During the third inning last night , Red Sox radio announcers Sean McDonough and Joe Castiglione were having fun with limericks. It turns out that Rangers' radio announcer Eric Nadel has published a book of 175 limericks (with the unfortunate title of Lim-Eric). McDonough was trying hard not to make fun of the book (or maybe just its title) before both men started reciting limericks which could not be finished on the air.
Right after Xander Dongaerts gave the Red Sox a 7-6 lead in a game that did not start out as particularly winnable, NESN's Dave O'Brien said: "Kinda felt that comin' all night, didn't you?