The 2021 Boston Red Sox, six months removed from the start of a season with middling expectations, two months removed from a sustained run in first place in the division, and mere days removed from their third or fourth profound funk, can clinch a wild card berth this afternoon again Washington behind Chris Sale (3:05 p.m., NESN).
This, to put it mildly, is what it’s all about. There’s a reason baseball has kept a grasp on the culture as life has gotten faster and faster, and it’s everyone slows down for for the game at the same time, and not just some of us.