Framingham Lou Offbase Edition

Heard Lou Merloni on Mutt & Merloni on WEEI this morning railing against Adrian Gonzalez, who in an interview on ESPN said something to the effect of 'People have to eat' regarding players eating fried chicken during the games.  Lou's point seemed to be that it was unacceptable for players such as Gonzalez and Josh Beckett to talk about what happened to the Sox last year and not say they were sorry.  Lou was quite animated on this subject.  He talked of fans deserving better.

This Blog remembers Lou Merloni drumming up quite the interest in himself several years ago when he was first making a splash in the local media scene. In the spring of 2009 Lou proclaimed to all who would listen, and there were many, that the Red Sox hired a doctor to talk to the team about how to take steroids properly.  When pushed Lou didn't seem to remember the name of the doctor, much less the year in which this alleged event took place.  This Blog isn't saying it didn't happen, but there were no players of Lou's era on the Sox who even off the record would corroborate his story, and only denials from the GM at the time Dan Duquette.  And this Blog can't remember Lou to ever be willing to touch a discussion of who he might have seen using steroids.  From this view seems Lou's willing to cash in on the steroid era discussion bashing the team with unsubstantiated accusations, but unwilling to be rat in the clubhouse.  And today he's hauling Adrian Gonzalez on the carpet because he won't acknowledge chicken and beer-gate?

Fans do deserve better Framingham Lou.  Your outrage at the current group of players comes off as hollow and creates the urge to turn the channel.  Even with the Bruins and Celtics playing right now there is incredible interest in the Red Sox for both positive (hope springs eternal) and negative (The Collapse) reasons.  Of the mid-day group Lou has the most credibility when it comes to talking baseball, instead he's pulling radio schtick and making this Blog focus on his baseless shock value statement of three years ago.  

Until next time,

The SAHD