Recently, the Boston Red Sox have done some things that I find problematic. After a dramatic collapse in 2011, in which the team blew a seven-game lead to the Tampa Bay Rays for the wild card, they fired Terry Francona and had the "brilliant" idea of hiring ESPN announcer Bobby Valentine. In 2012, they had their worst year since the 1960's, going 69-93 and then canned Bobby Valentine. All of a sudden, they decided to get someone who is already managing, in John Farrell, their former pitching coach, and were able to get him for a backup middle infielder. This is unethical and bullying on the part of the Red Sox. Who are they to dictate who gets to be a manager and who doesn't? The commissioner should have stepped in and forced the Red Sox to give up a position player or starting pitcher and draft picks for a manager under contract. Good news for Toronto, they made a big trade with the Miami Marlins and are expected to contend in the AL East this year. Toronto re-hired John Gibbons as its manager. Gibbons managed the Blue Jays from 2004-2008. I would have liked to see Toronto hire Sandy Alomar, Jr. as manager. Maybe after Dale Sveum loses 96 games for the Cubs in 2013 he can go to Chicago and fix the Cubs.
Also, Boston recently traded for Pittsburgh's closer, Joel Hanrahan. They sent four nobodies to Pittsburgh for an All-Star Closer. This again is bullying. We're Boston and we can push you "small-market" teams around if we want to. Let Pittsburgh have a chance to win for once.
Boston's sports teams think that they're above the law, especially with some of the former Red Sox using Steroids and the Patriots spying on other teams. I wouldn't be surprised if the Celtics and Bruins engaged in shenanigans.
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