Eric Gagne, anti-endorser of the moment

All but useless
for the Boston Red Sox since his trade from the Texas Rangers, pitcher Eric Gagne is suffering the kind of abuse that’s usually reserved for operators of dogfighting rings. And his detractors are a Web-2.0-savvy bunch, having set up some 100 Facebooks groups devoted to their hatred of the goateed reliever. (Among them: “Americans for Deporting Eric Gagne,” “The Eric Gagne Depreciation Group,” “Eric Gagne Is Completely Horrible” and “Eric Gagne Should Be Kicked in the Balls By Everyone in New England.”)