I Take Exception, Felger!

I guess you can tune into a number of talk shows & hear an opinion pro or con expressed on any topic. After all, in this electronic age, the norm is to share our lives & inner thoughts with everyone through pictures, Facebook, Twitter, etc. And I'm no different as I express my opinion about a game I love - baseball - & a team I love - the Boston Red Sox. Last night I'm flipping through the channels during an intermission of the Eagles-Cowboys game. I hear Michael Felger say that baseball is no longer "the" sport in Boston because Red Sox fans didn't riot when Jacoby Ellsbury signed with the Yankees. Really? Is that your criteria for judging the passion of Red Sox fans? I found that to be a stupid & uneducated statement, but Felger is entitled to his opinion because he has many gigs on TV. And he likes to be a contrarian who makes statements with no facts, just his personal judgments. No one is rioting, Felger, because we all knew this day was coming for over a year. The Yankees overpaid big time for too long a contract that the Red Sox were never going to match. No shock here, more that the long expected departure of Ellsbury happened. Don't worry, though. Ells will get booed mercilessly when he returns to Fenway, just like Johnny Damon. But don't say Red Sox fans don't care or have no passion. Baseball is alive & well in Beantown. That's my opinion.