Red Sox Collapse: Did Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy Jinx Team? (VIDEO)

It's not over until it's over. Not even when you've got a two-run lead over an opponent who is down its last strike in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Red Sox fans understand this fact much better than most fan bases. Yes, they've won World Series championships in 2004 and 2007, but any fan old enough to remember Fenway before the Green Monster Seats should have a deep reservoir of heartbreak to keep them grounded.

Nevertheless, Boston Globe writer Dan Shaughnessy may have gotten a little ahead of himself on the NESN broadcast mere hours before the team's epic collapse and Tampa Bay's miraculous comeback.

"I think the Rays are not going to win tonight," said the representative of Red Sox Nation who once authored a book titled The Curse Of The Bambino. "I think that the one thing that we have eliminated tonight is that the Red Sox season is not going to end tonight. They live to play another day."

For context, Shaughnessy made these comments while the Red Sox were clinging on to a 3-2 lead and the Rays were down 7-0. During Boston's September swoon Shaughnessy said the Sox weren't worthy of the postseason. He may have helped prove his point.

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Comments

[haroldburbank]

09:41 AM on 10/09/2011

shaughnessy is the most accurate and honest sox commentator out there. most of the sox press is in sox back pocket.

[MoonBeamWatcher]

12:02 AM on 10/01/2011

Dat's Dan Shaughnessy of da NY Globe!

[Dan Legge]

11:25 PM on 09/30/2011

Can't imagine why he thought they would win when down 7-0.

[Neil Reilly]

08:56 PM on 09/30/2011

Some of these comments are unreal. Come on man, it is only a game.

[fisherman100243]

08:08 PM on 09/30/2011

I dislike Boston to the degree it's a very fine line between hate. They are the most pompoused assed group ever assembled in baseball. Players, I definitely agree, should demonstrated a high degree of confidence each and every time they take to the field. There is a vast difference in confidence and being a bigot. Papelbon, Beckett, Francona, "Big Papa", and "used to be "Manny" overflow with bigotery in their actions on the field. All are "legends in their own minds". Losing out to the Rays couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch. Maybe in the off-season they can enroll in a "HUMILITY CLASS". As they say - no one is bigger than the game of BASEBALL.

[jwiley1396]

06:49 PM on 09/30/2011

So, Theo Epstein, now tell us all about this sabermetrics bullsh$$!!!!

[Spartan112]

12:23 PM on 10/01/2011

You really don't understand Sabermetrics do you?

[jwiley1396]

04:11 PM on 10/01/2011

I understand Sabermetrics and also know MSU sucks, big time. What happened to the big NFL pro prospect Kirk Cousins against ND???

[Azbo61]

05:31 PM on 09/30/2011

B.S......the red Sox lost because they suck.....they thought they had the game one so they slacked off and choked....what he said has no bearing on what happened....give the guy a break....he was just reporting how he felt because he is from Boston....everybody does it...I guess all last week when everybody was going around saying that The Patriots are in no way going to lose to The Bills...all those people jinxed The Patriots (I for one am glad The Pats lost...Brady is the most stuck up, egotistical player in the NFL....if he doesnt get a touchdown with every pass...or the defense makes a good play....he looks like he is about to cry and goes running off to cry to the refs....

[wpbjr2150]

08:42 PM on 09/30/2011

You are full of what makes the grass grow. You must be from NY why else would you post such an obnoxious comment.

[mimsysc]

09:37 PM on 09/30/2011

boston 9-17 in september,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, end of story

[mrroosey]

05:03 PM on 09/30/2011

DEY BROKE MY HAHT!!!!!!!!!

[propmaker321]

04:35 PM on 09/30/2011

HERES THE REAL DEAL. BEING A DIE HARD NEW YORK FAN I MUST SAY HERE THAT THIS IS AS FAR AS NEW YORK IS GOING TO GET. THEIR PITCHING SUCKS AFTER C.C.
BOSTON PLAYERS AND FANS HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME BUT THEMSELVES (THE PLAYERS) THE LAST OUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY THE LEFT FIELDER. HE MISS PLAYED THE BALL. BOTTOM LINE IS BOSTON NOW GOT RID OF FRANCONNA. THE ONLY MANAGER WHO GOT THEM TO 2 WINNING SEASONS IN WHAT 90 YEARS.
WHY DO THEY ALWAYS BLAME THE MANAGER FOR LOUSY FIELDING OR PITCHING.
I DON'T GET IT. I AM SAYING THAT THE YANKS WON'T GET PAST THE PLAYOFFS. WE WILL SEE THE PHILS AND TEXAS IN THE WORLD SERIES.

[wpbjr2150]

08:50 PM on 09/30/2011

Hold on there sunshine. What do the Boston fans have to do with the epic choke job. Francona & the boys did a pee pee job @ the start of the season. Then crapped the bed at the end of the season. Tito lost control of the clubhouse and the team in September. There was no sense of urgency to end the skid. The players have to look in the mirror everyone knows who sucked especially JL and CC most of the year & the pitchers did not step up so we have no "ace". Theo & the owners have to divest from soccer & NASCar and concentrate on baseball if they want to win again. Changes have to be made up & down.

[Paulie21]

02:38 PM on 10/01/2011

LMAO.

[baltimark5]

04:29 PM on 09/30/2011

Oriole Magic.......That's what it was.....wait till next year!

[mithrilsolider]

03:57 PM on 09/30/2011

did, the huffington post really put this in an article? its true people are sheep and.. wow.

[Billybladerunner]

02:59 PM on 09/30/2011

You cant blame the guy for saying that ....NO ONE would have ever guessed the outcome

[RDX]

02:24 PM on 09/30/2011

I hate Shaughnessy so I hope those dummies in Boston believe it to be the case.

But seriously, look at the last 10 years in Boston
-Broke Bambino curse, won world series a couple times
-Won NBA championships
-Won NHL stanley cup
-Won Superbowl a couple times

I think Boston suffers from something that is an exact opposite of a curse.

[Just Me1014]

07:28 AM on 10/01/2011

Shaughnessy should go get a job as a clown in the circus... he'd fit right in, with looks like Howdy Dowdy!

[Spartan112]

12:24 PM on 10/01/2011

Shaughnessy = CHB...

[suebeedue]

01:46 PM on 09/30/2011

Why are sports fans and writers so superstitious?

[sponsi]

03:25 PM on 09/30/2011

He was mainly talking common sense (considering all the factors up 7 runs, last inning, etc)...It's the athletes that are the most superstitious.

Now into the post season-GO YANKEES.

[american-dolt]

01:45 PM on 09/30/2011

No, his Art Garfarkle hair-do did.