Rainy Tuesday

It's raining outside right now, so it makes sense for Shank to continue to rain on the Red Sox parade, writing / reusing a column theme he's been beating to death the past few weeks, with a helpful caption / reminder below the top picture:

Xander Bogaerts (left) and Brandon Workman are the only two Red Sox players with championship rings (from the 2013 World Series).

So much winning.

I am reading that these 2018 Red Sox might be the best Red Sox team ever. I have been made aware that no team has ever won 68 games before the All-Star break. I know that of the 19 teams to win 68 of their first 98 games, 17 went on to win the pennant and 11 won the World Series.

The Red Sox are white-hot and they’re going to stay hot after the break. Starting Friday in Detroit, the Sox resume their season with series against the Tigers, Orioles, and Twins (aggregate 63 games under .500). Alex Cora’s men might be playing .700 baseball by the time they face another team with a winning record.