sox were in playoff contention (five games back in the East, three behind Oakland for the wildcard).
In response to player complaints about Boston's ever-changing lineup and batting order, Kerrigan promised a "stable lineup" during his introductory press conference. In his first twenty-four games as manager, he used twenty-four different batting orders (and 41 different orders in his 42 games as 2001 manager).
September 2, 2001: New York's Mike Mussina took a perfect game into the bottom of the ninth at Fenway, but had to settle for a one-hit shutout. It was the finale of a three game sweep, and the first time in major league history that a team swept a series despite not scoring in the first seven innings of any game. A week later, in New York, the Yankees swept the Red Sox again.
Despite having thesecond-highest payroll(and the highest ticket prices) in the Major Leagues, the Red Sox failed to make the playoffs, finishing three games over .500 -- 13-1/2 games behind New York. Boston did not have any pitcher who won more than thirteen games or who was among the top-thirty ERA leaders. However, fourex-Red Sox were on the top-30 list (including three 20-game winners); Curt Schilling (2.98 ERA, 22-6), Jamie Moyer (3.43, 20-6), Roger Clemens (3.52, 20-3), and Aaron Sele (3.60, 15-5). The 2001 Red Sox stole an AL-low 46 bases, while allowing the most in the majors (223, 68 more than second place Baltimore). Both Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki (56 SB) and Detroit's Roger Cedeno (55) individually had more stolen bases than the entire Red Sox team. Boston batters led the AL with 1131 strikeouts.
December 13, 2001: Boston unloaded Carl Everett by trading him to the Texas Rangers. In return they received starting pitcher Darren Oliver. Oliver's ERA over the prior two seasons was 6.60. His last winning season was 1997 when he went 13-12.
The Red Sox farm system was one of the worst in baseball. After Farm Director Bob Schaefer was fired by Duquette in 1998, the team cut away at their scouting and development budget. They traded away their better prospects. Boston could not sign one of their two top picks in 2001. As top prospect Mark Teixeira signed with the Rangers, he noted that insulting people isn't a good way to negotiate (Teixeira refused to sign with Boston when drafted out of high school). No Red Sox farm club above low A-ball reached their 2001 league playoffs. Baseball America magazine summarized their minor league system by suggesting that the Red Sox didn't haveoneprospect who would make the top ten list of several other clubs.
| Manager | Record | Win % | Year(s) |
| Rudy York | 0-1 | .000 | 1959 |
| George Huff | 2-6 | .250 | 1907 |
| Del Baker | 2-5 | .286 | 1960 |
| Bob Unglaub | 9-20 | .310 | 1907 |
| Heinie Wagner | 52-102 | .338 | 1930 |
| Lee Fohl | 160-299 | .349 | 1924-6 |
| Chick Stahl | 14-26 | .350 | 1906 |
| Shano Collins | 73-134 | .353 | 1931-2 |
| Joe Kerrigan | 16-26 | .381 | 2001 |
| Marty McManus | 95-153 | .383 | 1932-3 |
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