Proposal to you from the sporadically visited Boston Department of Sports Common Sense:
No panicking in the streets near Fenway, Red Sox fans, OK? At least until the ball club is back from its 11-game season-opening road trip to defend itself.
One game, one lousy, ugly, suspense-free game, is not enough to be wrestling Bob Lobel for his panic button. You know this.
Do we have a deal?
C’mon, say it.
It’s just one game. One loss.
The Sox lost their opener last year, remember. One-hundred-nineteen wins later, it turned out rather OK.