{"id":672131,"date":"2026-05-29T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672131\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:47:09","slug":"the-red-sox-are-a-tough-watch-so-lets-watch-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672131\/","title":{"rendered":"The Red Sox are a tough watch, so let\u2019s watch something else!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Boston Red Sox are a tough watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I don\u2019t think we\u2019re breaking news with that statement, but the truth became impossible to ignore after their debacle of a series against the Minnesota Twins over Memorial Day Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/63500\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Justin Slaten;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Justin Slaten&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Slaten<\/a>, who had quite literally been perfect to that point, ruined what was an impressive start from <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/64394\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Payton Tolle;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Payton Tolle&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Payton Tolle<\/a> on Friday. <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12269\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jovani Moran;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jovani Moran&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jovani Moran<\/a> continued to be the worst opener in the history of the sport on Saturday. Isiah Kiner-Falefa and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/11483\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Connor Wong;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Connor Wong&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Wong<\/a> simultaneously pimped\/hesitated on a wall-ball double that could have tied the game but ultimately served as the final of many teases on Sunday. If there\u2019s a chance for this team to build some momentum and\/or string together victories, they do the exact opposite \u2014 making them the most frustrating team to watch in baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cKeagan, you can just not watch.\u201d \u201cI already canceled my subscription to NESN!\u201d \u201cSELL THE TEAM!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I understand your sentiments, truly, but the fact of the matter is that we all know we aren\u2019t going to just stop watching this baseball team. I just think we all need something positive to look forward to in order to get through the dog days, which is why I floated this idea on Monday\u2019s episode of Boston Has Entered The Chat on NESN:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ll continue watching this team because (1) I hate myself and have always been a glutton for punishment, and (2) I happen to have some contractual obligations when it comes to this particular baseball team. I don\u2019t have to wallow in what will almost certainly be a whiplash-inducing season full of highs and lows, though!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ll take that frustration and channel it into something more positive, following up each of the remaining 110 Red Sox games with a viewing of an episode of the 110 episodes of hit sitcom Community! Is that dumb? Yes. Is it going to be fun, though? I hope so!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ll be keeping track of this little watch club over on X, so if you\u2019d like to follow along with me, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KeaganStiefel\/status\/2059294889775345825?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:go over there;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;go over there&quot;}\" class=\"link \">go over there<\/a> and tell me how you feel about that wacky cast of characters! We can even talk about the show, too! If you\u2019d don\u2019t want to follow along, just be cool about it and don\u2019t dump all over the idea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s going to be an annoying summer, so let\u2019s at least get something positive out of it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox are a tough watch. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re breaking news with that statement, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[131128,8731,374,97811,191376,91068,146321,2001,2326,363,76832,99,24],"class_list":["post-672131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball-team","tag-boston","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-connor-wong","tag-jovani-moran","tag-justin-slaten","tag-mandatory-credit","tag-massachusetts","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-payton-tolle","tag-sports","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}