If we assume everyone on that dais and in the audience believed that Puljols will be a lesser player in the back half of the contract than in the first half (since it is, as you claim, “the truth”), what particular insight could the question provoke?

None. I think that, as much as anything, was the reason for the booing. The question was so incredibly sophomoric that it sounded like something to be asked on Angel Talk by Stan from La Mirada, not to be posed by an allegedly professional sports journalist.

She had one opportunity to ask a question of all assembled for this press conference, and she wasted it on the equivalent of “boxers or briefs?” or “what’s your favorite flavor of ice cream?”

On the other hand, since she is employed by ESPN, diminished expectations are probably in order.