The Boston Red Sox are finding out about karma after doing former manager Terry Francona wrong following last season's epic collapse. |
As a longtime Boston Red Sox follower (I’m a Phillies fan first and foremost) I’ve got to say that it bothered me to no end to see how the formerly floundering franchise, which hadn’t won a World Series title in 86 years prior to 2004, treated former manager Terry Francona following last season’s epic collapse.
After trying to blame everything that went wrong last season almost exclusively on the easy-going Francona, the Red Sox front office and owner John Henry are finding out that karma really is a b**ch!
First the team started off the season by losing its first three games and five of six to send Red Sox Nation faithful into a virtual panic. Then, after taking three straight from the Tampa Bay Rays new manager Bobby Valentine had to go and open his big mouth.
Already not mostly liked manager in MLB history, Valentine ripped beloved BoSox veteran Kevin Youkilis by questioning his commitment to the team and the game of baseball in general this season, thereby adding to the already existing gap of distrust among Valentine and his newly acquired players.
I know it’s very early in the Bobby Valentine-post Terry Francona era, but I have a real sense of dread about how things are going to turn out for the BoSox and Valentine in the short-term future.
Impending doom or not, Eye On Sports says the Bosox franchise deserves some real humility after doing my man Terry Francona wrong following his highly successful tenure with the club – and I think maybe a three-year postseason-less span will suffice just fine!
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