Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand at least one Yankee fan from Western Massachusetts. The story was circulated by USA Today, the Washington Post, The Blaze, Deadspin, and Philly Voice among the 100s of 1,000s of tweets to the point that ESPN was forced to address it. Seems like a few more people than just Sox fans cared.
I never commented on ESPN being well within their right to fire Schilling. He acted contrary to company policy and paid the price. So be it. It doesn't subtract from the fact that this is a red herring argument. I commented on ESPN's attempt to (at best) severely downplay the role of a former employee on what is arguably considered the greatest comeback in the history of arguably sport's greatest rivalry (AND I did it in a thread entitled "Curt" created by a Yankee fan who claims he doesn't care.). All do respect, Mau, you are a fine Yankee fan. You bleed pinstripe blue, but you seem to burn an awful lot of calories on topics you contend not to care.
Finally (and this is my last post on this thread*), I don't know what you said about the Red Sox last year. I barely posted about the 2015 team myself. I comparing potential tailgating for UConn vs. BC in November to a Sox pregame, I criticized Schilling as a color commentator in another (You liked that post), and I was also deprecating on them in The
Official 2015 Yankee Thread (Which you also liked. So yes. You did comment on the Red Sox suckitude last year.). The Red Sox were far from entertaining for the majority of 2015. I gained some interest when they brought aboard Dombrowski and when the kids were playing at the end of the year, but between my 1st son and the one on the way at the time, I lost interest as the season went on. Generally, I don't enter conversations I care nothing about, but I can only speak for myself.
*Unless I deem a response worthy of addressing.