It’s been a historic first half for the Boston Red Sox.
In his first season as Red Sox manager, Alex Cora has Boston on pace to eclipse its franchise-mark in wins. Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez have forged their home-run hitting powers, each seeming to emit an aura of invincibility when they dig into the batters box.
Whittling down Boston’s abundance of successes into the Red Sox’ 12 most memorable moments of 2018 wasn’t an easy task. Here’s what we came up with:
MARCH 30: Baseball was hardly on the forefront of Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel’s mind during Boston’s second game of the season.