Finally, the regular season is upon us. No more obsessing about games that don’t matter. Now we can obsess about games that do matter for the Boston Red Sox.
Today was the first day in a while that I truly thought about what David Ortiz meant to the fans. The sight of the players being announced, and not seeing Ortiz is something that didn’t feel right. Even after Tom Brady threw out the first pitch, I expected Ortiz to come out of the Green Monster.
But, he did not. And like many players before him, the franchise continued to operate.