BOSTON — Forget the depressing aspects of the weekend to date. Forget the 0-3 start to this four-game series, and the fact that the Red Sox have mostly turned this into an exhibition of the varsity schooling the JV.
Forget the reality that, but for a brief surge against an elite closer (Craig Kimbrel) who always seems to struggle in non-save situations, the Yankees offense looked bleak and punchless for a second straight game in falling 4-1.
Forget that the Sox have mostly taken Brian Cashman’s words from last week — about how “we do some damage against them” — and in order 1) laughed at them; 2) scoffed at them; and 3) tossed them in an incinerator.