Roman Anthony, the youngest player in Major League Baseball, made a significant mark by hitting his first home run in Seattle, becoming the youngest Red Sox player to achieve this feat since Rafael Devers. This moment, filled with poetry and nostalgia for Red Sox fans, was overshadowed by Devers' absence, who should have been present to welcome Anthony. The decision to part with Devers has left many questioning the team’s direction, particularly after frontline leaders struggled to justify the decision during a recent press conference.
The world writ large - and baseball in particular - does this from time to time: creates a moment so sublime that you can't help but wonder if it's worth a damn.
That Devers would not be in the dugout for Anthony's first home run - or, more damningly, for his first 300 home runs - is something that would've been inconceivable just two days ago.
Worse yet, it is wholly unnecessary. Rafael Devers should still be on the Boston Red Sox today.
Sam Kennedy and Craig Breslow spent a half an hour on a Zoom call with the media last night, emptying their Oxford English Dictionaries of Boardroom Buzzspeak.
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