Foolishness

Over at the Morning News there's an interview with Michael Lewis, author of Money Ball, who like many others pundits/authors/personalities etc feels compelled to say idiotic things about Red Sox fans.

If you wanted to point a finger at who is responsible for the curse, I think you point first to the fans. The nature of their support makes it a much harder place to play baseball in and a much, much harder place to put together a baseball team in. You are always doing things in response to the emotions of the fans, the emotions of the dumbest commentators—

Indeed. What a terrible thing it is, to work or play for a babeball team in a market where people care passionately. The Red Sox lose because we care too much, didn't ya know.

In a way, I think it’s interesting to watch the experiment that’s going on in Boston, to introduce this new management [style] of baseball teams into the Red Sox. [It] is going on in opposition to their fans, even though it’s the thing that’s likely to lead to success. The fans and the reporters and stuff around them are the thing that is making it difficult to implement.

This is so stupid it almost beggars belief. Yeah, fans here are real unhappy with Theo. We just hate having guys like Ortiz, Pokey,and Schilling on our team. We scream in anguish with every move Epstein makes. Riiiiggght. The reality is Epstein's moves have been so solid most fans wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Theo levitated himself out of the owner's box and across the Charles.

I like his take on Pedro:

Oh yeah, he clearly has no particular affection for Boston. He could end up pitching in lots of different places.

Clearly? What makes it so clear? Am I missing something.

And if he’s not terribly popular with the fans on top of it because of his behavior, there is even less reason to keep him around.

Which fans are these?

Ah.. this is the kind of nonsense that comes forth when someone who grew up in New Orleans and lives in Berkely California offers 'opinions' on Red Sox fans.