Right on the money for both. Sox fans get a bad rep for "not supporting their team". Sox fans support the team plenty, but why show up when the product stinks? Selling out every game isn't a bad thing, but it can send a bad message of being okay with the status-quo . Chicago has 3 teams that sell out no matter what in the form of the Bulls, Bears and Cubs. Nothing wrong with that it just, as stated above, says "meh, who cares if the product on the field is anygood, we'll come away!!", and with that mindset in the front office, why bother trying to win? You're going o get your money anyway. And yes, the way Sox fans roll does cause problems (lower payrolls) but it shows we care about our team, we just express our care about the Sox in different way.
And yes, fire Ozzie.