NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 18: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates with Rafael Devers #11 after hitting a home run to right field in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on August 18, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
As Albert Einstein supposedly said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results,” and so here we are again, preparing for a Boston Red Sox game.
The Red Sox are wrapping up one of the most frustrating months of baseball in recent franchise history, and the first month of this season in which they were not in first place for at least one day.