COMMENTARY
Maybe YouTube TV knew what it was doing.
The streaming service frustrated its Red Sox (and Bruins) fan subscribers when it dropped NESN from its lineup In November. The sides never got close to reconciliation — YouTube TV considers NESN’s per subscriber rates too steep — before baseball’s Opening Day, and so Boston fans that use the service were left scrambling for a way to watch their team.
Turns out making it harder to watch the Red Sox may have been an accidental gesture of good will, sparing fans some early-season misery. The Sox, winless in three tries this season after getting outscored by the presumably lowly Orioles, 18-5, in a season-opening sweep, have been darn near unwatchable even for those who can watch them.