I’m officially done. I’ve got nothing left. Stick a fork in me and put me to bed for the rest of the year. That was it.
In 10 years, if someone asks me what I remember most about the 2018 Red Sox, barring an eventual World Series title, I’ll give them one simple answer: Saturday, June 30. That is a night we won’t be forgetting any time soon. And if they need to ask why, just tell them to look up the box score.
It was the night when Chris Sale went into Yankee Stadium 24 hours after the Sox were thrashed by their most loathsome rival, and with first place in the AL East on the line, he threw seven innings of shutout baseball, allowing just a single hit to Giancarlo Stanton in the first inning.