Boston sports teams have reinvented winning. Call it the “Ubuntu salary structure”, coupled with old-fashioned team play. But now it is time for the fans to reinvent themselves by also rooting for the collective good, instead of a win-at-all-cost everyday mania. After all, we are not New Yorkers. Jason Varitek, Captain of the Good-Ship Red Sox, and steward of two World Series pitching staffs, should never, ever be booed. When you boo your heroes, you diminish their heroics. Period. The yahoos in Red Sox Nation should pay attention to Varitek’s colleagues, who give him All-Star status in the twilight of a legendary career.

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