Not Too Predictable

It's another loss by the Boston Red Sox, so imagine our collective surprise that Shank wrote a column about it.

NEW YORK — In a move that screamed “panic,” the Red Sox Tuesday gave up on catcher Blake Swihart and recalled Sandy Leon from Pawtucket.

“I told Sandy, ‘Don’t feel like you have to come here to be the savior,’ ’’ manager Alex Cora said before the Sox series opener with the Yankees. “It doesn’t work that way.’’

Amen.

Reunited with his binkie backstop, struggling Chris Sale returned to the mound and surrendered four runs on seven hits and a walk in five innings of an 8-0 skunking. Leon went hitless in three at-bats with two strikeouts and a throwing error (truly not his fault). Sale is 0-4 with an 8.50 ERA and the Red Sox are 6-12, the franchise’s worst 18-game start since Kevin Kennedy’s warriors went 3-15 in 1996.

I'm willing to bet Shank wrote a slew of columns shitting on that team at the same time back then.