Chris Young had every reason to pound his chest. He’d been trusted with a rare start against a right-handed pitcher, and he’d delivered two home runs, his first two-homer game in nearly a year.
In the dugout, though, Young did not pound his chest. He turned to a television camera and unbutton his jersey to reveal the logo on his chest: “I Support Team Kevin” in white letters above a baseball with the No. 78 in the middle.
Those blue t-shirts have become a staple of the Red Sox clubhouse during this road trip, a team-wide show of support for minor league pitcher Kevin Steen, who was critically injured in a car crash late last month.