The Red Sox and the Astros kick off their ALDS on Thursday, and this is the day we’ve been waiting for over the last week or so. More accurately, we’ve been waiting for this since last October when the Red Sox were sent out of the ALDS. The same core is back, minus David Ortiz and plus Chris Sale, and they have the talent to reverse last season’s result even as they play a team in Houston that is supremely talented in their own right.
With the ALDS being a five-game series, every game is that much more important than a seven-game series.