COMMENTARY
After Thursday night, the Red Sox are going to have a hard time making their latest series in Oakland notable beyond it happening around its competition across the bay.
Some Red Sox may have been at Game 1 of the NBA Finals; Alex Cora, in a bit of an eye-popper quote, said earlier in the week it was even cost prohibitive for his players. For those that were, it’ll be quite a 24-hour jump — from the $1.4 billion Chase Center on the San Francisco waterfront to a place where the possums run wild and free.