Red Sox 9, Angels 7: Today, Redemption Is Spelled Y-U

Here’s what Yu Chang’s life looked like a month ago:

YU CHANG GRAND SLAM FOR CHINESE TAIPEI! \u26a1\ufe0f\u26a1\ufe0f\u26a1\ufe0f

: FS2 and the FOX Sports App pic.twitter.com/r8YNFOFPTb

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 11, 2023 What must it feel like to find yourself in the center of that tornado of adulation? How impossible is it go to sleep that night? What specific variety of adrenaline hits after you slam one of the biggest home runs in the history of your baseball-mad country, in a packed stadium in that very country?

And then what does it feel like when, a few of weeks later, you cross a couple of oceans, rejoin your still relatively new team, and, while hoping to carry the momentum…