Julio Lugo, who was plagued by injuries and ineffectiveness during his 2 1/2 seasons with the Red Sox, has been designated for assignment. The designation, which was confirmed by his agent, Sam Levinson, this afternoon, means the team has 10 days to either trade or release the veteran shortstop, who signed a four-year, $36-million deal with the Red Sox as a free agent before the 2007 season. “When you see a good looking girl, you get married and sometimes things don’t work out,” told the Boston Herald's Steve Buckley, who caught up to him at the airport in Toronto. “I gave it my best and unfortunately things didn’t work out. This is the best for both parties. I wanted it to work out but it didn’t.” "This was one of the free agent signings that doesn’t work out. We were paying for past performance, not current performance," Epstein said. "That’s the true definition of a mistake, and as the decision, that’s on me. We’ll just move on and be a better organization having gone through it, and we’ll make better decisions going forward."Well that was fun. I don't think Theo could have slapped Lugo in the face any more than he just did. He didn't even try to put a decent spin on it. He straight up said he was paying for Michael Jackson's Thriller and the most he got out of the deal were 2 hit songs and child molestation trial. It's OK, Julio. Everyone makes mistakes.
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