At least, for the two remaining games in the current series. It's so bad Ben Ostrander doesn't even want to go downtown because:

Taking the D Line takes me too close to Fenway for comfort. ...

Nothing would surprise Red anymore:

Each subsequent game has brought horrors more ghastly and inexplicable than the previous, to the point that if Abreau and Damon simply drove a pick-up truck around the bases, mowing our players down one-by-one, I probably wouldn't flinch. ...

Beth: Josh Beckett is fast becoming my new Derek Lowe: the man I love to hate:

... The worst part is that we can still vividly remember when the Red Sox played like the Yankees are right now--taking pitches, patient at the plate, slugging when they have to, playing station-to-station on the basepaths, hitting one-through-nine, and holding the line on the mound. ...

Mats: Blech. Blech. Blech.

How bad is it? Kristin agrees with Tim McCarver on the Sox collapse.

Dan Kennedy: Boston Massacre, 2006.

Papel-blog: At least I got to hear the five most beautiful words in the English language: Rudy Seanez designated for assignment.

Redsock: What the fuck is wrong with these underachieving assholes?

... I hate Josh Beckett. Stupid asshole moron no-balls shithead. He's supposed to be an ace. Some fucking ace. Keep milking that 2003 World Series complete game, you asstard. ...

The Couch Potato: I am disgusted with [Beckett] because a pitcher with his talent has no business sucking this bad:

... Perhaps the Sox should start fining Beckett for every trip to the mound his catcher has to make to "get on the same page" with him. If Beckett thinks he can call a better game than his veteran catchers, maybe he should consider becoming one himself. Someone who throws a fastball that hard with no movement could probably really gun 'em down at second.

Jose Melendez keys in on Beckett's performance to date:

... Beckett was supposed to be the Golden Boy, the successor to Clemens and Pedro, or at least the successor to Curt Euro. Instead, he's looked more like the successor to John Wasdin. Actually, that comparison may be unfair ... to Wasdin.

Kristen: Jesus. He seriously hasn't won a game since Dave Matthews played Fenway:

... Mike Lowell, however, can stay. ...

Red discusses the decision to send Manny home in the eighth and sees a pattern in Rudy Seanez's outings:

... Where Rudy Seanez is concerned, is the standard operating procedure to simply let him stay in the game until he gives up a couple runs, then take him out? It has to be. Seriously, his appearances have become as predicatble as an episode of Charles in Charge. ...

Amy: Rudy "All Inherited Runners Will Be Allowed to Score" Seanez is killing me. and it's a slow painful death.

Red crushes a beer can or two:

It's become increasingly clear that the only time Rudy Seanez should be allowed onto the playing field at Fenway is if there's a fire in the bullpen and he needs to cut across the green to make his escape. ...

TouchMyLeftOne predicts:

... The Sox bullpen will blow 1-3 games while [Timlin] is out.