D Train Goes Off the Rails

Well, not that D train (above). The one below.It didn't look good in the beginning for the Red Sox. Tim Wakefield allowed the Detroit Tigers three runs in the second inning in yesterday afternoon's finale to the road trip at Comerica Park. I was thinking this was a "playing with the house's money game," as the Red Sox had won the series and clinched at least a .500 record on the ten-game road swing.Then, The Dontrelle Willis Walk Parade began.The former 20-game winner looked good in the first two innings, retiring the first six. But then he hit Jacoby Ellsbury, and then the wheels really came off. He proceeded to walk five batters, and two with the bases loaded. Jim Leyland pulled the plug, and got tossed from the game while doing so after agruing with the home plate ump over one of his calls. It was also one of the few times I can ever recall a pitcher being removed from a game because of ineffectiveness who had not allowed a hit.It's sad to see what has h...