Dear Red Sox,

Please start treating Eric Gagne as a sunk cost. Just because you paid $6,000,000 for his contract this season doesn't mean that you have to play him unless, say, a meteorite hits your bullpen. Even then, consider letting Manny pitch a few innings instead. It'll be better for all of us.

Gagne's proven on enough occasions this season (including 2 consecutive nights in the playoffs!) that he's not worth it. Boston area pharmacies don't have enough antacid to go around.

Signed,

A fan with increasingly shorter fingernails