Mike Fantini

JUST IN: Dave Portnoy has a meltdown, tells Barstool's Kirk Minihane to "shut the f*ck up you bald f*ck" after Minihane criticized Portnoy's approach to "Jew jokes" Portnoy: "Shut up!... You work for me!" Minihane: "Sure. You bet. For now..." Portnoy: "For now? Quit! I'll save $500,000." Minihane: "Is this a show or not a show? We can't have a conversation?" Portnoy: "You're an idiot. You're literally saying people should be allowed to make Jew jokes whenever they want."

Cora deserves a ton of blame for how putrid the Red Sox are fundamentally (and have been for YEARS now), but we need to start having serious conversations about how the fundamentals are taught in the Red Sox system. I hear a ton about analytics in the minors. Exit velocity, barrel rate, etc., but is anyone teaching these kids how to PLAY the game of baseball? Serious question, is Marcelo Mayer the only guy that's come up in recent years who looks like a fundamentally sound, intelligent baseball player? Not like he's lit the world on fire, but I haven't seen him make a dumb mistake yet. The rest of these guys play with their heads up their ass. They make mistakes constantly in the field, on the bases, and they're all awful across the board situationally at the plate. It's widespread and it's only getting worse. I don't think the game is being taught at all in the Red Sox system. It's a massive problem.