Joel Hanrahan Celebrates the longest sell-out streak in sports history by blowing a game

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In case you didn’t hear, the longest sell-out streak in the history of sports ended tonight in Boston at 794 games. The streak was actually 820 games if you count the postseason.

So how did the Red Sox say ‘thanks’ to the fan base that came out in droves for so long? By bringing in Joel Hanrahan for 2/3 of an inning and allowing him to take a 5-3 lead and turn it into an 8-5 loss. The whole thing only took about 15 minutes, which is shorter than the amount of time that it takes to bake most cakes.

Let’s take a look at Joel’s not so-winning ingredients:

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Hanrahan’s ERA climbs to 11.57 on the season, and his manager defiantly says “Obviously he’s our closer”. Obviously John Farrell is the smartest guy in the room. Hanrahan fits right in with the other relievers around the league who are blowing games at what seems like a record pace.

Cue up all the shitty, short-sighted fantasy owners in your league picking up Andrew Bailey before there’s even reason to do so. Hanrahan is going to have more lives than Rasputin, that I can guarantee you. John Farrell doesn’t want to look like anyone is smarter than him.