The Boston Red Sox: They Are Who We Thought They Were!
What A Turnaround
Coming into the season the Boston Red Sox were one of the favorites to win the American League and everyone felt great about this team taking us out of the time loop of .500 baseball we’ve all been stuck in watching this team the last 4 seasons. Then the season started, and they were under achieving. They gave Red Sox fans more of the same with mediocre .500 baseball when everyone could see they were better than that. There’s too much talent on this team to not be near the tops of the league.
Then the shakeup happened. Devers was shipped out and the team was put in the hands of Alex Bregman and Jaren Duran to lead a platoon of young talented players into the next generation. They didn’t necessarily hit the ground running, more like an Oldsmobile on the highway, it may take a minute, but it will pick up speed and once it does it’s hard to stop.
Now the team has a few days off while the three new signings head to the all-star game giving Breslow something else to smile about during the break. All of Red Sox nation is smiling right now though amid a 10-game win streak! Taking us out of the .500 misery and giving us a season best 8 games over .500 at the break. A month ago, a 3-game win streak seemed so out of reach. First ten game win streak since 2018, which unless you’re new to this whole Red Sox thing, you should know broke the franchise record for wins and oh yeah won the World Series. It’s the highest we’ve gotten to feel as Red Sox fans since the 2021 ALDS win over the Rays, and it doesn’t feel like a fluke. This feels like the team we all expected them to be at the start of the season. As Dennis Green once said…
“THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!”
How Far Can This Team Go?
This is the Red Sox team I expected to see all season. As many of us expected. There are still some that are not believers, and can you blame them? I know I can’t.
This team is making me believe in the magic Fenway brings to a good team the second half of the season. The last few games of this win streak the crowd has been locked in and have been loud!! I’m allllll the way back in on this team and dare I say it…I’m eying an AL pennant 👀
That’s right! I think this team has what it takes to go all the way! Starting with winning the division, then winning the AL and not looking back once they get to the World Series! We all thought we had a chance when then season started but their puttering play had a lot of people lose faith. I know I didn’t. Did you?