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...then, “when [Red Sox management] had a chance to sit down and discuss it they felt that the field could take two games and we certainly want to live up to our commitment,” as Blake...
...That’s all well and good, but why didn’t the Sox “sit down and discuss it” before making the original decision to cancel the game? If media scrutiny wasn’t a factor, why did Boston deem its field fit for play only after Walsh expressed dissatisfaction and the Boston papers were ready to make noise...
...While the field concerns may have been legitimate, the Red Sox certainly could have employed a more responsible and transparent decision-making process in their treatment of the situation to avoid the flip-flop, along with the confusion and hard feelings that it caused...
...Having said that, what’s important at this point is that the Sox eventually made the correct decision and the Crimson will take the field at Fenway today. As Walsh put it, “I’m very excited. It doesn’t matter what happened or how it came about...
...course, we should be somewhat lenient when dishing out criticism towards the Red Sox. After all, it only took them a day, rather than 86 years, to figure out where they went wrong this time around...