What's going on, everybody? Good morning. Happy Friday. Yes, yes, Friday. We are without

Whiggy this morning. Don't get it twisted. No, but the man deserves a flex day or two. He never

takes any time off. You know, he tells you that whenever the microphone is on. So, uh, no wiggy

today. Um, but great, Curtis, great to have you in the big seat this morning. It's great to be here. It's a great weekend in Boston. It's going to be hot. You've got the Dodgers in town. And this is when you really just take advantage of it because before you know it, it's going to be Labor Day. So enjoy the weekend. Hot, no beer at Fenway. Or at least they will try to have beer at Fenway. Sam said it's not going to affect the customer. Correct. And a big series, a huge series for the Red Sox. So looks like, I mean, the game of the weekend, I guess, is Saturday when it comes to pitching. Oh, Kershaw, Crochet. Kershaw, Crochet, Brian Bayo this evening,

and we'll see what the Red Sox really are,

or try to find out what the Red Sox really are this weekend.

I hope they win tonight because then that'll make Saturday, Sunday,

good no matter what, if they lose tonight,

then it's kind of like, what are we doing here?

But I still believe the Wednesday night, 11-inning win in Philadelphia was a season-saving win.

If they got swept, this weekend's kind of...

But that win on Wednesday at least gives some more relevance.

They're in the playoffs right now.

If they lose tonight, then do you take back that the last win was a season saving?

I just think that we're kind of jumping the gun every time that they have one win.

Like to save a series is one thing, but they need to be winning series right now.

At this point, that's what they need to be doing.

It's always early in the 1,000 game baseball season, but I guess at some point it's going to be too late.

But, I mean, they're a playoff team, so I don't know when you can really start to be angered by them.

I feel like John Henry's brilliant.

Every year he adds a new team to the playoffs in

Major League Baseball so that no matter how bad the team, they remain in contention. It's like

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