J.D. Martinez comes across as a grown-up fan boy, and that may turn out to be a very good thing for the Red Sox.
Did you catch the new Sox slugger’s introductory press conference Monday morning? Though he read from the standard cue cards about how cool it will be to play for the Red Sox — historic franchise, winning is No. 1, chance to play on a championship team, etc., — he described the Boston Baseball Experience in a way that suggests he really does get it.
“Football has Monday night,” he said. “They say Fenway is like Monday Night Football every night.