My sports world's in turmoil.

Okay. I didn’t say anything when the Red Sox traded away fan favorites like Bill Mueller, Kevin Millar, and Doug Mirabelli.

I was gloriously happy when the Sox got rid of Edgar Rent-a-shortstop/Error-Renteria and although I felt a bit betrayed, I was even more happy when that no-good, craddle-robbing, Hollywood-starved, caveman Johnny Damon went to the Yankees.

But after the events of the last two weeks in Boston/New England sports, I simply can no longer keep quiet.

1) The Sox back-stab Bronson Arroyo and trade him to the Reds?
2) The Pats let Willie McGinest go to the Browns?
3) Famed Pats kicker Adam Vinatieri signs with the Colts?

Excuse me, but what the f*ck is going on here??

Let’s start with the Sox: When did Theo Espstein start taking lessons from George Steinbrener? I mean, I’ve loved this guy for the last three years. Used to even call him my husband whenever I read about him or saw him in a TV interview (sick, I know). I was devastated by—but supported—his decision to leave the Sox organization shortly after the end of last season and was THRILLED when he agreed to come back as GM just a few months later.

But since Theo’s been back, he’s been nothing short of miserable. He’s always so stone-faced in interviews now and his quotes in newspapers are such an "I-the-GM-and-don’t-have-to-explain-anything" tone to them. The guy is just not the same guy and I’m worried.

ESPECIALLY when he goes and did what he did this past Monday. After taking a home-team discount to stay with the Sox, rather than the arbitration that would have guaranteed he’d stay, Bronson Arroyo was offered up by Theo and Co. to the Reds and they took him. Theo’s all, "I gave him (Bronson) no guarantee that we wouldn’t trade him." While poor Bronson—a guy who never complained and took a discount to stay here because he WANTED to be here—gets the vicious blindsided slap to the face. I know of at least two guys (Manny Ramirez, David Wells) who truly don’t want to be here, yet we still have them.

Very poor move, Theo. To my knowledge, not even the evil Steinbrener has done something like that. And its a scary thing to think you are capable of doing not even he would do. Really. I mean, really. Get your head out of your ass and start acting like yourself!!

Now the Pats: All season long, free agent guys like McGinest and Vinatieri have been trying to make a deal with New England and have been getting the cold shoulder. Why? Why do you not give big dough to guys like McGinest (who, yes is getting older, but arguably had the year of his career last season) and Vinatieri (a kicker who won ALL THREE Super Bowls) what they’re worth? I know they don’t want to blow all their dough on a couple of guys who are not exactly spring chickens, but I just think they’ve proven how much they are worth and should be paid accordingly.

Furthermore, Willie signing with the Browns is not surprising, considering it gets him back with Romeo Crennel (our former Defensive Coordinator), but Adam signing with the Colts is a another story. To Pats fans, they are the Yankees of football. We hate them and until last season, we owned them. Why? We had a better defense, a better quarterback (Cut-that-meat, Peyton), and a MUCH better kicker.

Now, Adam is going to be kicking in a climate-controlled dome in Indianapolis and is probably going to lead the Colts to a Super Bowl title next season. You watch, it will happen. And what, we’re going to replace Vinatieri with Mike Vanderjerk? I guy who’s choked in big games virtually his entire career? Sure he’s 80 percent in Indianapolis, but the Pats play outside, in the cold, in the sleet, in the snow, in fierce winds. Not to mention Rodney Harrison will probably drop-kick the guy as soon as he walks through the locker room (that’s if his ACL is up for it). Vanderjerk is not a Patriot and should be their LAST choice. Like if he was the only guy on earth…but maybe not even then.

Argh. I’m just so annoyed by all of this. Maybe the Sox and the Pats are making all the right moves and guys like Wily Mo Pena, Mike Lowell, JT Snow, and Coco Crisp are going to have monster years. Maybe Adam will get hurt and won’t be able to kick anyway. I just think it’s strange that a town that has won as many titles as we have in the last few years would get rid of all the guys that made it happen. To quote former Celtics coach Rick Pitino: "The energy in this town sucks." And I couldn’t agree more.