Don't single out Boston or Mass. on this one. That's a lame statement. It's all local sportswriting.
A professional athlete leaves one team for a better offer with another team and the local scribes are SHOCKED, SHOCKED! Pedro has a limited shelf life - he's 33 now I believe - so he has to maximize his earnings NOW. In looking out for himself, he has to take the best offer. Never mind that the Mets have a snowball's chance in hell of winning next year.
I disagree.
When Mussina left the O's to go to the Yankees, in general, the tone was resignation, not like what we've seen come out of Boston over the last 2 days.