The Laser Show might have ended, but Dustin Pedroia will live on in people’s memories for a long time. (Alex Speier; Boston Globe)
As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold, or in this case, the Red Sox. (Neil Greenberg; Washington Post)
However, that’s not true for everyone on the roster, as Garrett Richards’ season has gone from not great to outright bad pretty quickly. (Jen McCaffrey; The Athletic)
Alex Reimer of WEEI isn’t interested in excuses from Richards. (Alex Reimer; WEEI/Audacy)
That seems to be a recurring theme across the Red Sox media world, but the simple fact is in the new no-sticky-stuff environment for pitchers, Richards can’t rely on what worked in the past.