This, and only this, is when I’ll believe the Red Sox’ interest in Juan Soto is genuine:
When he’s at a press conference at Fenway Park in a couple of weeks, trying on his crisp new white Red Sox jersey, flashing an equally bright smile, and, a la Manny Ramirez in December 2000, firing a double thumbs-up at the cameras while saying wryly, “I’m just tired of seeing the Yankees always win.”
When it’s officially official. When the Red Sox have paid the extremely high, almost unfathomable going rate for a transcendent offensive player.