{"id":5378,"date":"2026-07-20T20:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:35:04","slug":"the-red-sox-are-the-perfect-hair-of-the-dog-for-a-world-cup-hangover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5378","title":{"rendered":"The Red Sox are the perfect hair of the dog for a World Cup hangover"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>It was satisfying to watch Spain dispatch Argentina in the World Cup final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Not because Argentina is run by some shameless Trump suck-up who has been the beneficiary of a $20 billion financial lifeline from US taxpayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5376\">GOP boxed in on Iran war as Trump sidelines Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>But because, despite FIFA\u2019s best efforts to have Argentina\u2019s Lionel Messi lift the gold trophy one last time\u2014ignoring a blatant red card offense by Messi against Algeria, robbing Egypt of a goal that would have dispatched Argentina in the Round of 16, turning a blind eye to Argentina\u2019s thuggish play against England in the semifinals, and adding an absurd five minutes to the second and last 15-minute extra time period in the final\u2014Spain deservedly prevailed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>An unexpectedly nice coda to the World Cup was watching Spain\u2019s players respectfully shake Trump\u2019s hand as he joined FIFA godfather and Trump bum kisser Gianni Infantino to present the winners and runners-up their medals.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Earlier this year, Trump called Spain a bunch of \u201closers\u201d because their prime minister refused to help Trump with his needless war against Iran. Apparently, the Spanish aren\u2019t big on bombing schools and killing kids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the Spanish players were class personified after they won, while some Argentinian players acted like petulant sore losers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As Spain\u2019s players began to celebrate their victory, Argentina\u2019s Nahuel Molina threw a punch at Rodri, Spain\u2019s brilliant midfielder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When Spain\u2019s Eric Garcia intervened, Argentina\u2019s Leandro Paredes, who plays the game like a bouncer clearing out stragglers at a dive bar, grabbed him by the throat and tossed him to the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On social media, Thomas Hitzlsperger, a retired German international, spoke for many who love soccer by observing, \u201cMessi is a genius on the ball, most of his teammates are thugs with no sense for the beautiful game \u2014 viva Espa\u00f1a.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For all of Messi\u2019s greatness, Argentina\u2019s team is sprinkled with punks who disgrace themselves and the game. They didn\u2019t manage a single shot on goal in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And when Rodri was rightfully handed the Golden Ball as the tournament\u2019s MVP, Argentina fans at MetLife Stadium booed and chanted that Messi deserved it instead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stay classy, Argentina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And yet, for all of Argentina\u2019s unseemly petulance, this World Cup will be remembered as a good one, especially in Boston, where Scotland\u2019s Tartan Army started a party that outlasted their team\u2019s exit in the group stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5374\">Darline Graham says she will run for a full term in Lindsey Graham\u2019s Senate seat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The Tartan Army apparently left some magic pixie dust behind in June when they descended on Fenway Park with their kilts, bagpipes and contagious <i>joie de vivre.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since the Tartan Army visited Fenway, the Red Sox are 21-9, the best in Major League Baseball during that stretch. Their current 13-game winning streak is only the third time in their history that they\u2019ve put that unlucky number together. And the last time they did it, 78 years ago, the Red Sox had Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky and Dom DiMaggio in the lineup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Red Sox surge is the best cure for a World Cup hangover, hair of the dog from a team that had been the lapdogs of the American League East for almost half of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But that\u2019s the thing about baseball: its ups and downs, its highs and lows so closely mirror life itself. It isn\u2019t how you start, it\u2019s how you finish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>(BTW, for those who believe I am using this column to curry favor with the owner of this newspaper, who also happens to own the Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club, be advised I openly support Manchester United instead of Liverpool, so I\u2019m not craven so much as stupid.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There is nothing that makes a great summer in the town, around the state, and in all of New England like a Red Sox team that is winning and, more important, fun to watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Granted, they are winning with a daily lineup card that looks more like the one filled out by the WooSox manager than Chad Tracy. But the Red Sox surge has been fueled by terrific, consistent starting pitching more than timely hitting, the former of which has more staying power than the latter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Maybe all this wishful thinking is a sure way to jinx everything. Or maybe this team will, like so many in the past, break our hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That 1948 team that put up 13 wins in a row went on to lose a playoff game to the Cleveland Indians, missing the World Series two years after losing the championship in the most painful fashion from Enos Slaughter\u2019s Mad Dash. The Red Sox have won four World Series since 2004, but historically they break more hearts than records. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, this has been a great July, and it\u2019s looking like a great August. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And if the Red Sox are playing meaningful games in September, after experiencing the beautiful game of the World Cup, after watching Tall Ships unfurl their sails, after watching the Yankees fall away like scales from the eyes of Bronx loudmouths, you can put this in the category of a great, great summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5372\">REI to close its longtime Boston store next month<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a little Scottish pixie dust, the Red Sox are playing the best baseball in the majors, which is a minor miracle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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