Simply put, the fans are not having this offseason, not one bit.
They booed and booed and booed to the point that one attendee described it as"uncomfortable."
If the Red Sox didn't realize the world of hurt they were in with their fans before, it's clear now. The people have spoken. You can't subtract superstars and sit out huge chunks of free agency and sign a bunch of veterans to one-year contracts and expect the fans that pay some of the highest ticket prices in all of professional sports to bounce on their haunches awaiting a treat.
You try to sell that flimflam to Red Sox fans, and they'll bare their canines. On Friday night, the growls turned to howls, and the pack was hangry. They directed most of their vitriol at Bloom, the well-meaning head of baseball operations who even owner Tom Werner recently admitted"had a tough year last year." Since signing third basemanto an extension worth more than $300 million, Bloom has embarked on a quixotic quest to declare the club back in business despite considerable evidence to the contrary.
His much-maligned"it will be awesome!" monologue at the Devers signing didn't come off to me as insincere spin -- which is how some heard it -- so much as profound naivete. I believe Bloom believes what he's selling. It's just tough to share his vision, since a club that is effectively replacingI don't know why it never occurred to me that Winter Weekend might be a bloodbath.
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