Why Is Everyone Beating On The Dead Horse That is the Red Sox?

ESPN: Former Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who was with the team from 2005-11, said Saturday that he and numerous other Red Sox players were regularly injected with Toradol, a legal anti-inflammatory drug whose use has become increasingly controversial in sports.

Toradol is the nonsteroidal drug that Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz  acknowledged last season might have contributed to the esophagitis that sidelined him for 20 games. Buchholz was hospitalized in intensive care and lost three or four pints of blood while dealing with the condition, which is a known side effect of the painkiller.

Papelbon said that when he was administered a physical by the Philadelphia Phillies prior to signing as a free agent after the 2011 season, doctors asked him if he used Toradol. When he answered in the affirmative, he was told that he would have to stop.

     Hey I have a quick newsflash for ESPN but there is nothing wrong with Toradol.  It's just an anti-inflammatory, essentially it's a shot of Motrin in an inflamed area. Real scary huh? It's not any more or less dangerous than any other kind of anti-inflammatory.  It's a blood thinner and very hard on your stomach (so is Advil) and guess what, if you already have an ulcer and you use it you're gonna have a bad time like Clay.  It's pretty clear the Red Sox medical staff is far from a crack squad of the best doctors in the world, which is disappointing because Boston is arguably the medicine capital of the world but unless they knew Clay Buchholz had an ulcer they did nothing wrong.  
     I don't know if ESPN is trying to make a connection to Schilling's steroid allegations last week but I really don't see the story here.  The Red Sox training staff is using a legal drug to manage players discomfort.  What are we going to talk about next how they give them melatonin to help them fall asleep and encourage them to eat a lot of fruit?   

Husband of The Year Waterboards Wife With A Dog Bowl

CBS TAMPA: Orange City police say a man tried to kill his wife by holding her head in a dog bowl full of water after they fought over pizza.
     Police arrested Richard Watson, 47, after they received a violent disturbance report in an apartment. According to the police report, Debra Watson started watching the “12-12-12” benefit concert while her husband was in another room and he joined her after his show was over.
The two then got into a fight about the frozen pizza that was cooked after Richard Watson complained the crust was “raw” and flung his dinner plate on the floor. Debra Watson also threw her plate on the floor in response.

     Did anyone even hesitate to think this happened in Florida. I don't know what's in the water there but clearly they need more lithium.  If you didn't laugh out loud reading that news story you might wanna get checked for a pulse.  The only downside to the article is how much information it's missing.  A perfect example of the lazy journalism prevalent in the main stream media.  If I'm on this story there is no way I'm going to accept raw microwave pizza crust as the cause for this.  Before you freak out I'm not downplaying the atrocity that is raw microwave pizza but that's not enough to make you want to drown your wife in the dog bowl.  The bathtub maybe but a dog bowl?  Something else has got to be in play for a guy to not even want to take the time to fill up the tub to drown his wife.
     I have no clue what preexisting condition would be present for that kind of urgency to exist but I hope I never get to that point in a relationship.  Then again if I'm 47 and I'm still eating frozen pizza I'd probably be on edge too.