Well, we got our answer about the 2017 Red Sox: the regular season was no fluke, these guys always fight back.
Down 2-0 in the series, and down 3-0 in the game after another terrible first inning from a starter, the Red Sox could have folded and made their golf course reservations in some warmer locale.
And then they came to life.
Devers.
https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/917126017311010817
Mookie.
https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/917126017311010817
Hanley.
https://twitter.com/MLBGIFs/status/917126773837529090
David Price.
https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/917201138734321665
JBJ.
https://twitter.com/RedSox/status/917158884728606721
So the Red Sox live for at least another day.
On that topic, it's categorically absurd that Major League Baseball didn't determine the start time of Sox-Astros Game 4 until nearly 11 p.m. last night, when a Yankees victory over the Indians assured that the Bronx would host the prime-time game.
I mean, where is the concern for the fans? There's kind of a huge difference between a 1 and 7 p.m start. Some fans — nevermind the players — are probably waking up this morning and determining whether or not they'll skip work, or get a babysitter or whatever due to the early start time. Can you imagine the NFL pulling something like this?
I get the whole TV aspect, but the fans and the turnstiles are keeping baseball alive, not TV.
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