COMMENTARY
Every day, we can all decide what we will and won’t stand for. We can draw lines in the sand. We can make statements, in action or omission. Most aren’t important, because most are fungible — the humans and the lines.
The Red Sox are neither, which made Thursday notable. The Red Sox drew a clear, definitive line on Thursday. They made clear there are things they’ll allow, but there are others they absolutely will not.
They benched Alex Verdugo because he didn’t really run to second base in Wednesday’s loss in Cleveland.