Red Sox 12, Orioles 3: Watching Our Team Is Fun Again!

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People are still trying to say that the postseason is still within reach for the Red Sox, partially because other teams (notably the Orioles) aren’t playing great baseball right now. Can the Sox D prevent the Orioles from scoring first, when they win 80% of the time? Can our offense match anything the Orioles put up?

And just putting this out there…there’s some tension in our house over Colton Cowser, believe it or not. My girlfriend’s nephews are his childhood friends so he gets enthusiastic cheers here, which is fine—except when he plays the Red Sox. House rules say there isn’t room to cheer an AL East opponent when he faces the Red Sox! My dog and I, in our usual game positions on…