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Former Red Sox player calls out Boston media in epic rant

Lou Merloni, the hometown kid who played multiple stints for the Boston Red Sox before moving into broadcasting and radio work, has a bone to pick with a certain faction of the Boston media.

Merloni, who now co-hosts “Merloni & Fauria” on WEEI, opened Thursday’s show with what they accurately described on social media as a “rant.”

The rant was so long that it had to be split into multiple parts, as the show’s Twitter account is unverified and therefore subject to Twitter’s video limit of two minutes and about twenty seconds. Here’s part one of four:

In his rant, Merloni picks apart former EEI host Gerry Callahan, one of many who have talked about low attendance at Fenway Park this season.