J.D Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, and Rafael Devers bringing Boston to LA

His start didn't go as planned

The opponent in one sentence The Athletics are a second straight team on the Red Sox schedule who infuriated their fan base by selling off a lot of top talent and now find themselves among the very worst teams in all of baseball. Record 20-33 Trend Down. The A’s have been trending down since the lockout ended and they traded Matts Olson and Chapman, really, but recently they’ve hit a big skid in their schedule. They are coming immediately off a sweep at the hands of the Astros, which itself was preceded by losing three of four to the Rangers. For all my math heads out there, that’s six losses in their last seven games.

It's a savage bit of destiny that my last game is a late night west coast game, so the least they could do is win. Go Sox! MORE FROM OVER THE MONSTER Red Sox at A's setups: Seize the day by the straight OTM Open Thread 6/5: It is Sunday Red Sox 8, Athletics 0: Another Nick Pivetta Masterpiece Red Sox versus Sports Lineups: Jarren Duran is here OTM Open Thread 6/4: It is Saturday Kindly reason our appearance!

For the first time since 2019, Fenway Park is hosting Opening Day at full capacity. "It’s a special day," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Friday morning. "To come to the ballpark and see people around, it’s great. Obviously 2020 happened and last year, it was 12% or something like that. It should be a full house and there’s a lot of new stuff here at the ballpark, which is great." The Sox welcomed the Twins to town for a four-game set that begins with the home opener and ends with a Marathon Monday matinee.

The 80s are still alive in video form...

The Legend is still in Boston

Wow

He was so, so, good.

A couple years to get really excited