COMMENTARY
The Red Sox and the Mets have been the best teams in baseball since two Saturdays ago, each winning eight of 10. It’s a reminder of, if nothing else, the sheer scope of a baseball season and its capacity for twists, turns, and dead ends.
Two Saturdays ago, the Red Sox were losing back-to-back games to the White Sox and the Mets had yet to embrace Grimace as their savior. Look at ’em now! Trying to strain the mind back that far coats the whole thing in the 1950s patina Fox broke out on Thursday night from Rickwood Field.