Every time I’ve pecked out some Red Sox ruminations over the past year, the collective response has been overwhelmingly negative toward the franchise.
And you know what? The Red Sox have earned every fluid ounce of the vitriol.
The goodwill from the 108-win, World Series champions of 2018 was lost faster than a tourist expecting Boston to have a logical street grid.
The 2019 team never found a cure for the championship hangover while getting busted for using their video room to steal opponents’ signs.
The trade of the incomparable Markus Lynn “Mookie” Betts to the Dodgers in February 2020 alienated passionate fans only slightly less than trading Carl Yastrzemski in, oh, November 1968 would have.