Shank is all over this (of course he is). But he interviews Tito, who again reminds us how awesome he is:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/21/sports/is-there-anything-cryptic-criticism-bill-james-2011-red-sox-other-thoughts/“He’s never been in the clubhouse, to my knowledge,” stated Tito. “I don’t even know where to begin. When you lose like we did in Boston, there always has to be a reason. It can’t just be that you weren’t good enough. That team — we started out like 2-12, then we went 80-40 and I don’t remember anybody saying all those things on September 1st. We just kind of [expletive] the bed. Go back and look. Daniel Bard had a horrible September. He didn’t even drink. Our pitching was wiped out. We just played bad. I don’t know where Bill is coming up with all this. Also, Bill spent years telling me that this kind of stuff didn’t matter. It was all about the numbers with him.”