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'I hate sports sometimes'

By Bill Simmons
Page 2 columnist

Friday, October 3, 2003

After enduring five hours of hell also known as "Wednesday night's Red Sox game," I was listed as "questionable" for today's column. Remember my "Levels of Losing" column? This one had it all: The Monkey Wrench (just about every decision made by Grady Little); the Guillotine (knowing that the bullpen would screw up the ninth inning); and the dreaded Stomach Punch (Ramon Hernandez's unexpected bunt single to win the game). By the eighth inning, I was pacing around the living room of the New And ...

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