COMMENTARY
Thursday should have been a day to celebrate, even if the Red Sox ended it posterized.
Shohei Ohtanis don’t show up at Fenway Park to pitch every decade, and what he did Thursday in his first go here was everything a baseball diehard could’ve wanted. A genuine joy to watch for seven innings, and I’m barely including him ripping a single so hard off the Monster, it knocked his uniform number from the pitching slot in the linescore.
“I just hope that people understand,” Angels manager Joe Maddon rightfully told reporters, “how unusual it is what you’re seeing, and please never take it for granted.