During Monday’s workout at Yankee Stadium, Red Sox manager Alex Cora spotted members of the team’s front office holding court in the team’s bullpen.
Cora, situated in Boston’s dugout alongside Boston’s Game 1 starter, Garrett Crochet, joked that they should have called the bullpen phone as a prank.
Crochet — set to make his first playoff start of his MLB career a little over 24 hours later — instead opted to make a bold proclamation for his anticipated outing against the Yankees.
“He was like, ‘Tomorrow you’re gonna make one call to the bullpen,’” Cora said of Crochet’s message to him.