Hour two of a reentry Monday here on Felger and Mass. They refuse to lose Boston Red Sox. A little early for that, Mass? Oh, it's a little early for that, yes. Let's not go too far with it. But, I mean, you know, in this series against Tampa, it's hard not to connect the first one with the last one. You rally for two runs in the ninth inning on opening day. You win that one in extra innings. and then yesterday, seven and two.

And look, I don't care who you're losing to down seven to two in the eighth inning. You rally for six runs with two outs, and you come back and win the game. It's a hell of a win. So, look, they're playing great. They played garbage competition, but they also went eight and one against them.

And, you know, they pulled two completely out of their buckets on the series against Tampa Bay.

So there's a lot to like there. I mean, to me, the thing that's more important than anything right now is that, you know, they're showing life in the late innings.

Teams that are just sort of, you know, in a coma of some sort of some sort of trance, don't, don't do that. They just don't do that, and it's twice. Especially with those weather conditions, too, much like the opener. It was cold there yesterday. It's easy for a team to be down that much to just pack it in and say, whatever, we'll welcome in New York on Tuesday. So it does, look, I know the race suck, but still, there is something to be said there for them with these comebacks on Thursday and yesterday. It is a particular brand of suck, though. I mean, I don't want to take anything away from the socks, but I guess I'm going to. I have to. This Malick Smith? Oh, God, please. You know, that's one of the underrated moves of that game yesterday. He pinched hit in the top of the inning and went into left field to play, quote, unquote, defense in the eighth. Apparently, this is a defensive replacement that they have. This is their defense guy. He was almost single-houndly responsible for both of those.

Correct.

Brumbacks. Brutal. He let a ball get over his head late in that home opener. Oh, okay, right. I didn't even make that connection. Yeah, that was him. Oh, that was him. That was him. I believe, I can't remember who had the hit. Was it Hanley? It was someone who... Bogart.

Bogart, just over his head.

That was a key hit in that comeback in the home opener.

And then yesterday? So, I mean, like, what a comeback. Ben Attendee's ball should have been caught. Absolutely. Should have been caught. Story over. And Christian Vasquez should have been out by 15 feet. Holy cow. So, again, he's the one that made the And watch, watch him when he has the ball and watch the throw. From left field at Fenway, where he should be able to sniff his shortstop's butt from where he is. He should be able to smell the shortstop's farts from where he is for crying out loud. Watch his throw. It took about eight bounces to get to the catcher. Eight. And I'm, you know, I'm exaggerating. He should have had him easy. Anybody with half an arm makes that throw, and you get him. So, I don't think you can get him Alec Smith every single week. Tampa is a particular brand of suck, but good for you. You should beat that team, and you are. And you are showing something by coming back in these games, so good. What else do you see, Mass? What else do you see?

How do you see, Mass? What else do you see? How do you feel about the manager?

Were there second guesses even yesterday in victory? So yes. You know, and you brought up one that I

did not even consider, but it makes all the sense in the world. On opening day, he ran for

J.D. Martinez in a tie game with one out and a man at first.

And it almost cost him the next thing because Martinez was in the on deck circle when Hanley

won the game.

Right?

Under different circumstances, they'd have walked Hanley and pitched to J.D. Martinez.

So I thought Korak caught a break there.

Yesterday, they get Vasquez at second in the bottom of the eighth, two outs down by one,

and he left him in.

Now, Vasquez ended making a great base run and played a fabulous slide to score.

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