The answer....NO!  What is everyone talking about?  I don't live in the Northeast, so one of you Boston boys do me a favor.  Bring a tissue over to Massarotti's house.

The Red Sox didn't "lose out" on Mark Teixiera.  They are going to be fine without him.  More than fine.  I'd be lying if I said I didn't want him two days ago, but so what?

Why couldn't we all take Joe Maddon's approach to this.  He reacted the same way I think John McGraw would have acted, he was straight faced and confident.

David Ortiz said we needed a big bat.  That bat didn't need to be Mark Teixiera.  It's my humble opinion that all we need is a catcher and a fourth outfielder and maybe even a fifth starter and we're pretty much set.

With the mountain of cash we didn't just spend on one player, we can fill all the holes we have in our current roster.

We can sign a fifth starter, somebody like John Smoltz or perhaps even Ben Sheets.  I know that there is somebody out there with a voodoo doll trying to keep Ben Sheets on the DL, but I think he would be worth the risk.  Even if he got injured, we'd still have somebody like Buch-Wild or Masterson to step in.  And Smoltz, he'd totally be worth it.  Dare I even suggest Randy Johnson?  Alright, I probably went too far with that.

We could get a fourth outfielder.  I hear Rocco Baldelli's illness is treatable.  Other than that, we could bring in somebody like Eric Hinske. 

As far as catcher goes, I'm sure Theo Epstein (you know, the same guy we called a GENIOUS after 2004 and 2007, and are now calling a dope) will come up with something.  'Tek isn't Tex, he'll come along.  And I bet a Salty' trade would make Sox fans forget who Mark Teixiera is.  By the way, wouldn't that be ironic?  The Yankees get Teixiera, and the Red Sox could get the guy that was traded for Tex just over a year ago.

Since when did being a Sox fan become like being in the movie 'Left Behind' though?  Everybody needs to cheer up, and give the current Red Sox their due credit, because last I heard the Yankees haven't been able to buy a World Series for eight years.  And at least look at it this way:

If the Yankees don't win a World Series in the near future (say, four or five years) they will be viewed as the biggest failure in sports history.  They'll be the 'Spider-Man 3' of baseball.  Just remember that hope is faith.  Have faith that the Sox will win, and have hope that the Steinbrenner's will go bankrupt sometime in our lifetimes.