AL East

This time, it's not Manny being Manny.

The former Red Sox, Dodger and Indian is calling it quits after the Rays slow start. Major League Baseball made the announcement today.

Breaking News:  According to a Major League Baseball press release, Manny Ramirez is retiring as an active baseball player.  As per the press release, "Major League Baseball recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issue under Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Red Sox fans are back to where they feel most comfortable: Complaining about an underachieving team.

After two world championships in the past seven years and an offseason full of big acquisitions, Boston was starting to get uneasy about being Fall Classic favorites.

Enter an 0-6 start.

Starting today, the New York Yankees play the Boston Red Sox for the first time in 2011.  The over-hyping of this series began earlier this week when the Red Sox got off to one of their slowest season starts in their history.

Just how important is this series?  It all depends on who you ask.

On Wednesday, I wrote that it was too early to leap off the bandwagon of the 2011 Red Sox. I still believe that—however, alarm bells have started to ring as the 0-6 Sox limp home to Fenway Park to face their hated rival, the New York Yankees.

The vaunted offense of the Sox has disappeared over the last four games.

Terry Francona and the Boston Red Sox have started the season an abysmal 0-6.  

While it is still early, it is not too early for Francona to start playing around with his lineup.  The Sox have a bevvy of versatile hitters capable of hitting in different lineup slots.

It's been five years since the big trade of the 2005 offseason, in which the Florida Marlins sent starting ace Josh Beckett and third baseman Mike Lowell to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for prospects Anibal Sanchez and Hanley Ramirez.

However, which team got the better end of the deal?

The Florida Marlins?

The first week of the season is now over for the Toronto Blue Jays, who finish with a 4-2 record.

They took two of three games from both the Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics.

The 2011 Boston Red Sox were supposed to bring balance to the Force, not destroy it. Sadly after a 0-5 start, people are beginning to doubt whether or not this team is the powerhouse that ESPN spent all winter screaming about. Luckily it’s only April, there is still a lot of baseball left to be played. The Sox need help though, help that only one man can provide.

Charlie Sheen

That’s right. When you are losing, who better to turn to than a man who knows all about winning? Duh.

The Boston Red Sox dropped to 0-5 on the baseball season last night with their 8-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians, and panic has officially set in in New England.

Things aren’t clicking on any cylinder for Boston. The starting pitching, bullpen, offense—you name it, it’s been a disaster.