I knew this day would come...
I'm not going to pretend that today was an easy one for me.
It's never easy when one's baseball boyfriends get gone, and unfortunately I seem to be a curse on the Sox players who have fallen into that category. Perhaps the next time I start lusting after one of our guys, someone should lobotomize me so I stop thinking that way, because chances are that whoever tickles my hormones will be outta here within a few months.
One thing that did help in all this was that I saw it coming. I was expecting it and had been obsessively checking the media all morning, so knew about the DFA as soon as WEEI broke the news right around noon. Even though I knew it was going to happen, I was a bit teary-eyed for awhile, and I didn't get much done for the rest of the day because I couldn't stop checking for updates and reading comments all over the blogosphere.
It's not so much that I was tied to Julio staying on the team -- I knew that he wasn't cutting it and that roster space had to be cleared for Jed. It's just that Julio has endured so much humiliation and ugliness from the media and the fans for such a long time, and I hate it for him. He tried so fucking hard to get it right, but it just didn't work out for him in Boston. I wish people would give him credit for his efforts and for handling himself in a mature manner throughout this whole ordeal, but those sentiments are few and far between, unfortunately.
This afternoon what kept on popping into my head was that there must be so much sadness in his household right now, what with his wife's recent unspecified health issues, and now this. They've both gone through a lot in the past year (not just his career shit...she had a miscarriage last summer AND they lost a hell of a lot of money in a real estate swindle), and I found myself wondering just how much these folks are supposed to be able to bear.
I've seen several teams named as being interested in his services, but mainly I just hope he finds peace and happiness, that he thrives and gets his mojo back (as much as it's gonna come back at this point in his career), and that he goes somewhere where the fan base will be more accepting and welcoming.
That's really about it for now. I have more things to post about over the weekend; I've been saving them up because I've been busy over the last several days. I also need to clean up my tags a bit, and will probably delete a couple more of my Julio icons, but not all of them, because I'm pretty attached to them. So stay tuned.
P.S. On a happier note, Albert hit two HR tonight, bringing his season total to 34 and his RBI total to 89. I guess he had a slow time of it during the All-Star festivities because he was saving up to do that. :::smile:::