With help from nemesis Frank Catalanotto
Happy Monday. The weekend series against the Minnesota Twins didn’t really go as well as the Red Sox wanted but another solid outing from Tanner Houck, a bullpen game that was close, and a win against Joe Ryan are positives. Plus Vaughn Grissom’s first hit. And continued development from Ceddanne Rafaela.
Boston is off today traveling to Georgia for two games against the Atlanta Braves. If Chris Sale remains healthy until Wednesday he’ll face his old team.
Remembering 2004
Terry Francona’s freshmen year as Red Sox manager saw the club at 20-15 after 35 games vs 2024’s 19-16 record. Did you see that coming? Anyway, the Sox lost handily back then to the Toronto Blue Jays. Curt Schilling, Lenny DiNardo, Allen Embree (unearned only), Mike Timlin, Scott Williamson, and Mark Malaska all were touched for runs. David Ortiz hit a homer in the losing effort. Jays’ starter. Miguel Bautista wasn’t much better – 5 runs in 5.1 innings – but his ‘pen only allowed a single additional run. Frank Catalanotto went 4-5 with 4 RBI.
Talk about what you want and be good to one another.