
▪ The amazing Rachel Robinson will be honored Monday in New York at the 44th Robie Awards dinner for her work as pioneering leader and founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

They accomplished something that hadn’t been done in 31 years, which is to be 4-0, and that’s a credit to them.” “We understand it’s just the preseason, but you’ve got to start someplace. “These guys came back with a different mentality,” said Cleveland coach Hue Jackson. They had better vibes in the summer of ‘17 and went 4-0 in their preseason. Introducing my traditional bucket of water to douse this argument, I presented Chaim with the 2017 Cleveland Browns. I view it as kind of a nice reward from the baseball gods for the way the group has gone about their business.” And to be the last team to lose in 2023 is a nice thing. “But every time you go out there, you want to win. “We all know spring training results are not regular-season results, in terms of how important they are and what goes into them,” he answered. What about your unprecedented spring success, Chaim? “New and improved” clubhouse karma, coupled with stunning success in exhibition games (zero losses in their first 14 exhibitions until losing Friday to the Blue Jays), has emboldened Boston fanboys and Bloominati into thinking the Red Sox are going to be surprisingly good this year. Three, the focus from this group this spring really stands out. Two, I think a lot of young players that got thrown in the deep end last year have come out of that experience better. With that team, there were ways in which the whole was less than the sum of the parts. “One, I think this club should fit together better than last year’s did. What makes him think the Red Sox will be better this year? Those guys all have tremendous legacies here. When it happens and you win, that’s the most important thing. “Turnover is pretty inevitable in this game. “I think we have to own everything we do.” “I always think of it that way,” he said.

When do these results become a referendum on his job performance? All are gone, and two of Bloom’s three teams finished last.

When he got here, the Sox had a lineup with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Andrew Benintendi, J.D.
