J.D. Drew, We Hardly Knew Ye (really)

Nesn.com - It was pretty obvious that J.D. Drew's career with the Red Sox was over after he became a free agent following the 2011 season. Now, the 36-year-old could be hanging it up altogether.

Drew is "very likely to retire," according to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman.

Drew was in the final season of a five-year, $70 million contract in 2011. He appeared in just 81 games for Boston, batting .222 with four home runs and 22 RBIs.

Plagued by injuries during his tenure with the Red Sox, Drew never drove in more than 70 runs in his five seasons with the team. Arguably his most successful season came in 2008, when he batted .280, hit 19 homers and drove in 64 runs.  Despite being named the All-Star Game MVP that year, Drew played in just 109 games.

Drew's shining moment in a Red Sox uniform came during Game 6 of the 2007 American League Championship Series, when he hit a first-inning grand slam that helped lead the Red Sox to a 12-2 win.

I'm not sure what the more obvious lame joke here is, 1) Which team's cap do you think J.D. will wear to the Hall? or 2) I thought J.D. Drew retired two years ago. But the real reason I bring up this article is for the sentence "Despite being named All-Star Game MVP that year, Drew played in just 109 games." Whoever wrote this sentence is a shithead or a 5th grader, plain and simple. There's just no way any adult who aspires to be a sportswriter can get away with implying there is a correlation between a player winning the Ted Williams award and how many games they ultimately played that year. I mean, the All-Star game doesn't even count as a game played, never mind the fact that whoever wins the All-Star MVP can only have played in a maximum of 85-90 games at that point. Stupid. And for my money, J.D.'s shining moment wasn't his 1st inning granny in an eventual blow-out. It was his 2-run HR to give the Sox life in game 5 of the 2008 ALCS followed by his eventual walk-off single. I know Tampa won the series but the last 3 innings of that game 5 were sick and the living legend, J.D. Drew, made it happen.