Home runs are great. That’s why the Red Sox went out and got J.D. Martinez, so they could hit more of them. But solo home runs are for underachievers. Real dinger monsters crave the sacred grand slam. Last Thursday, Kyri Washington hit the first one (sorta) of the season for the Red Sox.
It got me thinking about some of the more memorable ones in Red Sox history and that led me directly to 2013. There were grand slams before that season and there were grand slams after, but that season featured some of the greatest and most clutch ones this side of J.