{"id":3054,"date":"2026-06-19T04:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:08:00","slug":"time-to-face-facts-theres-no-hope-for-these-red-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3054","title":{"rendered":"Time to face facts: There\u2019s no hope for these Red Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Red Sox had hope for a precious few minutes on Thursday afternoon. But hope can be a dangerous thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back-to-back home runs by the unlikely combination of Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Caleb Durbin had tied the score against the Blue Jays in the eighth inning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fenway Park had felt more like a karaoke bar than a ballpark this week, thanks to all the singing Scottish soccer fans. But suddenly everybody was riveted on the game and what could happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A team that hasn\u2019t had many encouraging moments this season seemed close to one.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt that way,\u201d interim manager Chad Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, disaster. With a runner on first base in the ninth inning, Aroldis Chapman got two outs and seemingly a third when Brandon Valenzuela hit a foul popup behind home plate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Catcher Connor Wong was under the ball before the wind pushed it up the third base line. Durbin, the third baseman, didn\u2019t offer any help, and the ball dropped on the dirt fungo circle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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