What a difference a half-a-year makes. Things were so bright and cheery back at the end of March, and not just because it was my birthday. The Red Sox were the reigning champions (technically still true!) and the sky was the limit for their preseason performances. Spring is a time of optimism for baseball fans, of course, but it was entirely reasonable to be optimistic about this Red Sox team. At least that was what we thought. In hindsight, basically all of us were wrong about how this season would go.
Today, we’re going to look back at some of those preseason predictions.