To pretend things aren’t terrible now for the Red Sox and their fans is disingenuous.  I know this. I know how genuinely awful things are right now. You don’t hear 20,000 people booing a guy who helped them win a World Series when things are going well.  Last night was definitely a low point for the Red Sox and their fans. So why am I not among the teeth gnashers?  Why did I wake up this morning excited that there’s a game tonight instead of dreading putting on NESN at 7pm?  I’ve gone through too much in my life to be a glutton for punishment.  As a matter of fact, I mentioned on Twitter that I’d probably be doing a massive dump of all the people I follow who insist on doing nothing but trashing the team (an unfollow list which, interestingly, will most likely include more sports writers than fans but last night the fans were giving the writers a run for their money) because I go to Twitter to be entertained (and get information) not to be annoyed by people.  There is no doubt this team is annoying right now so why am I not writing them off [...]

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