Kevin Millar’s take on the state of the Red Sox: The 2004 Red Sox remain the standard against which all Boston baseball teams are judged, especially when the odds are stacked against them.
In the case of the 2025 iteration, the odds are already surprisingly long in June. The Red Sox are 30-34 entering the Friday start of a three-game series against the Yankees, and trail American League East-leading New York by 9.5 games.
Beset by continual underachievement, the current Red Sox might be able to learn something from the earlier-era 2004 squad—which trailed the Yankees by 10.