Last night excepted, this year has been a disaster for the Red Sox. I’m not just talking about the baseball season. Just as 2020 has wreaked havoc on the rest of us, the year has taken its toll on the Red Sox and their fans. The major difference is that the Red Sox have let it happen by choice. This is what they wanted.
It is hard to say this forcefully enough. As I wrote yesterday, John Henry was right when he haughtily declared this not to be a “bridge year” in the flailing wake of the Mookie Betts trade — there’s no bridge on which to stand.