(Photo: Michael Dwyer, Associated Press)
Boston — You know when a black cat crosses your path, it's supposed to be bad luck, right?
Well, if Chris Sale's intentions were to intimidate or fluster Matthew Boyd before the game Tuesday, they failed. Back-fired, actually.
"Oh, you noticed that," Boyd said, with a smile. "That was, yeah..."
As a normal part of his pre-game warm-up reginem, Boyd was in right field throwing long-toss with bullpen catcher Tim Remes.
Red Sox starter Sale, as if Boyd was trodding on his turf, walked straight through Boyd's path, not even acknowledging Boyd or the fact that a baseball was being thrown back and forth from about 100 feet.