In a sequence of events that turned out to be an eye opening checkpoint on where the current Red Sox broadcast situation stands, NESN lost control of the right to televise Saturday’s game against the White Sox when Fox picked it up as their game of the week.
This in itself was not unusual. Fox always grabs a handful of Saturday games from NESN every year. What was unusual however is who Fox put on the play by play for this contest: Don Orsillo. Nearly ten years after NESN fired him, Red Sox fans got a brief and delightful reminder of the way things used to sound - And boy did it sound good!