The swaggering ballplayer and the once-proud baseball town consummated their relationship this weekend, an engagement that may only last one year, yet might prove too bountiful and beautiful for both sides to see it end.
Alex Bregman is a Boston Red Sox, and Sunday morning, the nagging details – What position will he play? Will he opt out of his $120 million, three-year deal after just one season? – could be back of mind. Certainly, there have been ideal fits between big-time free agent and a franchise willing to spend money.
Yet rarely has a player’s skill set – such as Bregman’s punishing statistics at Fenway Park – and peripheral contributions nestled so snugly together, like the Green Monster tucked above Lansdowne Street.
The Red Sox won four World Series championships since 2004 yet have missed the playoffs five of the past six years. Bregman has never missed out on them in eight full seasons with the Astros.
The twin flame has been lit.
“I’ve been fortunate to be in the playoffs the first eight years of my career,” Bregman says Sunday morning at Fenway South, after a whirlwind 48 hours meeting teammates and staff, “and I plan on continuing to do that here.
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