NESN appears to be finally getting Red Sox booth right again

Lou Merloni, who grew up in Framingham and went to Providence College before playing for six seasons for the Red Sox, has an everyman way of explaining baseball’s nuances.A field goal’s worth of sports media thoughts kicking while heading into my post-Patriots bye week (some call it vacation) . . .

· NESN appears to be getting its Red Sox broadcast booth right for the first time in a few seasons.

During a conversation with new NESN president and CEO David Wisnia in November, I mentioned that one of the frustrations Red Sox viewers often cite to is the rotating-cast-of-characters approach to the analyst chair since Jerry Remy passed away in 2021 and Dennis Eckersley retired after the ‘22…