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Tony's Top 5: Most hopeless franchises in baseball
Tony's Top 5
Most hopeless franchises in baseball
5
Houston Astros. Since losing the 2005 World Series to the White Sox, they were 266-274 through June 7. The embodiment of mediocrity.
4
Colorado Rockies. In retrospect, that `07 Series run was an enormous fluke. With all due respect, how has Dan O'Dowd survived?
3
San Diego Padres. You know it's bad when a team is 26-30 after 56 games and everyone thinks, "Hey, that's not bad."
2
Pittsburgh Pirates. GM Neal Huntington had to rationalize the Nate McLouth deal in an e-mail to season-ticket holders and got ripped by Adam LaRoche. Yikes.
1
Washington Nationals. After the draft is completed, feel free to swap the Nationals with the Pirates if you are so inclined. Stephen Strasburg could be that good.
Tony's Top 5
Best offseason moves in recent Red Sox history
5
Signing Johnny Damon From 2002-05, Damon averaged 149 games, 16 home runs, 115 runs and 25 steals. His OPS was .803. Rock solid.
4
Trading for Curt Schilling The piece that put the Red Sox over the top in 2004. Most guys go to New York to win titles. Schilling came here.
3
Signing David Ortiz In 10 years, he's hit more homers than anybody but Albert Pujols, Adam Dunn or Alex Rodriguez. Jackpot.
2
Signing Manny Ramirez Find another $100 million free agent contract that lived up to this one. Anywhere. He was worth it.
1
Trading for Pedro Martinez Since he came in November 1997, only the Braves and Yankees have won more games.
About Mazz
Tony Massarotti is a Globe sportswriter and has been writing about sports in Boston for the last 19 years. A lifelong Bostonian, Massarotti graduated from Waltham High School and Tufts University. He was voted the Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by his peers in 2000 and 2008 and has been a finalist for the award on several other occasions. This blog won a 2008 EPpy award for "Best Sports Blog".
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