Shortly after the clock struck 6 p.m. on the Aug. 1 MLB Trade Deadline, Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom told reporters that he views his team as “underdogs.” He appeared to have chosen that word to signify that the Red Sox stood close to the playoffs but still outside them at the deadline, as a way to explain why his team didn’t make any sweeping changes at the deadline.
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While Bloom may have had good intentions with that word, not everyone was pleased to hear it.