BALTIMORE -- Just as taxes would be due and the snow had to melt, the Red Sox offense was bound to come back to life.
Overreaction has been the name of the game with the local nine this season, which must’ve been expected after Ben Cherington and Co. put together a team that had big names, a record payroll and the easiest baseball conversation of all-time -- who’s the ace?
So after spending a week as the 26th-ranked offense in baseball and hitting just .196 as a team, the Red Sox offense was naturally questioned.
The response was just as organic.