Well, let's hope there was some residual positive effect on the game of baseball overall. Because, for Red Sox fans,
The 2019 London Series was an embarrassing disaster. Pushed to
11 games behind The Evil Ones by the cartoonish 17-13 and 12-8 defeats, Boston fans are debating whether their team (just four games over .500) should be buyers or sellers at the
Trade Deadline—just 30 days away. The one incontrovertible fact is that the Red Sox bullpen is
completely inept. The inability to secure a true closer—
Craig Kimbrel or someone else—has had a cascading effect on the relief corps. Overworked and under-talented, they have presented manager
Alex Cora with a
(Butch) Hobson's Choice all season long. Being
humiliated on an international stage is no way to sustain a fan base. The natives were
already restless, they are now becoming mutinous. There is one culprit here:
Dave Dombrowski.
