There’s a lot of ways to contextualize what the Red Sox have done this year. You can simply show somebody the standings, which show that Boston is currently tied for the worst winning percentage in all of baseball along with the Rangers and the Pirates. You can show them pretty much any pitching statistic, which would likely put them in some historically bad context. You can just pick a random inning from any random game this season and chances are there will be one moment that makes one throw their hands in the air, and not like they just don’t care.
You’re not imagining Rowdy Tellez’s domination against the Red Sox
