Feeling empathy for Chaim Bloom, who couldn’t get two sentences out before being relentlessly heckled during the Red Sox’ Winter Weekend festivities on Friday, requires complex thought.
On an emotional level, it was tough to watch from afar as a nice guy who’s trying his best got booed, shouted over, trash-talked, and embarrassed during an event set up by the team to be celebratory in nature.
But on a more cognitive level, it’s just as difficult to ignore the very legitimate argument that it was all justified. And if fans are given merely two avenues to make their voices heard — vocally and economically — who can blame them for choosing to exercise both?
