Dan Shaughnessy tries to tell Red Sox fans that their season is over, and its time to think about next year.  Well, I have said that  a few times in the past couple of weeks, but really only to my Yankee loving boyfriend who is still worried that Yanks might not make the playoffs.  What I didn’t know what I pronounced the Sox finished is the following, from Shaughnessy’s piece:

Decimated by injuries, these Red Sox are 27-25 since July 1. In the last two weeks, they rank 21st in the majors in runs scored. Terry Francona has only two relievers he can trust. John Lackey can’t hold a lead. Josh Beckett has four wins, none against a team over .500. The Sox scored only eight runs in three games at Tropicana Field. Sunday night, in the biggest game of the year, Boston started Daniel Nava in left, Darnell McDonald in center, and the second baseman was a 22-year-old kid making his second big league start (Yamaico Navarro). Oh, and let’s not forget that because of injuries, Boston’s everyday first baseman is Mike Lowell — a guy hitting .234.

Its time to spend September trying to determine who is ready to play in the big leagues from the minors so that the team can determine where to spend their money.  They certainly are going to have to spend some of that green on a plan B at a few different positions- because after a season off, who knows how Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie and a few others are going to fare in the early months of 2011.

The Sox are done.  Dan Shaughnessy says so.