In his final column for
Baseball Prospectus Boston, the highly-entertaining writer
Matthew Kory tried to put
yesterday's devastating Red Sox loss into perspective. He cites the Opening Day loss in 2004—to these same Rays—with that year's bullpen blowing a late 4-1 lead. Let's see, what ultimately happened in 2004? Oh, yeah.
Exactly. So, as gut-wrenching as Thursday's loss was (and as much as you can question
Alex Cora's decision-making), it's
one game out of 162. Boston lost the opener in the 2007 championship year as well—and
won the first game in the successful 2013 season. So, go figure. A win today and they're a .500 ballclub. With 160 games left to play.
