I got into this discussion the other day with a non Red Sox fan I have known for a while. We were talking about how ridiculous the Bruins and Celtics are right now. He asked if I still followed the Red Sox and I told him I have not as much as I did as a kid. I watched maybe 10-20 games last year and I honestly watched more Celtics even when they were pretty bad in the first half of last year. I still get the MLB ticket but end up watching more baseball around the league than the Sox.
With Bogaerts leaving, I have to admit this is the least connected I have ever felt with the team. I definitely will follow them fairly passively day to day and will watch a couple of games but I won't go out of my way to get up to Fenway to see the team. It is not really about winning and losing as much as the lack of continuity with the team and the lack of energy it seems FSG is giving the team.
Like a good example was when they kept assuring everyone they were going to spend this off season. I rolled my eyes but that was just signaling they weren't going to spend. Then they leak to the Red Sox beat writers they were second in all these bids like telling you "See we tried."
I am not going to bad mouth FSG, they had an incredible run here as owners however it seems like they are going through the motions. That said I don't understand the plan forward if there is one.
With Bogaerts leaving, I have to admit this is the least connected I have ever felt with the team. I definitely will follow them fairly passively day to day and will watch a couple of games but I won't go out of my way to get up to Fenway to see the team. It is not really about winning and losing as much as the lack of continuity with the team and the lack of energy it seems FSG is giving the team.
Like a good example was when they kept assuring everyone they were going to spend this off season. I rolled my eyes but that was just signaling they weren't going to spend. Then they leak to the Red Sox beat writers they were second in all these bids like telling you "See we tried."
I am not going to bad mouth FSG, they had an incredible run here as owners however it seems like they are going through the motions. That said I don't understand the plan forward if there is one.