Red Sox thoroughly embarrass themselves right out of All-Star break

The Boston Red Sox are not having a good time against the Blue Jays as the pain worsens the longer the game plays.

The Boston Red Sox are not having a great time playing baseball right now, and they continue to embarrass themselves.

On Friday night against the Blue Jays, two different times, the simple act of catching a fly ball was too hard for them. One resulted in an inside-the-park grand slam, and the other scored a run.

Fundamentals in baseball are still something that gets practiced, right? What about those two hits that caused these players to miss the balls? Did the lights get in their eyes, or was it something else?

Regardless of what it was, it’s flat-out embarrassing because those are two things that professional baseball players should know how to do.

The Boston Red Sox embarrassed their fans with two horrendous errors (and all of Friday night’s performance)

While I’ll understand some of the lights did cause them to lose sight of the ball for a second, to take their eyes off it or not use any kind of communication with each other is unacceptable.

https://twitter.com/BlueJays/status/1550638166775926785?s=20&t=2-V1VBMN9t4unYHctXdTQw

On the grand slam, it should have been a routine fly-out play that ended the inning, but instead, the center fielder lost the ball, threw his hands up, and by the time his teammate got the ball, Toronto had scored. Come on, man, that is not a good look. He quit and didn’t even try to redeem himself.

I get the frustration of being down 6-0, but giving up that play made it an even bigger deficit. The center fielder gave up on that play, and that was evident.

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1550651219592478724?s=20&t=qzqmsKWiLVx44jUzXhs56A

This second video shows the catcher calling off the third baseman and pitcher to make another routine catch. However, he doesn’t — instead, he stops moving, then looks to the third baseman, and the ball falls between them. Like where is the communication in that play?

No excuse is acceptable at this point because those are fundamentals that professional baseball players aren’t executing. I’m sure some fans will find a way to take up for their favorite players, but to have two different plays like that in one game is downright embarrassing.