The Red Sox teams of the 2000’s had an edge. Pedro Martinez pushing Don Zimmer to the ground and Jason Varitek punching Alex Rodriguez are just a few examples.
It is how the city of Boston and New England are, a blue collar rough and tough mentality. After the Boston Marathon bombings, Red Sox Nation found a name for this mentality–to be Boston Strong.
Recentley it feels as if that mentality is no longer. The basic presumption behind that may be that baseball’s atmosphere has changed, but for the Red Sox it seems that ever since ‘Tek left, the catchers position hasn’t had the edge they need.