Fred, I just can't get as emotional about it anymore. Maybe I've kind of distanced myself from it a bit. I've been following this team for 40+ years and it's taken its toll.
Maybe they weren't prepared to start the season. I will readily admit it could be true. But then they played .650 ball for a few months. It was just a really bizarre season. And I have said repeatedly that it was Francona's time to go. But yes, I was a Francona man.