BALTIMORE — For a moment, it seemed as though Giancarlo Stanton’s chiseled physique was not quite the product of rigorous exercise, drinking his milk and eating all his vegetables.
“I don’t like carrots,” Stanton said here on Sunday afternoon.
Alas, Stanton was speaking metaphorically.
As the Boston Red Sox have begun to slink back toward the Yankees, losing six of eight games including their first series sweep of the season, at Tampa Bay, Stanton preferred not to look at the morsel of hope it had provided the Yankees division title hopes as a root vegetable to chase.