Corn-Julio

Usually, when you root for a team that you've loved your whole life, you embrace every player to the point that you have absurd expectations for him. Like, how I think that next year, Marcus Ginyard is going to be the senior leader the Tar Heels need to lead the youthful UNC squad to back-to-back titles. Or how I think JaMarcus Russell is going to one day be a Pro Bowler once the Raiders surround him with at least 2 good offensive football players. Or how Jacoby Ellsbury is going to become the best leadoff hitter since Rickey Henderson. Point is... I have unrealistic expactations based on soley on the fact that Player X is on my favorite team. And I am going to love every one of those players because they are on my team.

What am I getting at? There is one exception to this rule, and frankly, I never really thought this would happen. But Julio Lugo has put himself at an entirely new level when it comes to my life as a sports fan.

This guy is so bad that he literally makes me think about how much money he makes and how it directly relates to how insanely bad he is. A lot of players don't live up to their contracts, I get it. But... this clown is in his 3rd year of a $36 million deal. That means he makes $9M per year to absolutely SUCK at his job. If I blew so thoroughly at my job and make $9M a year, I would put myself in jail. In fact, if I made $500K per year and was that bad, I'd be miserable.

Lugo isn't the only one at fault here. The Red Sox front office made the mistake of giving him this contract. And it is EASILY Theo's worst signing as GM. But let's be honest. Lugo should do the honorably thing and just kill himself. Or at the very least, retire from baseball right now with a bank account flush with $20+ million of Red Sox money and just enjoy life. It cannot possibly be pleasant to be booed all the time and so hated by such a passionate fan base.

Seriously, if you were going to work every day and:

A) Sucking at it

B) Being booed mercilessly by 35,000+ people

C) Splitting time with a guy named Nick Green

PLUS

D) Were already in possession of $20+ million

Wouldn't you just stop going to that job for the rest of your life? Aren't you at the point where you can just slink away and never be seen again? Am I crazy??? If the guy makes a flawless play in the field, I am literally in shock. He is an error machine.

Just retire with your stolen money, you no-glove loser. I have supported and rooted for every Red Sox player in my lifetime. But when Julio Lugo is involved, the only thing more difficult than cheering for him is imagining that he may actually be successful. In other words, I hate the guy. Time to go away. I can't wait for Jed Lowrie to get back.