If you thought your commute was brutal, maybe don’t say anything to the Boston Red Sox.
Then again, the New York Mets might have had it worse. They still lost to a team running on fumes and airport coffee.
The Red Sox wrapped up a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, then headed to the airport for a flight to New York ahead of a three-game series with the Mets before the All-Star break.
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A flight from Chicago to New York is pretty routine, but the Red Sox had to wait around at the airport because of an issue with their plane. According to MLB.com, it got so bad that at two in the morning, the team had to head back to a Chicago hotel and crash there for the night.
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Not ideal, but there was still plenty of time to leave early Friday morning. Of course, when the team returned to the airport, another mechanical issue delayed the flight yet again (and by that point, would you even want to get on the plane?).
After an almost 24-hour travel odyssey (by the way, with all the flights professional and college teams take all season long, I can’t believe this doesn’t happen more), the Red Sox finally made it to Citi Field… at 5:05 p.m. ET for what was originally going to be a 7:15 p.m. ET start time.
That got pushed back to 7:50 p.m. ET, and surely that 35 minutes made a world of difference for what had to be a pretty miserable team.
But remember, they’re playing the Mets. If any team is going to find a way to lose to a team that is playing after all of that, it’s “The Amazin’ Mets.”
The Red Sox came out with energy and scored a couple of runs in the top of the first inning, and went on to win the game 6-2.
Granted, the Red Sox are on a heater, and the Mets are still wallowing away in the NL East basement, but given the circumstances, losing this one is brutal.
If ever there is a team you should beat, it’s the one that had such a hellish trip to the ballpark and only showed up in town about three hours before the opening pitch.
