In football, the term “Trap Game” is often applied when a woefully overmatched opponent manages to win a game no one expected them to win. The season opener for the Red Sox brought that to the surface for me. Chris Sale was expected to easily handle a Rays team that has been sold off like they were in Storage Wars.
Baseball has a way of taking an obvious win and turning it into an emotional wreck. Many forces conspired to make game one for the Red Sox a bitter disappointment. Going into the last of the eighth inning the few Tampa fans could have an early release with the Red Sox up 4-0 and in cruise cotrol.