They're at the bottom of the American League in just about every metric.They can't win at home.
They have no offense, and no star power.Fans are furious.The manager has already been fired.
Their ace has been on the IL for a month now.Their starting shortstop is out until August, and even when he was playing, he was among the worst players in the league.Everywhere you look, it's just been putrid.
The 2026 Red Sox — the organization with the most World Series titles this century — are truly terrible.RED SOX NOW DEALING WITH LOCKER ROOM ISSUES AFTER PUBLICLY BLAMING EACH OTHER AS BOSTON SINKS INTO LAST PLACEBoston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras looks on after striking out against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 14, 2026.(Jesse Johnson/Imagn Images)So, when the team provides us with brief moments of levity, we have to take it.
They haven't come often this season, as I just documented.We haven't gotten a ton of those, "Wow," moments from this group.We got one during Wednesday night's rare home win against the Baltimore Orioles, thanks to third base coach Chad Epperson going somewhere no man has ever gone before:Amazing.
I'm gonna go ahead and echo what the announcers all said here and say that I have never, in my life, seen a third base coach do that.Not once.Not in Little League.
Not in travel ball.Not in high school.
Not on the worst D-III college baseball team in the country.Never.Wilyer Abreu of the Boston Red Sox is tagged out by Adley Rutschman of the Baltimore Orioles during a challenged play at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 2026.
(Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)Obviously, the question becomes ...was it legal? It's a good question.
A fair question.It came with a somewhat surprising answer, at least for me.Yes, it was ...
sort of.Here's Rule 5.03(c) from Major League Baseball:Base coaches must remain within the coach's box, except that a coach who has a play at his base ma...