If you tuned in to ESPN for any 7-second period on Thursday night, you saw a clip of the Gary Sheffield incident at Fenway Park. I'll hold off on my overall positive reaction to Sheffield's conduct and negative reaction to the asshole "fan" who instigated the whole affair - because I was most struck by Red Sox manager Terry Francona's impression of the evening:
“It’s the way it’s probably going to be,” Francona said. “We have two great teams and two great baseball cities and a lot of emotion.”
Huh?
This is the MANAGER of the Red Sox, the most-visible and most public face of the Red Sox office. That's all he has to say? No rebuke of the idiot who started this thing? No plea with Red Sox Nation to put a better face forward for the world to day? Nope - just a shrug of the shoulders. That's all we got.
Shame on you, Terry Francona. You have an obligation, as a leader, to set the right example. You failed miserably!
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Well put, Hitman. Terry Francona's a complete idiot. Even the Red Sox players themselves knew better than to say anything other than the fan was at fault. It shows that the players have a lot more marbles than their manager.
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