Another Brain Dead Columnist

Jim Donaldson of the Providence Journal says Red Sox fans are unhappy, despite the team's success:

You'd think, given all that, that Sox fans would be ecstatic. That they'd be enjoying the moment.

You would think that, unless you had spent significant time in New England, and thus come to understand the tortured psyche of the true Red Sox rooter -- an angst-ridden, long-suffering soul, who, at least subconsciously, considers himself cursed and isn't really happy unless he's miserable.

Bruce at Boston Sports Media Watch* has a lovely riposte:

Can't a highly paid journalist at least come up with his own material? Does Shaughnessy get a cut of this? If I was Dan, I'd be demanding one. And who's fixated on the players? I don't know any fans that are "fretting" about it...but I know that there are stories in the paper everyday about the free agents to be...

Donaldson's column is, of course, condescending bullshit. And it annoys me to no end. I expect foreigners to the Red Sox Nation, and those that live outside of New England to indulge in all sorts of claptrap about curses and haunted Red Sox fans. But I would expect a 'highly paid' journalist to get out of his ivory pressbox and make an effort to find out what the the fans of the sport he's expected to cover are really thinking. Or failing that, to just keep his mouth shut and stop telling us what we're supposedly thinking or feeling.

*By the way, if you're a Boston sports fan this should be a daily stop for you. Especially if you're living behind enemy lines and need a guide to all the news 'bout the Sox.