Heat Check
Ice fucking cold.
If you have not joined my boycott of the Red Sox yet, please do. This ownership has turned a once proud franchise and face of the New England nation into a basement dwelling laughing stock. All while lying to your face and hiding behind their ivory walls.
One year after team officials were booed loudly during a Town Hall event on the opening night of the team’s annual Winter Weekend, the Red Sox have moved away from that format and introduced a new one for the upcoming fan festival in Springfield. “The Friday night event will open with the introduction of the 2024 players and coaches followed by ‘The Cinco Ocho Show with Jonathan Papelbon,’ a late-night talk show-style segment,” a release from the Red Sox said. “Alongside co-host Tom Caron of NESN, Papelbon will lead conversations about the upcoming season and the state of the club. The evening will conclude with a reflection on the life of Tim Wakefield.”
So, ownership didn’t enjoy getting boo’d to the high heavens last year? They were taken aback by the response? And now instead of facing the music (A Chorus of Boo’s) they are schelping 2008 World Series Champion and well known Psychopath out there to play Kumbaya with Tom Karon? To tie up the pacifying even they have an in memoriam set up for the truly devastating death of Red Sox hall of famer and universally beloved Tim Wakefield. Cool. To recap, Ownership have displayed traits:
Cheap
Greedy
Liars
Cowards
Kinda cunty
Notice I didn’t say dumb. No, this is all by design. The Fenway Sports Group is positioning itself as an extremely powerful player in the globalization of pro sports. The Red Sox are a very valuable line item to showcase when they look for funding to buy their NFL and NBA franchises.
Lets dive into a little more of those cheap, lieing, coward qualities:
Werner spoke to MassLive's Sean McAdam to take back the "full throttle" remark that was an empty premise from the jump. Ownership's real plan basically was Yoshinobu Yamamoto or bust. Turns out, other clubs liked the 25-year-old ace as well, who would've thought?
In the interview where he attempted to tone down his earlier comments, Werner seemingly blamed Breslow for the lack of spending this winter as the entire ownership group continues to pretend that they are as fiscally invested in the Red Sox as ever.
“In the end, we don’t have a line in terms of our payroll that we look at as much as trusting that Craig (Breslow) is going to deliver on his assurance that we’re going to be competitive," Werner told McAdam.
So, Werner is Scape Goating (Breselow) the replacement for the previous Scape Goat (Chaim Bloom)? Neat trick. Allow me to issue the Offical SM Sports response:
Go fuck yourself Tom Werner. Sell the team you sleezy twat. - SM Sports
Too far? For a Red Sox Boycottee, you could make the agreement that was too far. Hey, I said what I said.
P.S. How annoying is it that I haven’t been able to post a Red Sox blog with an actual player in the thumb nail in how long? Make a move already, you dopes.