Dan Shaughnessy

Bruce writes up the losers in the disappearance of Theo Epstein - pretty much everyone involved except for Theo and the Herald - and the unfortunate Globe beat reporters left to clean up after the Curly-Haired Boyfriend's mess:

... Good reporters such as Gordon Edes and Chris Snow are put in an impossible situation, and I don't judge them as harshly as the management of the Globe and ones like Shaughnessy who have disgraced themselves and the reputation of the largest newspaper in the region by abandoning any semblance of integrity by eagerly snapping up the scraps of whatever information that Red Sox management will feed them and serving as their virtual mouthpiece. ...

Feline Anarchy reports she got nauseous moments before somebody e-mailed her the news:

...I IM Annette demanding details. What! The hell! I'm all the way out here in the midwest, and the hall around me is entirely way too calm for this BURGEONING CRISIS.

Immediately I get an IM from my mother, who is understandably REALLY FUCKING UPSET. ...

More reaction:

Michael knows just who's to blame for Master Theo's departure for La-La Land or wherever: Dan Shaughnessy (specifically, his Sunday j'accuse):

The fellowship of the miserable survives this Halloween with Count Shaughnessy the leader of the blood suckers, who did his best to help run young Theo Epstein out of town so he can continue to ply his trade as the Dark Prince of Negativity, and extend his cottage industry with his new book, Death to Red Sox Nation. ...

Dan has a more sober analysis that nonetheless also points the finger at CHB and Larry Lucchino - as foretold last week by the Herald's Tony Massarotti:

... It's a good thing the Red Sox won the World Series last year. It's starting to look like it will be another 86 years before they win again. ...

More reaction:

Beth probably does:

I really hate Dan Shaughnessy. I hate him. Most people I've ever heard from seem to agree. I mean, not just not caring for him or disliking him, but hating him. ...

David offers up exhaustive coverage of the Michael Holley vs. Dan Shaughnessy civil-rights/Carl Everett dustup that probably about 15 people saw on one of the late-Sunday sports recap shows. My head hurts.