This Is A Tragedy

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

when the OP said tragedy, i think he means IN PERSPECTIVE of sports. I don't think he is comparing it to real life tragedies.

as much as i hate the red sox, boston is a nice town (though i'd never want to live in it, as its way too busy for me). its certainly no worse than NY -well, except for the fans lol

Shannon Stone's death from falling from the upper deck at a Texas Rangers game this summer is a tragedy.

Terry Francona losing his job with the Red Sox is not a tragedy. There is no "Perspective of sports" using the word "tragedy" when a manager, who has already earned millions of dollars, loses his job.

[calvindog]

Guys, it's baseball. It's a game. I don't think Jay was suggesting that Francona losing his job was a tragedy on the level of someone dying. It's a baseball tragedy. And he's right, it is. Unreal that Francona took the fall for that joke of a team.

[pgellis]

First of all, there has been no official word yet that he is gone. My feeling is that he probably will be gone, but they met today with no news coming out of that meeting.