Julio Lugo had a memorable afternoon in Toronto today, committing three errors, going 0-4 at the plate, and popping up to end the game with runners on first and third — when a three-run home run would have tied it. Afterwards, we asked Lugo (via telepathy) how today’s game ranked on his all-time list of piss-poor outtings.

Lugo — "I shouldn’t have even bothered to wake up today."

Us — "One could argue that you didn’t."

So, the Red Sox’ 175,000-mile road trip will soon be over, and Boston can slink back to Beantown to face the Detroit Tigers, who’ve been playing Julio Lugo-like ball all season. So, something has to give, right?

In Lugo’s defense, he didn’t exactly let us down on Sunday. I mean, no one expected him to hit a three-run home run. This is Julio Lugo, after all – the only regular from last year’s championship team who built up NO goodwill with fans. Given that, you’d think the guy would work a little harder to do the little things right. Say, setting his feet on routine grounders and not flipping the ball across the diamond like he’s Omar Vizquel in an Old-Timers’ Game?