The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025) s01e01 Episode Script
Episode 1
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[car horns honking]
[crowd chanting faintly]
Let's go, Red Sox!
- Let's go, Red Sox!
- [clapping rhythmically in unison]
[commentator 1] Yankees leading
7-6 here in the eighth inning.
Red Sox have runners at
first and second and one out.
[crowd chants]
[Cora] We're gonna pinch hit
for you here with Abreu, okay?
We got it here, okay?
- [O'Neill] Yeah.
- Let's go. Vamos. Wily!
[commentator 1] He's going to
face pinch hitter, Wilyer Abreu.
[announcer] Pinch hitting for
O'Neill, number 52, Wilyer Abreu.
[commentator 2] A lot of confidence
to take out O'Neill, a big bopper
who can go over the Monster.
- [Cora] I'll tell you why.
- [Story] Yeah.
[Cora] His grandmother's about
to pass away today or tomorrow.
- [indistinct]
- Yeah.
[commentator 2] Alex Cora loves
Wilyer Abreu, and this is a big move.
[Cora] He came in
today devastated.
It's been going on for a week. I
was like, "You know what? Fuck it."
- [man 1] Go, Wily!
- [man 2] Go, Wily!
- [man 3] Go, Wily!
- [man 4] Go, Wil!
- [suspenseful music plays]
- [cheering]
[commentator 1] Line drive, base hit,
center field. It'll score at least one.
[raucous cheering]
[commentator 1] It's 7-7 on a
pinch hit double by Wilyer Abreu.
[Cora] This is not "Show up
during the weekend and perform."
This is every day, every day, over
and over and over and over again.
- [in Spanish] See, we're good. [chuckles]
- Thank you.
[in English] It's not
always about your swing
or your defense or
your base running.
It's about how you
feel, you know?
What you got tonight?
How's the family doing?
[O'Neill huffs] Okay,
babe. Fire her in there.
[woman] Okay.
[contemplative music plays]
- Little outside.
- [O'Neill] That's all right.
It was a good swing.
- [woman] It was good.
- [O'Neill] Good feeling about this one.
- [woman] All right.
- [thwack]
- [player 1] Hey!
- [player 2] Hey!
- [O'Neill grunts]
- [crowd groans]
[O'Neill] You have to have a short
memory to be good in this game
because it is so tough,
and it'll eat you alive if
you don't let things go.
Do you wanna come in
the turf? Come on.
[baby babbles]
[Casas] I've been swinging a
bat since I could stand up.
What's up, Bill? How you
doing? Nice to see you.
I dedicated my
life to this game.
It's tough when you go out
there because you're vulnerable.
You can do everything right
and still have a bad result.
[contemplative music continues]
[music abates]
Goddamn it, man.
- [Velcro scratches]
- What am I doing out there, man?
What the fuck, man?
[stadium organ
plays jaunty music]
What am I doing, man?
Damn it, Triston.
Get a fucking grip, kid.
Jesus Christ.
Goddamn. He can't
beat me with anything.
He's throwing 90 miles
a fucking hour, man.
Get a swing off.
Pathetic.
It's a bad feeling when you feel like
you're the reason why you're losing.
But, you know, the life away
from the field can't be affected
by the results on it.
[mellow rock music plays]
[crowd murmurs]
[commentator] High and deep into
right field, back to the bullpen.
- It's a two-run homer.
- [crowd cheers]
[Bello in Spanish] Damn it! Damn
it! Quality start? Fuck that!
[man 1 in English] They look like a
sloppy minor league team, like a year ago.
Let's just pull the plug
on the sucker right now.
[man 2] I have no hope for this
team. Mentally, they don't have it.
- [man 3] They don't.
- [man 2] They're a weak group.
[echoing] They
just don't have it.
[rousing rock music plays]
[man 4] So much of
baseball is psychological.
Like, you just get in
that head of yours.
[groans]
[man 4] All these
guys have talent,
but it's about who can
withstand the mental grind.
[Cora] It's you against
that guy. Nobody else.
You can become very lonely.
[Duran] It's a game of failure.
You're gonna fail, and
you're gonna get humbled.
[man 5] The 162
games is unrelenting.
When you are struggling,
you are struggling day
after day after day.
[Crawford grunts]
- Yeah! Fuck yo!
- [crowd cheers]
[O'Neill] That level of intensity is
hard to understand unless you're there.
These guys mask this stuff so
well until it has to come out.
[overlapping heated chatter]
Fucking big leagues,
motherfuckers.
[crowd cheers]
[cheering lifts]
[man 6] Fans have heard and
read all about these guys,
but you do wonder, what are
they really like inside?
[woman] Say, "Bye, Dada."
[man 6] What makes them
tick? What makes them afraid?
- What motivates them?
- [Casas grunts]
[Cora] The numbers don't
tell you the whole story.
People don't understand
what this is.
Not only the big leagues, but
the Boston Red Sox and this city.
This is more than baseball.
[rousing rock music continues]
- [music abates]
- [fans] Let's go, Red Sox!
[clapping rhythmically]
- [fading] Let's go, Red Sox!
- [clapping rhythmically]
[chanting fades out]
[traffic whirring]
[man 1] I think we should
focus on Baron von Steuben.
- What an interesting character he is.
- I was just researching him last night.
- That guy is crazy.
- [man 1] I love him.
He went to Washington to whip people
into shape, dude. They were a mess.
[man 1] Oh, I know. It's crazy.
Well, I'll see you guys later.
- [man 2] We gotta hang out.
- [man 1] Yeah, definitely will.
See you later. Bye.
[over speaker] Okay,
gather round, all of ye.
I'm gonna be your guide today.
My name is Jeremiah Poope.
And yes, it is my real last name,
and yes, high school was fun.
- [tourists chuckle]
- [Jeremiah] But welcome to Boston.
In a way, the revolution begins
right here on Boston Common.
This is where the British soldiers began
their march to Lexington and Concord
on that fateful day when the first
shots of the revolution were fired.
So, without further ado, let us begin
our march into American history,
and let us now go forth and
see historic stuff this way.
Well, they like you. [chuckles]
[man 3] There was this
long history of failure.
It came to identify the Red Sox.
So there was a lot of negativity
attached to never winning…
["Old World" plays]
…having last won a
championship in 1918,
all the years that the
Red Sox fell short.
[commentator 1] Behind the
bag! It gets through Buckner!
[Sean] That was the feeling.
- This franchise, it's haunted.
- [commentator 1] Mets win it!
It's cursed.
Well, the old
world may be dead… ♪
[Jeremiah] Welcome to the
old Granary Burying Ground,
which no graveyard in Boston
has more notable figures
buried in it than this one.
And I still love
the old world… ♪
Across the street,
the Beantown Pub.
It happens to be the
only place in the world
where you can sit
drinking a cold Sam Adams
while looking at
a cold Sam Adams.
- [tourists laugh]
- [Jeremiah] Do you like that? I made that.
[commentator 2] The Red Sox are
one out away from winning it all.
[Sean] In 2004, they won the World
Series for the first time in 86 years.
[commentator 3] The Boston
Red Sox are world champions.
[cheering]
[commentator 2] Next
year is finally here.
[Sean] After winning in
'04, they won again in '07.
[commentator 4] And the Red
Sox are world champs again.
[Sean] They won again in 2013.
[commentator 4] It hasn't happened
at Fenway Park for 95 years.
I said old world… ♪
[Sean] And they won
as recently as 2018.
[commentator 4] The best
team in baseball wins it all.
[Sean] Which might be
the best Red Sox team.
Champs!
[Sean] No team has won four
times in the 21st century
the way the Red Sox have.
But after winning in
2018, it's been downhill.
[commentator 5] He can't find
it. It's way behind him. Oh!
We were successful last year.
This year, not that much.
[Sean] In 2020, they
trade Mookie Betts.
[cheering]
[Sean] Betts was and remains one
of the best players in the game.
- How dumb…
- Yes. Yes.
- …are the Boston Red Sox…
- Yeah.
…to let Mookie Betts go?
[Sean] But since then,
three last-place finishes
in the span of four years.
Fuck!
[Jeremiah] This was a special
place for the Puritans,
where they socialize and
enjoy if the weather was nice,
and also where they would punish you
if you broke their very strict rules.
[commentator 6] An ugly one.
[commentator 7] An absolutely
miserable weekend at Fenway Park.
[Jeremiah] So the Puritans were
nasty, and if they caught you
smiling at someone or
laughing at anything,
if you were caught being drunk in public,
you could be thrown in the stocks.
You've seen those, where your
head and arms go through.
Everybody gets put
in there a few times.
[fan laughs]
- [cheering]
- [commentator 8] Game over!
[Jeremiah] Everyone would come
down and would make fun of you.
They'd spit in your face.
They'd throw rotten fruits
and vegetables at you.
[commentator 9] Here
comes a pizza. See it?
[Jeremiah] I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
The Puritans were not very nice people.
We all know where we are in the
standings. It's a painful reality.
[man 4] You have passion for
sports all over the place.
It just manifests in a very
different way in New England.
For so many people,
so many generations,
it's been more than just
an entertainment product.
It's part of their identity,
and I feel like there is anger about
the direction that the team's taking.
I can't name half the team
anymore. The team still sucks.
Bottom line. That's it.
It's simple as that.
There's still a very
passionate fan base here,
but they… they need
to see results.
Give me a better
fucking Boston team.
[Jen] There is a lot of pressure
to turn things around here.
Give me the fucking Red
Sox of '04, of '15, of '18.
Give me all that fucking shit.
- It's all about Boston.
- Fuck the Yankees.
- [man 5] Fuck the Yankees.
- [music fades out]
[subway bell ringing]
The fan base, they're getting…
angry at the whole thing.
We have to be
better. It's on us.
- [birds chirping]
- [players chattering]
- [man 1] They're real early.
- [man 2] Right there, tío.
- [man 3] Come on now.
- [man 2] Come on now.
[man 4] All right, you ready?
- [indistinct chatter]
- [baseballs thwacking]
[player grunts, chuckles]
[Duran] Sniper. [chuckles]
Do you believe this
is a playoff team?
Uh, you know, I… I think it's…
It's kind of foolish to… to
make predictions like that.
I think this is gonna be
a very competitive team.
You know, there's a really
exciting young core of players,
um, that we are… are
really, really excited about
and I think that fans are
gonna fall in love with.
Most experts do not believe
that this is a playoff team.
This is a team that has finished
last three of the last four years,
that isn't the factor
they once were.
[pensive music plays]
[man 5] Everyone predicts
them to be in last place,
but this team is relying on young players,
and young players can be unpredictable.
Sometimes you can win
with young talent.
That hasn't historically
happened in Boston.
And if that's the plan that
the Red Sox are banking on,
everything needs to go right.
[motor rumbling]
[Rafaela] Who's better?
LeBron or Jordan?
- [Refsnyder] LeBron or who?
- [Rafaela and Duran] Jordan.
- Final shot, Jordan.
- [Rafaela] Yes.
But just overall
career, I mean, it's…
- [Duran] LeBron.
- Yeah, it's incredible.
He's not a young cub anymore,
and he's still… he's still
absolutely dominating, like
His body must feel awful, huh?
- [Duran chuckles] Yeah, and
- Could you imagine?
Hey, Huddy. I already
know Huddy's answer.
[Rafaela] LeBron or Jordan?
Come on, bro.
- [Rafaela laughs]
- [Hudson] Not even a question.
[Devers in Spanish]
LeBron is better. [laughs]
[in English] Career, obviously, you
would want LeBron's career. He's got
[Hudson] I want
championships, kid.
Griffey or Trout?
Griffey or Trout? Well, I
mean, Griffey got hurt, but…
I mean, they both got
hurt, but I'd pick Trout.
It's the same thing, you
see? You're too young.
[players laughing]
[Cora chuckles]
[Jen] They're trying to build
around a lot of these young players,
and Jarren Duran is
part of this young core.
He struggled mightily, um, in
the first couple years, really,
when he came up.
[commentator 1] Bases
loaded here in the third.
[commentator 2] Sends a drive
to deep center, but where is it?
And it's over… way over the
head of Duran who never saw it.
He never saw it.
Tapia around third,
heading home.
An inside-the-park grand slam.
[commentator 1] Wow.
If you're looking for low points
in this Red Sox season, Mike,
you got one right here.
[Mike] This is
just embarrassing.
I was just that young, nervous kid
that, like, didn't wanna mess up.
I was trying to be so
perfect that I would mess up.
[commentator 3] As Duran strikes out,
they're booing louder and louder.
- [commentator 4] Duran fighting sun.
- [commentator 5] No.
- [commentator 4] Loses the ball!
- [commentator 5] No!
[commentator 6] If Duran is gonna
be a good major league outfielder,
he's got a lot of work to do.
I'd get messages after a game on
Instagram telling me to kill myself.
Like, "You're not worth
shit." "Don't ever come back."
[slow rock music plays]
[Jen] Coming off of a
really rough 2022 season,
he had this transformational
year last year.
Instantly, I could tell,
like, yeah, this is different.
[crowd murmuring]
[commentator 7] Jarren
Duran with a home run.
[crowd cheering]
It was like a stepping stone to, like,
"All right, like, I can fuckin' do this."
[rock music builds]
[crowd cheers]
[commentator 7]
He's got it! Wow!
[commentator 8] Changing the game
both offensively and defensively,
that's huge.
[Sean] He plays hard.
He's naturally very fast.
He has great raw speed.
He can fly.
Any ball that's hit into the outfield
has the potential to be a double for him.
[man] One of the things
that Lou Merloni says
is that he runs like
he's angry at the ground.
And I just think that's
a perfect description
of the way that
he plays the game.
[Duran] "He runs like
he's angry at the ground."
"He runs sideways." "He
runs like a lizard."
The lizard one's
definitely stuck.
I have so many memes people
send me of a lizard running.
Hey, this guy's
making fun of my run!
[player 1] You don't run like
a lizard anymore. You don't.
[player 2] Unless he
rounds first base.
He made huge strides in 2023,
and for two or three months,
looked like one of the best
outfielders in baseball.
That was followed by a
season-ending injury.
[commentator 9] Duran's
out of the game.
Left toe contusion is what
forced him out of the game.
[Sean] There was a lot of unknown
about Jarren Duran going into 2024.
He had been this dynamic
offensive player last year,
but not one who could
sustain it for a long time.
I think, in a lot of ways,
this is going to be a make-or-break
season for Jarren Duran.
[Duran] Fuck!
[Sean] He acknowledged last year that he
had dealt with depression and anxiety.
[Duran] God. You
fuckin' suck, Duran.
You fuckin' dumbass,
fuckin' piece of shit.
And it seemed like
he was besieged
by these demons telling him
that he wasn't good enough.
Old JD would've been like,
"God, you fucking suck,
you stupid piece of shit."
Now, I'm like, "They
pitched me good."
"You still fucking suck,
but they pitched you good."
[Sean] Can he take all his gifts and
tools and abilities and capitalize on them
and not succumb to negativity
and fear of failure?
Fuck!
[Sean] This is a draining game.
It demands a lot
of you mentally.
Just having the physical tools and
talents and abilities isn't enough.
[music fades out]
- [thwack]
- [Duran] Mm.
- [O'Neill] All you need.
- Heads up on one.
- One good swing a day, though, you know?
- [Duran] Still looking for mine.
I can't get everybody. I'll
try to get y'all later.
- [woman] Thank you.
- [Story] Yep.
[man] Thanks, Trevor.
Appreciate you.
[player] Let's go.
[birds twittering]
[distant airplane
whirs overhead]
[producer] Triston Casas.
Tell me what he's like.
[Sean inhales, smacks lips]
He's different.
I remember before his
major league debut,
Triston Casas went
out into right field,
took his shirt off, and
started sunning himself
while also performing some yoga.
And a member of that team
looked out into right field and
said, "What the fuck is this?"
- [chuckles]
- [quirky music plays]
[Casas] I don't have
to think anything.
My swing is really good.
Be with him. Get
him in the zone.
Make the ball come to me.
Let it fly.
I think he is uniquely,
almost defiantly himself.
- [man 1] Oh!
- Whoa.
[commentator] Triston Casas is
gonna watch it leave the yard.
[Casas] I don't drink
coffee or energy drinks.
I solely think I get my
energy from the earth.
If you were stranded on an island
and you can only bring one teammate,
who would you bring and why?
I'd bring Duran
'cause he's fast.
Whoo!
You know, maybe I could eventually
eat him because he's muscular,
and I'm sure his tendons and
his ligaments taste good.
- [woman] That one's it?
- [Casas] Let's see.
I like the glitter here.
[Will] Most of us have a
hard time understanding…
[chuckles] …what is real, what's an act,
what is performative, and what's not.
[player grunting] What you got?
[laughs]
[quirky music continues]
Pretty much anything that bothers
people, I wanna do out there.
Is that why you
paint your nails?
That's exactly why.
[Giolito] 'Cause you like
when people are like, "Ugh!"?
[Casas] I love it. Mm.
[laughs facetiously]
[interviewer] Very
comfortable in your own skin.
We've seen some of your skin.
You like to lie on the ground
before games, suntan, etc.
[laughs] Yeah. I mean, I think
there's a certain amount of energy
that the earth emits that
you can absorb from the sun.
There's a process behind
everything that I do.
I would love to
stay here forever.
I don't wanna know another team,
but we have so many
young players coming up
that they might not
need a player like me.
If it was in my control, I
would've demanded a contract
to stay here my whole life.
- Ooh! These snap, Stephanie.
- [Stephanie] Do you feel better?
- Go off, queen.
- [chuckles]
- [man 2] Nice hit.
- [cheering]
[Will] There is this unspoken
rule in the sport of baseball
that you can be
different if you produce.
And I think if you don't,
then all of a sudden,
all the eccentricities and the
personality comes under greater scrutiny.
Triston Casas can hit a walk-off home
run in Game 7 of the World Series,
and then the next day, he can do yoga
in the middle of the field, naked,
and nobody's gonna say shit.
- [Casas] Yes, I feel back.
- [ethereal music plays]
[Casas] My whole life
is the game, really.
Sometimes I struggle with knowing what
my purpose is throughout all this.
I got my athletic
genes from my mom.
She, you know, left
a little too early,
and I don't know directly
if I'd be speaking to you right now
in this chair if she were alive.
At the time that it happened,
my dad's dealing with his loss.
You know, I'm dealing with mine.
We're all grieving in our own
way, but we needed a distraction.
Something to do together,
something that was positive,
and that was baseball.
[fans cheering]
- [soundscape fades]
- [serene music plays]
[Cora] I think this is
where he feels at ease.
[exhales deeply]
That's what his dad did. You
know, "Let's play baseball."
You know, and, uh… baseball
is what gives him peace.
[Casas] The park is my sanctuary in
a sense, where, like, I step out,
I walk home, I don't know what's
on the other side of those walls,
but I know where I feel safe.
[music fades out]
[Cora] Now, in his first appearance in
front of the team and everybody else,
our chief baseball
officer, Craig Breslow.
[Craig clears throat]
Thanks, AC. Uh, I'll…
I'll keep this short.
I've been a player longer than
I was in the front office,
and that's gonna be true
for another ten years.
So I still think like a player, and
I'm going to do everything I can
to dispel the notion that, you
know, we're the front office,
we're a bunch of people who
wear collared shirts and…
- …shit, khaki pants, and…
- [team chuckles]
…judge every decision
that you make,
every swing that you take,
every pitch that you can throw.
[Jen] Being able to put a
winning product back in Boston
is the number one goal here,
and that all falls on Breslow.
He's the number one guy.
You know, he takes the glory
when they do things well,
and he takes the fall when
they do things poorly.
So you'd like to think
the first year might be
figuring out all the
right moves to make.
I don't think he has that luxury,
and I think he knows that.
Things are a little bit
different this season.
There's a focus,
and there's an intentionality
to everything that we're doing.
There has been a revolving door
to the chief baseball officer's
suite here at Fenway Park.
In a span of 13 years,
the Red Sox are now on their
fifth chief baseball officer.
You have about three and a
half years to get the job done,
and if you don't,
you're out the door.
It's noisy out there.
There are a lot of people who have
a lot to say about the Red Sox.
[interviewer] Heading into
winter, ownership was saying
you guys are gonna make big additions.
They wanna put stars around you.
Are you disappointed
that doesn't happen?
Mm…
[in Spanish] I'm not saying
that the team isn't good,
but at the same time, we have to
take into account what's missing.
[Craig in English] We're
gonna work together.
You need to be honest with
me. I'm gonna honest with you.
There are some things
beyond my control.
What we can focus on is trying
to get better every single day.
[in Spanish] We have a
great team. I'm not saying…
[Cora in English] It's not
that we have a bad team.
[in Spanish] I'm not saying
that we have a bad team.
We have to have a complete team,
and last year, that didn't happen.
[in English] This game is too fucking
hard to think that we can be successful
without all pulling
in the same direction.
We're one team, right?
We're the Boston Red Sox.
That's all we need to be.
Let's have a healthy spring,
and let's get to work.
[team applauds]
[Sean] I've covered the
team for 36 seasons.
I can't remember a year in which
they did so little over the winter.
They signed Lucas Giolito…
I feel pretty refreshed
and very excited.
[Sean] …who made one spring training
start before his elbow blew out,
and he's now out for the year.
There are free agent pitchers.
Would you say that they're
not good fits here,
or that you don't have room in
your payroll to pursue them?
[Craig] You know, the Red Sox
have never been in a position, uh…
you know, when it made sense to
add, resources weren't available.
After the 2018 World Series,
the Red Sox made the decision
that, uh, they could
not keep spending
at the level that they were year
after year after year after year.
The owners saw other teams winning
by… by spending less money.
They saw other teams building
more through their farm system.
[commentator 1] The Braves
are world champions!
[Ian] The Atlanta Braves
have built from within.
Baltimore Orioles are
building from within.
The Tampa Bay Rays compete
on a payroll that is a joke.
Cleveland Guardians compete on a
payroll that's extremely small.
[commentator 2] The Arizona Diamondbacks
are headed to the World Series!
[Sean] There is recent
evidence to suggest
as long as you get in, you
have the potential to get hot,
get on a roll, and
surprise people.
We're gonna do everything
possible to win a World Series.
Nobody thought the Arizona
Diamondbacks were gonna play
in the World Series last year.
Work your ass off, and let's
see where it takes us, okay?
[Cora] I do believe we're gonna be
playing meaningful games in September
to make it to the playoffs.
But for this to work,
you have to trust in the
young players that we have.
[coach] Sir.
We might struggle, but
there's talent here.
Hell yeah, my guy. Right
where you need to be.
[Jen] They've had trouble
developing pitching.
Breslow hires Andrew
Bailey from San Francisco,
a successful pitching coach.
The best pitchers in
baseball have an identity.
You know what he's gonna
come in and fucking do,
and he just doesn't change.
And if you put it down, what
does that feel like to you?
- Like this?
- Sí.
- [Bello] Well, I'm gonna try.
- [Andrew] Let's try that once.
[Ian] Andrew Bailey and
Craig Breslow coming over,
they looked at the pitchers
who were already here.
Brayan Bello and Garrett Whitlock
and Tanner Houck and Kutter Crawford,
these mid-20-something guys,
and said, "These guys could
be better than they've been
if we give them a
different battle plan."
Brayan's in a really good spot.
His arsenal's locked in right now.
Really excited with where he's at.
[pulsing, expectant music plays]
[Craig] We have a chance
to be significantly better
than what most external
voices would predict.
[Sean] People are saying that you guys
are gonna finish in the basement again.
We've underperformed,
no doubt about that,
the last couple of years, and
no one's happy about that.
Everyone has counted us out
already, but we don't feel that way.
We don't like to lose,
man, and we're tired of it.
[Craig] I've got a vision for how an
efficient baseball operation runs,
and I have every intention
of implementing that vision.
- [indistinct]
- [music continues]
If this works, then I'm unbelievably
committed and disciplined
and super competitive.
But if it doesn't
work, I'm delusional.
[music fades out]
- [baseballs thumping]
- [indistinct chatter]
Oh. Who was your team?
Who did you like?
[Bello] Uh, Licey.
Licey. I was with Licey for…
four years. You weren't born.
When I was a pitching coach in
Licey, when the team was winning,
and I'd go to the bullpen or something
to take the pitcher out or whatever…
[in Spanish] "Goose! Goose!"
But when we were losing…
Look.
"Hey! Big nose!"
[both chuckling]
[in English] When he was 17 years
old, he was as green as this grass.
- [in Spanish] A fresh rookie.
- [in English] Like Mata?
Huh? No, Mata, no.
- [Bello] You say Mata's fresco.
- [Glenn] No, I… I was pointing at you.
[in Spanish] The fresh
rookie with a lot of money.
[in English] Who?
- Oh. Oh, right. [laughs]
- [Mata] Mucho. Huh?
- [all chuckle]
- [Glenn] Ooh!
[Glenn] Bello, he's a special person.
As genuine a kid as you'd ever want.
For guys like me, it's fun
to know where they came from
and where they are right now.
[Bello in Spanish] In
the Dominican Republic,
it is hard to sign after
you turn 16 years old.
I signed when I was 17,
and I can tell you myself,
not everyone leaves the Dominican
Republic to play in the United States.
There are so many guys I played
with that were left behind.
[Glenn in English] I have
gone to the Dominican
year after year after year.
Boys were on every corner,
every sandlot, playing baseball,
because their dream was to come
to the States to make money
so that they could
provide for their family.
[Speier] He was from Samaná.
He ended up moving to the
outskirts of Santo Domingo.
He's living in a dorm room, that's
basically, like, two bedrooms,
and 14 teenage boys.
Ultimately, kind of
bulldozed his way
into being a major league pitcher
at a very young age, at 23.
[upbeat, intriguing music plays]
Bello signed a seven-year, $55 million
contract extension in spring training.
Craig Breslow, the chief baseball
officer, had talked of wanting
to lock up a lot of
these guys to extensions
and to be able to do
it with a young pitcher
who has the potential to
be a number one starter,
it was a huge step for them.
- What's up with that? What do we got?
- [in Spanish] Caymus. Caymus, you know.
- Very, very, very nice.
- Very nice, you know. [chuckles]
[in English] Mucho money.
Mucho money right here.
[in Spanish] Now, yes.
[Glenn in English] He was like
so many other Dominican kids.
It was a passion to get
to the United States.
And you've seen the contract
that Bello just signed.
- For three years…
- Uh-huh?
…every day, he'd come
up to me, pointing.
[in Spanish] Goose, I'm poor,
and I don't have any money.
[in English] "Okay, I'll
put money in your locker."
Next day, "Ganso, no
money in my locker." Now…
- [in Spanish] Listen…
- [Mata] "Give me something."
"I'm poor, and I need money."
- In my locker? After the game today?
- Yes. Yes.
- Always.
- Ah, thank you.
[in English] In
your locker today.
- [tender music plays]
- [soundscape fades out]
I love Brayan. His
energy, his joy.
Yeah. Bueno, bueno, bueno.
[Andrew] He's a very
inquisitive, curious player,
highly competitive
and highly motivated.
The spin axis is right
here, like a bullet.
[reporter] Do you believe you can be
a number one starter? Is that a goal?
[Bello in Spanish]
That's one of my goals.
I know it can't be
this year or next year,
but in the future, I would
like to be number one here,
and that's what I work for.
[Sean] Well, the Red Sox have put an
enormous amount of trust in Bello,
and I think it's rightly placed.
Now, it's time for him to
make good on that potential.
That pressure's gonna
be amped up a little bit
because of the commitment they made
to him financially this offseason.
- [players chatter indistinctly]
- [music fades out]
[Andrew in Spanish]
Hey. What's good, Papi?
[door closes]
- Uh… English or Spanish?
- In English.
English.
- [all chuckle]
- [clears throat] Um…
- How you feel?
- I feel good.
- [Cora] Yeah? Last one good?
- Yeah.
We'll give it to Bres.
What you got, Bres?
- Opening Day start, man.
- [Bello claps]
[all chuckle, clap]
- Yeah! Let's go!
- [Craig] Hey, give it to him.
[Bello in Spanish] Thank you.
- [in English] You deserve it.
- Thank you.
Congratulations.
Oh yeah.
- [Andrew] Congrats, my man.
- Thank you.
- Of course. Happy for you.
- Thank you.
- [Craig] Let's go! Yeah.
- [Cora] You happy?
Oh wow.
[all laughing]
[in Spanish] And now?
- [all chuckle]
- [in English] Nice.
[in Spanish] Thank you. Thank
you for the opportunity and…
[Cora in English] We're proud of
you. You've been working hard.
Yeah, let us know if you need
anything, but it's another game, right?
- [Andrew] Right.
- It's another game.
- [Andrew] Yeah. Gracias.
- [Bello in Spanish] Thank you.
[in English] Oh yeah.
How close to the finished product is
the roster right now in your mind?
Honestly, close but
not close, right? Uh…
There's a few guys that are here
to get ready for the season.
Others are fighting for a spot.
When we go to Seattle,
we're gonna have 26 guys,
and we're gonna be fighting
for our World Series title.
We're making moves. We're gonna
reassign you to minor league camp.
I do believe you will
be a big leaguer.
- [Andrew] Hey!
- [expectant music plays]
We gave you a chance against
some of the big boys,
and the at-bats were
great, you know.
- Look at that shit, man.
- [Cora] Come on, kid.
Come on!
[in Spanish] A chance to
speak to the boss now?
[in English] We're making moves.
You're not making the team,
but we're gonna carry you.
We're gonna reassign you
to minor league camp.
It's not a question of talent.
It's just how do we pull
that talent out every day?
We're making moves. We're gonna
reassign you to minor league camp.
You've come out, you've thrown
strikes. You've pounded the zone.
You got a good idea who
you are. Keep doing it.
- [Cora] What's up?
- How are you?
We're making moves. We're gonna
reassign you to minor league camp.
[Andrew] As starters
get built out,
we wanna make sure that we can
give guys consistent innings,
and it's just that
point in time.
[Sean] I think there are some spots
where you can look at the roster
and see them improving.
[up-tempo electronic
music plays]
You know what you're gonna
get from Rafael Devers.
You know that in Triston Casas,
they have a star in the making.
You're getting a very capable
outfielder in Tyler O'Neill,
if he can stay healthy.
But I think the guy that has the
potential to have a huge impact this year
is Trevor Story.
They have not seen a healthy
Trevor Story in Boston.
I think Story's gonna
have a monster year here.
And Alex Cora has a
well-deserved reputation
as one of the best
managers in the game.
He sees the game
with great detail.
He's also an excellent
communicator.
You made the decision harder
and harder and harder.
The at-bats are getting
better. You'll be in Seattle.
[chuckles]
- Congrats, kid.
- [chuckles]
[Sean] It's the kind of thing
that can lift you up a little bit
and make the team better than
it looks like it is on paper.
[music becomes contemplative]
[music fades out]
- [baby squeals]
- [O'Neill] Yes, you want some fruit?
- [baby fusses]
- Can you say "yes"?
- [baby babbles]
- Okay.
There's apples, and then
this is a type of plum.
I think you might
actually really enjoy it.
[O'Neill] Okay, I'll try some apple.
Is Daddy having fruit with Audrie?
- [Stephanie] Oh.
- Can you chew, chew, chew?
[Stephanie] This
is her favorite.
- [chuckles]
- [Audrie] Ah!
Ah!
- Daddy's gonna go to work soon.
- [Audrie fusses]
I know, but we're
gonna see him later.
What would you like to do?
- You don't know? [chuckles]
- [O'Neill] "I don't know. I don't know."
[Stephanie] We just try to make the
road as… as home-like as possible.
We try to still have
the everyday comforts
so that it's an easier
transition for Audrie,
and for Tyler, 'cause he does spend
so much time away from home, so…
[O'Neill] I like our routine.
You know, we… we do what we need to,
um, to make it comfortable, you know.
- [Stephanie] Exactly.
- Double rooms and food.
You know, make sure
we're eating nutritious,
and we keep it as similar as
we can to the home routine.
We're on the road for 80
days, you know, 80 games. Um…
You know, I'll be gone for a couple
weeks, and then you guys come see me.
And I feel like
it's been working.
It's a good balance for us,
so I feel like we found a
good routine in that aspect.
[Stephanie] Something
I've always said to Tyler
is that for as long as he's doing what
he absolutely loves, it's worth it.
And we would do
it 100 times over.
So we're… we're privileged
to be in this situation,
and it's a privilege for him to do
something that he loves every single day.
So that part of it makes
it easier for sure.
[O'Neill] Wouldn't
change it for the world.
[Duran] Cheers, boys.
- Great season.
- [O'Neill] Cheers.
- [Duran] Healthy season.
- [O'Neill] Let's get it, man.
[Andrew] When do we introduce
the gyro? And if we do that now,
will that help him create the feel
of the sweeper that we wanna get?
[Story] You're not, like, a
real, real golfer, are you?
[chuckles] What do you mean, yo?
I'm not bad. Am I bad?
[Casas] I'm just saying,
like, I don't move.
Like, it's just like that,
then I wake up like that.
I'm not one of these guys.
- I'm on my left side.
- [Casas] Have you ever sleptwalked?
When I was younger, yes.
One time, I got up in the
middle of the night, right?
Walked down my stairs.
I go into my laundry room and
turn on the light, supposedly,
and I just started peeing
on the pile of clothes.
- [woman] You were peeing?
- Yes.
My mom comes into the garage,
turns on the light, and she's like…
[chuckles] "Yo, what are you doing?"
And then I woke up.
The only time I ever had that
problem that I can remember.
I honestly think this is
shit I do not need to know.
You were probably having
one hell of a dream.
[Casas] I thought
I was in a dream.
- That's why you peed.
- That's why you peed.
Yeah.
[in Spanish] Raquel, we're going
to need a bigger table for us.
We're missing two of
the other Latinos.
- [in English] He needs a what?
- A chair for Raffy and Joely.
[Raquel] You're paying. You
can get whatever you want.
[players laugh]
[in Spanish] Like I said,
this is going to be
around 25 to 30 thousand.
[Bello] I thought I was
paying for dinner, not drinks.
[in English] No, all included,
all included. Everything.
- Hey, Raquel.
- [Raquel] What?
- It's everything or only the…?
- Everything, bro.
- [Raquel] Everything.
- No chance of everything.
- [Raquel] Yes, everything.
- [all laugh]
[Raquel] You said everything.
- You got it. You got it.
- [Bello] When I say that?
In the Dominican.
[Bello] In Dominican, I was… I was…
[in Spanish] How do you say "borracho"?
- [Guerrero in English] Drunk.
- I was drunk.
Yeah, 'cause I never say that.
I never say that. [chuckles]
[Raquel in Spanish] You
have a lot of money now.
You guys order all the
good wine that you want.
- [player 1] Bello's buying?
- [Raquel] No, he's not really.
He thinks he's
buying. We're buying.
Okay, so… where's the
lettuce? This is just peas.
[Crawford] Yeah, no,
there is no lettuce.
So why is this a salad? If
there's no lettuce, isn't…
They think can just throw anything
green, and it's a salad? They're wrong.
I mean, half the salad's
cheese, is it even a salad?
- You want better wine?
- Caymus. Yeah.
He wants better wine.
He wants Caymus.
- You want Caymus, right?
- Yeah, and he can pay.
[in Spanish] One cup. Just a
half of a little cup of Caymus.
Raquel, I haven't even
cashed my first check yet.
[in English] You're gonna
be fine. Do you have Caymus?
- [waitress] Caymus? Yeah.
- [Raquel] Yeah.
So can we get two bottles at
least for this table here?
[Bello in Spanish]
My credit card!
[players laugh]
Brayan… they want Caymus too.
- [all chuckling]
- [Bello chuckles]
You like spending
his money, bro.
- Por favor.
- [Raquel] Por favor.
- Do you drink wine?
- [all chuckling]
- [Raquel] Two bottles for this table.
- [players] Hey!
[Raquel] We need
one for that table.
- [Cora] What you got going?
- We're gonna give him a fake bill.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- How much should we make it?
- How much?
- Yeah.
[Cora] 26,750.49.
- 26,750.49?
- Yeah.
[Raquel] All right. Here we go.
Hey, you gotta leave a good tip.
- [Bello in Spanish] What?!
- [all laugh]
- [in English] Leave a good tip.
- [player 2] Help him.
- [Raquel] 30%.
- [Bello in Spanish] Thirty?!
- [Rafaela in Spanish] Percent. Percent.
- [Raquel] Thirty.
[Rafaela] Thirty percent of the…
Thirty percent, Raquel!
How much is 30% of 27?
What's all this stuff?
- [in English] So do 26,000…
- [Devers laughs]
[Raquel] So you leave 6,000.
Give me your credit card now.
- [Devers laughs]
- [Bello in Spanish] 31,000.
[all laughing heartily]
Oh, this is Platinum Amex!
[in Spanish] That
covers anything.
Whoa!
No, no, this one has a limit.
- [Raquel] No, it doesn't have a limit.
- [all laughing]
No, that's outrageous.
[laughter]
[in English] Here's
your credit card back,
but… you have to make a
speech in front of everybody.
- No.
- You know why? Because we paid it for you.
[interpreter, in Spanish] They
paid, so you have to speak…
- [Raquel in English] You didn't pay it.
- [in Spanish] No, I prefer to pay.
[all laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Crawford] I'm kind of getting
new to the oyster scene. You know?
[Casas] Yeah, that one's
gotta be the most elite.
[both] Of the shellfish.
Kind of learned to
start enjoying 'em.
Are oysters shellfish?
It's not a crustacean, is it?
A crustacean would
be like… like a crab.
Marine animals in the shellfish category
include crustaceans and mollusks.
Mollusks, that's what
it is, so half there.
- How do… how do they go to the bathroom?
- [Crawford] Do they go to the bathroom?
Where would the excrement go?
- You know?
- [Crawford] We need an oyster specialist.
- [waiter] Gentlemen.
- [Crawford] Wow.
- [waiter] Got the big white tacos.
- Oh my God. So much.
[Crawford] There they go.
So I'm not sure if you know,
but Tyler O'Neill has hit four
straight Opening Day homers.
[Casas] Consecutively?
- He's gotta do it today then too.
- [Crawford] That's insane.
- I'm not gonna say nothin' to him.
- [Casas] No, no. Whoa, whoa.
Yeah, nah.
Is there anything longer than
a baseball season though?
Do you think it's too long?
It's pretty long.
[Casas] Do you think that
it needs to be shorter?
- As far as…
- [Casas] Games.
[man] Good luck tonight,
guys. Rooting for you.
[Crawford] Appreciate it.
- [Casas] Nah, I'm just talking games.
- Yes.
Less games, but
you need 162 games.
Tell you why.
[rhythmic rock music plays]
[Casas] Over 162 games, you really
are able to tell the best team.
Whoever wins the World
Series, it's not a fluke.
- [Crawford] Yep.
- It takes depth. It takes
- Are we going to get in these?
- [Casas] Yeah, we'll get to it.
The difference between a player
hitting .260, .300, and .330
might not be as
much as you think.
[Cora in Spanish] Hurry.
[in English] Uh-huh.
One more. One more.
[Casas] If you hit .260,
you probably had about one less hit
a week than the person that hit .300.
Good job, boys!
[Casas] It takes that
attention to detail, right?
That focus, every single at-bat,
to be able to scrap out
one extra hit a week.
- Got family coming today?
- Oh yeah, a lot of 'em.
- How many?
- I got, like, 20-plus tickets today.
[rock music continues]
[Casas] It takes efficiency.
Efficiency meaning the
least amount of errors.
When you make an error, it makes
the pitcher throw more pitches.
You gotta get into the bullpen earlier,
which carries over into tomorrow.
[Crawford] Now you don't
have your dogs going.
- Yes.
- Because they need rest.
[Andrew] We had a good
fucking spring training.
You guys are really
good at what you do.
Stick to your strengths at all
costs, and things will work out well.
[Casas] All those little things
add up over that amount of time.
[Crawford] You don't
think 140 does it?
You need 162.
There's just something about the extra
22 that makes it the big leagues.
[Andrew] Let's fucking
go, boys! Here we go!
- [Bello] Let's go!
- Let's go, fellas. Let's go! Let's go!
[rousing rock music plays]
- [Cora] Oh shit!
- [crowd cheers]
- [Cora] We got people dancing.
- [crowd clapping]
- [Casas] It's a jungle, man.
- [Crawford] Mm-hmm.
If you're wounded,
if you're weak,
if you're not all
there capability-wise,
you're gonna die.
Let's cut this up.
That's a good berry.
[commentator 1] The offseason
and spring training's over.
It's time to rock, 162 games.
[commentator 2] Nothing
better than Opening Day.
All the work you put
in in the offseason,
you go down to camp, you're
working on new things,
pitchers shaping pitches, hitters
trying to find their swing.
Well, that's sort of like the practice,
and now here we come with the test.
Have a great year, man.
- Have a great year.
- [Cora] You too.
[commentator 3] Alex Cora said it best,
"The prognosticators have had their say."
"The narrative is the narrative, but
these 26 guys have an opportunity,
beginning tonight, to
prove everybody wrong."
[announcer] Come on, Seattle.
It's time to play ball.
[commentator 4] Bello, the youngest Red
Sox starter since '95 on Opening Day.
- [commentator 1] Impressive.
- [announcer] Shortstop, number three, JP!
[commentator 4] A real test for
Bello, and a very cool opportunity
for the 24-year-old.
What must he be
feeling right now?
[Andrew in Spanish]
Hey, papi. Ready?
[tense music plays]
[in English] First hitter, JP Crawford.
Attack him. Okay, very, very patient.
- [Cora] Come on, Brayan.
- [Andrew] Come on, Bello.
Two seams in are bueno.
[commentator 4] No
drill and a strike.
[Andrew] Changeup
anytime down the way.
[Cora] Attaboy!
[commentator 4] A play to
second, Valdez up and over.
[commentator 2] A big at-bat
for Bello, his first Opening.
A young kid, on the road,
crowd's into it, little nerves.
[tense music continues]
Julio Rodriguez,
very, very aggressive.
All he wants is the
ball in the middle.
[commentator 1] Big pitch
he's been working on
over the past years
is that slider.
- [player 1] Slider at 90?
- [player 2] Whoa. You shitting me?
[commentator 5] One of the best
sliders I've ever seen him throw.
[Andrew] Anything middle. Cambio middle,
slider middle, that's all he can hit.
[dramatic rock music plays]
[commentator 4] Down
the line and right.
That's gonna be a fair ball,
a bounce to the corner.
Rodriguez chugging into second.
[player 3] No, no, no, no!
[commentator 1] He went
with the slider there.
The ball just spun back over
the plate. Middle, middle.
They've got a man in scoring
position. Brings up Jorge Polanco.
[Andrew] Polanco, he's
a good fastball hitter.
Changeup's great anytime.
He wants fastballs, so just
pick and choose your spots.
- [clack]
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator 1] Shot into right
field. O'Neill approaching.
That'll drop down into a base hit.
Rodriguez has to stop at third.
As the throw comes in, back-to-back
hits off Bello here in the first inning.
It was a good swing.
[Casas] What was? Slider?
Changeup? Something suave, eso…
[commentator 6] First
and third with one out.
[commentator 7] Try to get
out of this inning clean.
Take a little breath, get going.
[commentator 1]
Here's the DH, Garver.
[Andrew] Garver, very,
very passive hitter.
Two-seam anytime.
[commentator 1] He
sets, and he throws.
[players chatter indistinctly]
[commentator 1] Trevor Story.
Flips for one, on to first, two!
And the Red Sox get out of it.
- [Cora] Attaboy!
- [Andrew] Yes, sir.
- [Cora] Let's get it, baby.
- [Andrew] Hell yeah.
[Andrew] Nice turn, baby.
Hell yeah. Let's go, boys.
[indistinct chatter]
[players clapping]
[Andrew] Bueno. Way
to work out of that.
[chuckles] Bueno.
Who's coming now?
Who's coming up? Raleigh,
Haniger, Canzone.
- [huffs]
- Okay? Take a breath. Take a breath.
- [Bello] Can you take it off one second?
- [Andrew] He's gotta get changed.
You don't want Netflix to
see your abs? No? [chuckles]
[exhales deeply]
[exhales, in Spanish] We're
gonna warm up. We're gonna go in.
I got that pitch
in there. So nasty.
You know.
You're the best at this shit.
[breathes deeply]
- [Story] Eat that Uncrustable, baby.
- Yeah.
[commentator 1] Sox with a base runner,
0-0 game, third inning. And here's Raffy.
[commentator 6] He did things
today in batting practice
that normal human
beings cannot do.
[Cora] Hey, attaboy!
[Andrew] Throw it just
a little lower, bro.
[Cora] Oh my God.
- [crowd cheers]
- [Andrew] Nice!
[muffled raucous cheering]
[commentator 7] High fly
ball, left-center field.
Back to the wall,
and it is outta here!
- Holy shit, that's gold!
- [team clapping]
- [player 4] Let's go, Raffy!
- [Duran] Killed that!
[commentator 7] Devers goes
yard on a cool Seattle night.
[Andrew] Fuck yeah, boys.
Suave, suave, suave. Boom, boom,
boom, boom, baby. Let's go.
[commentator 6] Two-nothing
Boston in the fourth.
Casas is at first.
[Casas] Those cleats
are fuckin' sick.
[France] Thanks.
[Casas] Cookie Monster joints.
[commentator 6] Tyler
O'Neill, Mr. Opening Day.
[commentator 1] He's homered
in four straight Opening Days.
No one in baseball has done
it five straight Opening Days.
And that man is jacked.
As a newborn, he came
out with a six-pack.
- [Cora] Ooh!
- [Andrew] Yeah, do that one again.
[Casas] It's gonna be tough.
Going first to third here.
[commentator 1] Bobbled, Crawford
shovels. That's all he's gonna get.
Hey! Hey, buddy!
[France] That's two ABs
in a row you went 3-0.
What, you guys scared
of me or something?
We read the report.
[chuckles]
[commentator 1] Down the
right field, down for a hit.
It keeps on skipping
all the way to the wall.
[Andrew] Let's go! Let's go!
[Cora] Attaboy! Stand on double.
[Duran] Give me the bear.
[growls]
[commentator 1] Sox in business
here, second and third with one down.
Come on, Rafa. Come on, baby.
Come on, man. Need these. Come on.
[Cora] It's all
yours, kid. All yours.
[commentator 1] The rookie trying to
do some damage here on Opening Night.
- [players yelling]
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator 1] It hits
the helmet of O'Neill.
[cheering]
- It hit him right on the head.
- [Devers] Score!
- [Casas] Take it.
- [Devers] Score!
[commentator 1] The Red
Sox get on the board again
to make it three to nothing.
[man] Attaboy, TO! Stick
that head out there!
- You ever see that before?
- [man laughs]
[commentator 1] One on here
in the bottom of the fourth.
[tense music plays]
[commentator 4] Here's Mitch Haniger.
Three nothing Red Sox in the fourth.
- [crowd cheers]
- [commentator 1] Deep drive right field.
O'Neill back, turning, see
you later, that's gone.
[raucous cheering]
It's a one-run game.
[player 5] Tip your
cap on that one, huh?
[commentator 4] He's
got the gold trident.
That hurts.
[Andrew] Good location.
It's fine. Move on.
- No, no problem. Let's go.
- [Andrew chuckles]
[man speaks indistinct Spanish]
[Andrew in Spanish] You cold?
- [in English] Not too much. It's okay.
- [coach] How's the body?
Good, yeah.
- [Cora] Vámonos. [speaks indistinctly]
- Wow.
Okay.
[commentator 1] Red Sox ahead
4-2, bottom of the fifth.
[commentator 6] Bello
has thrown 65 pitches.
You might see the
bullpen start to stir.
- [Cora] It's the last inning regardless.
- [Andrew] Okay.
[crowd cheering]
- [Cora] Attaboy!
- [Andrew] All right, baby. Good job.
[commentator 1] Story is there,
across the diamond for out number one.
[coach shouts]
[commentator 1] Pitch count
beginning to climb a little.
[Cora] Here we go.
- [player 6] Up!
- [all murmuring in awe]
- [Cora] Go get it!
- [Andrew] Suave, suave.
[commentator 1] Devers
has room to make the play.
Two down.
[Cora] Do it again. Vamos, niño!
[in Spanish] Again.
[commentator 1] This
is huge for Bello.
Slicing shot to right. O'Neill will
cover the ground and make the play.
[team clapping]
[commentator 1] Let's see
if that's it for niño.
[player 7] Come
on, boy. Go get it.
- [coach] Where's he at?
- [Cora] Niño!
[in Spanish] Hey! What do
you mean, no? You're crazy.
[commentator 1 in English] Bello
tried to get past everybody,
go right down the tunnel
so that no one would shake his
hand and take him out of the game.
[Cora] Don't be hiding,
boys. I'll find you guys.
[commentator 1] And then
he grabbed him. [chuckles]
[Cora] He tried. [chuckles]
[tense, suspenseful music plays]
[commentator 1] O'Neill on deck,
trying to keep his home-run
streak alive here on Opening Day.
[commentator 2] A good time for
Tyler to get into the record books
of Major League Baseball.
[commentator 1] Slugger from
Canada. Avid bodybuilder.
[commentator 3] Incredible. Like
he hasn't had a carb in five years.
Let's put 'em away.
[commentator 1] But for a long time,
his dad Terry was the biggest star
in the O'Neill family.
He's a former Mr. Canada.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [clack echoes]
- [crowd murmurs]
[music building]
[commentator 1] And he drives one
high and deep into right center field.
It's back toward the track.
It is at the wall. Gone!
- [stirring, triumphant music plays]
- [cheering]
Yeah! Fucking go!
[commentator 1] Five
Opening Days in a row.
- Five in a row.
- [player 8] Go get 'em, T!
[player 9] Look at him,
bro. He's fucking hyped.
[commentator 1] Welcome to the
history books, Tyler O'Neill.
[commentator 2] How about that?
- [Cora] Let's go, baby!
- That's what I'm fucking talking about.
- Let's go! Let's go!
- [team cheering]
- [overlapping shouting]
- [O'Neill] Whoo!
[Casas] Fuck yeah! Let's go!
Fuck yeah!
Fuckin' A! Let's fucking go!
[coach] Wow, bro
Thank you, brother. Whoo!
- Damn!
- Whoo!
[O'Neill] That shit fucking got me
hyped right there. Let's go. Let's go.
[commentator 4] Offense,
athleticism, defense, pitching.
This is a good game here
for the Sox on Opening Day.
[commentator 5] This game has
already had so many of the elements
that if you wanna believe in
the optimism of the Red Sox,
they've all been on display.
[Cora] I hope you enjoyed it
because, uh, we did in the dugout.
- Congratulations, man. First of many.
- Thank you.
- Appreciate it.
- [players] Yeah!
And, and, and freaking
Tyler O'Neill.
- [player 10] He's in the cart already.
- [O'Neill] I mean, come on. Let's go.
[player 10] Now get
in the fucking cart!
[clapping, cheering]
["Don't Look Back"
by Boston plays]
[all cheering]
[commentator 1] The Mariners
turn their attention once again
to the Boston Red Sox in town for
this opening series of the season.
- Don't look back ♪
- Ooh, a new day is breakin' ♪
It's been too long
Since I felt this way… ♪
- [O'Neill] Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- [Cora] Look at Masa. Look at Masa.
Here we go again.
The road is callin',
today is the day… ♪
- [commentator 1] There he goes.
- [Cora] Come on.
[commentator 1] The throw,
the tag, and he's safe.
- [Casas] Whoo! Baby, attaboy.
- I'm much too strong ♪
- Not to compromise… ♪
- [commentator 1] Oh boy. Wow.
Whoa.
That was a rainmaker
from Tyler O'Neill.
- Man.
- I'll turn it around… ♪
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Oh, yes, I will… ♪
[Crawford] Yeah!
[Duran] That's
fucking nasty, boys.
- [Cora] Go!
- [crowd cheers]
[Cora] Masa, you're a
great fucking hitter.
[France] You get
your tanning in?
[Casas] I actually did, yeah. Not
much, but it just eases my mind.
Makes me feel like I'm ready.
Come on. Pass shit
to me, motherfucker.
- [crowd cheers]
- [man 1] Got good vibes right now.
[man 2] Seem like
they're having fun.
[Mariners player]
You guys swimming?
[player 11] Raffy's
a big poker guy.
He always wins on the river, so he
calls himself the River Monster.
It's a bright horizon… ♪
[man 3] This is how
you start rolling.
We've had seasons where we thought,
"Oh, this is going to fuckin' stink,"
and they make the playoffs.
[commentator 1] Second RBI
tonight for Trevor Story.
[commentator 2] I'm gonna
say it. Trevor Story's back.
[commentator 1] The Red Sox
sweep this three-game series.
I can tell ♪
There's no more time
left to criticize ♪
I've seen what I could… ♪
[commentator 1] Now, Story
has looked so athletic
these first couple of
games of the season,
moving so well over
there at shortstop.
But I can be strong… ♪
[commentator 2] He was hurt last
year, but obviously he's healthy now.
This is not an easy play.
[sharp clack echoes]
[man 4] If I said, "Hey, first ten
games, what you got the Red Sox at?"
Two and eight, probably. The
Red Sox are seven and three.
- [Cora] Yeah!
- Hey, way to win that one. Nice job.
[commentator 1] They're a better
team than I thought they would be.
Everybody's got them pegged last
in the East, a brutal division.
But if they get started
pitching like this,
and if Trevor Story can get it to
click offensively, they'll be tough.
[music continues]
[commentator 3] Hard shot and diving
play by Story, but he cannot
- [commentator 4] Oh no. Oh no.
- [commentator 3] Oh, he's in pain here.
- [inaudible]
- [crowd clapping]
[commentator 3] He
is writhing in agony
and a hand on his shoulder.
[clapping subsides]
[commentator 4] Ugh.
He's looked so good too.
[tense music plays]
[commentator 5] Boy, does that
take the wind out of your sails.
[somber electric
guitar music plays]
[music fades out]
[car horns honking]
[crowd chanting faintly]
Let's go, Red Sox!
- Let's go, Red Sox!
- [clapping rhythmically in unison]
[commentator 1] Yankees leading
7-6 here in the eighth inning.
Red Sox have runners at
first and second and one out.
[crowd chants]
[Cora] We're gonna pinch hit
for you here with Abreu, okay?
We got it here, okay?
- [O'Neill] Yeah.
- Let's go. Vamos. Wily!
[commentator 1] He's going to
face pinch hitter, Wilyer Abreu.
[announcer] Pinch hitting for
O'Neill, number 52, Wilyer Abreu.
[commentator 2] A lot of confidence
to take out O'Neill, a big bopper
who can go over the Monster.
- [Cora] I'll tell you why.
- [Story] Yeah.
[Cora] His grandmother's about
to pass away today or tomorrow.
- [indistinct]
- Yeah.
[commentator 2] Alex Cora loves
Wilyer Abreu, and this is a big move.
[Cora] He came in
today devastated.
It's been going on for a week. I
was like, "You know what? Fuck it."
- [man 1] Go, Wily!
- [man 2] Go, Wily!
- [man 3] Go, Wily!
- [man 4] Go, Wil!
- [suspenseful music plays]
- [cheering]
[commentator 1] Line drive, base hit,
center field. It'll score at least one.
[raucous cheering]
[commentator 1] It's 7-7 on a
pinch hit double by Wilyer Abreu.
[Cora] This is not "Show up
during the weekend and perform."
This is every day, every day, over
and over and over and over again.
- [in Spanish] See, we're good. [chuckles]
- Thank you.
[in English] It's not
always about your swing
or your defense or
your base running.
It's about how you
feel, you know?
What you got tonight?
How's the family doing?
[O'Neill huffs] Okay,
babe. Fire her in there.
[woman] Okay.
[contemplative music plays]
- Little outside.
- [O'Neill] That's all right.
It was a good swing.
- [woman] It was good.
- [O'Neill] Good feeling about this one.
- [woman] All right.
- [thwack]
- [player 1] Hey!
- [player 2] Hey!
- [O'Neill grunts]
- [crowd groans]
[O'Neill] You have to have a short
memory to be good in this game
because it is so tough,
and it'll eat you alive if
you don't let things go.
Do you wanna come in
the turf? Come on.
[baby babbles]
[Casas] I've been swinging a
bat since I could stand up.
What's up, Bill? How you
doing? Nice to see you.
I dedicated my
life to this game.
It's tough when you go out
there because you're vulnerable.
You can do everything right
and still have a bad result.
[contemplative music continues]
[music abates]
Goddamn it, man.
- [Velcro scratches]
- What am I doing out there, man?
What the fuck, man?
[stadium organ
plays jaunty music]
What am I doing, man?
Damn it, Triston.
Get a fucking grip, kid.
Jesus Christ.
Goddamn. He can't
beat me with anything.
He's throwing 90 miles
a fucking hour, man.
Get a swing off.
Pathetic.
It's a bad feeling when you feel like
you're the reason why you're losing.
But, you know, the life away
from the field can't be affected
by the results on it.
[mellow rock music plays]
[crowd murmurs]
[commentator] High and deep into
right field, back to the bullpen.
- It's a two-run homer.
- [crowd cheers]
[Bello in Spanish] Damn it! Damn
it! Quality start? Fuck that!
[man 1 in English] They look like a
sloppy minor league team, like a year ago.
Let's just pull the plug
on the sucker right now.
[man 2] I have no hope for this
team. Mentally, they don't have it.
- [man 3] They don't.
- [man 2] They're a weak group.
[echoing] They
just don't have it.
[rousing rock music plays]
[man 4] So much of
baseball is psychological.
Like, you just get in
that head of yours.
[groans]
[man 4] All these
guys have talent,
but it's about who can
withstand the mental grind.
[Cora] It's you against
that guy. Nobody else.
You can become very lonely.
[Duran] It's a game of failure.
You're gonna fail, and
you're gonna get humbled.
[man 5] The 162
games is unrelenting.
When you are struggling,
you are struggling day
after day after day.
[Crawford grunts]
- Yeah! Fuck yo!
- [crowd cheers]
[O'Neill] That level of intensity is
hard to understand unless you're there.
These guys mask this stuff so
well until it has to come out.
[overlapping heated chatter]
Fucking big leagues,
motherfuckers.
[crowd cheers]
[cheering lifts]
[man 6] Fans have heard and
read all about these guys,
but you do wonder, what are
they really like inside?
[woman] Say, "Bye, Dada."
[man 6] What makes them
tick? What makes them afraid?
- What motivates them?
- [Casas grunts]
[Cora] The numbers don't
tell you the whole story.
People don't understand
what this is.
Not only the big leagues, but
the Boston Red Sox and this city.
This is more than baseball.
[rousing rock music continues]
- [music abates]
- [fans] Let's go, Red Sox!
[clapping rhythmically]
- [fading] Let's go, Red Sox!
- [clapping rhythmically]
[chanting fades out]
[traffic whirring]
[man 1] I think we should
focus on Baron von Steuben.
- What an interesting character he is.
- I was just researching him last night.
- That guy is crazy.
- [man 1] I love him.
He went to Washington to whip people
into shape, dude. They were a mess.
[man 1] Oh, I know. It's crazy.
Well, I'll see you guys later.
- [man 2] We gotta hang out.
- [man 1] Yeah, definitely will.
See you later. Bye.
[over speaker] Okay,
gather round, all of ye.
I'm gonna be your guide today.
My name is Jeremiah Poope.
And yes, it is my real last name,
and yes, high school was fun.
- [tourists chuckle]
- [Jeremiah] But welcome to Boston.
In a way, the revolution begins
right here on Boston Common.
This is where the British soldiers began
their march to Lexington and Concord
on that fateful day when the first
shots of the revolution were fired.
So, without further ado, let us begin
our march into American history,
and let us now go forth and
see historic stuff this way.
Well, they like you. [chuckles]
[man 3] There was this
long history of failure.
It came to identify the Red Sox.
So there was a lot of negativity
attached to never winning…
["Old World" plays]
…having last won a
championship in 1918,
all the years that the
Red Sox fell short.
[commentator 1] Behind the
bag! It gets through Buckner!
[Sean] That was the feeling.
- This franchise, it's haunted.
- [commentator 1] Mets win it!
It's cursed.
Well, the old
world may be dead… ♪
[Jeremiah] Welcome to the
old Granary Burying Ground,
which no graveyard in Boston
has more notable figures
buried in it than this one.
And I still love
the old world… ♪
Across the street,
the Beantown Pub.
It happens to be the
only place in the world
where you can sit
drinking a cold Sam Adams
while looking at
a cold Sam Adams.
- [tourists laugh]
- [Jeremiah] Do you like that? I made that.
[commentator 2] The Red Sox are
one out away from winning it all.
[Sean] In 2004, they won the World
Series for the first time in 86 years.
[commentator 3] The Boston
Red Sox are world champions.
[cheering]
[commentator 2] Next
year is finally here.
[Sean] After winning in
'04, they won again in '07.
[commentator 4] And the Red
Sox are world champs again.
[Sean] They won again in 2013.
[commentator 4] It hasn't happened
at Fenway Park for 95 years.
I said old world… ♪
[Sean] And they won
as recently as 2018.
[commentator 4] The best
team in baseball wins it all.
[Sean] Which might be
the best Red Sox team.
Champs!
[Sean] No team has won four
times in the 21st century
the way the Red Sox have.
But after winning in
2018, it's been downhill.
[commentator 5] He can't find
it. It's way behind him. Oh!
We were successful last year.
This year, not that much.
[Sean] In 2020, they
trade Mookie Betts.
[cheering]
[Sean] Betts was and remains one
of the best players in the game.
- How dumb…
- Yes. Yes.
- …are the Boston Red Sox…
- Yeah.
…to let Mookie Betts go?
[Sean] But since then,
three last-place finishes
in the span of four years.
Fuck!
[Jeremiah] This was a special
place for the Puritans,
where they socialize and
enjoy if the weather was nice,
and also where they would punish you
if you broke their very strict rules.
[commentator 6] An ugly one.
[commentator 7] An absolutely
miserable weekend at Fenway Park.
[Jeremiah] So the Puritans were
nasty, and if they caught you
smiling at someone or
laughing at anything,
if you were caught being drunk in public,
you could be thrown in the stocks.
You've seen those, where your
head and arms go through.
Everybody gets put
in there a few times.
[fan laughs]
- [cheering]
- [commentator 8] Game over!
[Jeremiah] Everyone would come
down and would make fun of you.
They'd spit in your face.
They'd throw rotten fruits
and vegetables at you.
[commentator 9] Here
comes a pizza. See it?
[Jeremiah] I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.
The Puritans were not very nice people.
We all know where we are in the
standings. It's a painful reality.
[man 4] You have passion for
sports all over the place.
It just manifests in a very
different way in New England.
For so many people,
so many generations,
it's been more than just
an entertainment product.
It's part of their identity,
and I feel like there is anger about
the direction that the team's taking.
I can't name half the team
anymore. The team still sucks.
Bottom line. That's it.
It's simple as that.
There's still a very
passionate fan base here,
but they… they need
to see results.
Give me a better
fucking Boston team.
[Jen] There is a lot of pressure
to turn things around here.
Give me the fucking Red
Sox of '04, of '15, of '18.
Give me all that fucking shit.
- It's all about Boston.
- Fuck the Yankees.
- [man 5] Fuck the Yankees.
- [music fades out]
[subway bell ringing]
The fan base, they're getting…
angry at the whole thing.
We have to be
better. It's on us.
- [birds chirping]
- [players chattering]
- [man 1] They're real early.
- [man 2] Right there, tío.
- [man 3] Come on now.
- [man 2] Come on now.
[man 4] All right, you ready?
- [indistinct chatter]
- [baseballs thwacking]
[player grunts, chuckles]
[Duran] Sniper. [chuckles]
Do you believe this
is a playoff team?
Uh, you know, I… I think it's…
It's kind of foolish to… to
make predictions like that.
I think this is gonna be
a very competitive team.
You know, there's a really
exciting young core of players,
um, that we are… are
really, really excited about
and I think that fans are
gonna fall in love with.
Most experts do not believe
that this is a playoff team.
This is a team that has finished
last three of the last four years,
that isn't the factor
they once were.
[pensive music plays]
[man 5] Everyone predicts
them to be in last place,
but this team is relying on young players,
and young players can be unpredictable.
Sometimes you can win
with young talent.
That hasn't historically
happened in Boston.
And if that's the plan that
the Red Sox are banking on,
everything needs to go right.
[motor rumbling]
[Rafaela] Who's better?
LeBron or Jordan?
- [Refsnyder] LeBron or who?
- [Rafaela and Duran] Jordan.
- Final shot, Jordan.
- [Rafaela] Yes.
But just overall
career, I mean, it's…
- [Duran] LeBron.
- Yeah, it's incredible.
He's not a young cub anymore,
and he's still… he's still
absolutely dominating, like
His body must feel awful, huh?
- [Duran chuckles] Yeah, and
- Could you imagine?
Hey, Huddy. I already
know Huddy's answer.
[Rafaela] LeBron or Jordan?
Come on, bro.
- [Rafaela laughs]
- [Hudson] Not even a question.
[Devers in Spanish]
LeBron is better. [laughs]
[in English] Career, obviously, you
would want LeBron's career. He's got
[Hudson] I want
championships, kid.
Griffey or Trout?
Griffey or Trout? Well, I
mean, Griffey got hurt, but…
I mean, they both got
hurt, but I'd pick Trout.
It's the same thing, you
see? You're too young.
[players laughing]
[Cora chuckles]
[Jen] They're trying to build
around a lot of these young players,
and Jarren Duran is
part of this young core.
He struggled mightily, um, in
the first couple years, really,
when he came up.
[commentator 1] Bases
loaded here in the third.
[commentator 2] Sends a drive
to deep center, but where is it?
And it's over… way over the
head of Duran who never saw it.
He never saw it.
Tapia around third,
heading home.
An inside-the-park grand slam.
[commentator 1] Wow.
If you're looking for low points
in this Red Sox season, Mike,
you got one right here.
[Mike] This is
just embarrassing.
I was just that young, nervous kid
that, like, didn't wanna mess up.
I was trying to be so
perfect that I would mess up.
[commentator 3] As Duran strikes out,
they're booing louder and louder.
- [commentator 4] Duran fighting sun.
- [commentator 5] No.
- [commentator 4] Loses the ball!
- [commentator 5] No!
[commentator 6] If Duran is gonna
be a good major league outfielder,
he's got a lot of work to do.
I'd get messages after a game on
Instagram telling me to kill myself.
Like, "You're not worth
shit." "Don't ever come back."
[slow rock music plays]
[Jen] Coming off of a
really rough 2022 season,
he had this transformational
year last year.
Instantly, I could tell,
like, yeah, this is different.
[crowd murmuring]
[commentator 7] Jarren
Duran with a home run.
[crowd cheering]
It was like a stepping stone to, like,
"All right, like, I can fuckin' do this."
[rock music builds]
[crowd cheers]
[commentator 7]
He's got it! Wow!
[commentator 8] Changing the game
both offensively and defensively,
that's huge.
[Sean] He plays hard.
He's naturally very fast.
He has great raw speed.
He can fly.
Any ball that's hit into the outfield
has the potential to be a double for him.
[man] One of the things
that Lou Merloni says
is that he runs like
he's angry at the ground.
And I just think that's
a perfect description
of the way that
he plays the game.
[Duran] "He runs like
he's angry at the ground."
"He runs sideways." "He
runs like a lizard."
The lizard one's
definitely stuck.
I have so many memes people
send me of a lizard running.
Hey, this guy's
making fun of my run!
[player 1] You don't run like
a lizard anymore. You don't.
[player 2] Unless he
rounds first base.
He made huge strides in 2023,
and for two or three months,
looked like one of the best
outfielders in baseball.
That was followed by a
season-ending injury.
[commentator 9] Duran's
out of the game.
Left toe contusion is what
forced him out of the game.
[Sean] There was a lot of unknown
about Jarren Duran going into 2024.
He had been this dynamic
offensive player last year,
but not one who could
sustain it for a long time.
I think, in a lot of ways,
this is going to be a make-or-break
season for Jarren Duran.
[Duran] Fuck!
[Sean] He acknowledged last year that he
had dealt with depression and anxiety.
[Duran] God. You
fuckin' suck, Duran.
You fuckin' dumbass,
fuckin' piece of shit.
And it seemed like
he was besieged
by these demons telling him
that he wasn't good enough.
Old JD would've been like,
"God, you fucking suck,
you stupid piece of shit."
Now, I'm like, "They
pitched me good."
"You still fucking suck,
but they pitched you good."
[Sean] Can he take all his gifts and
tools and abilities and capitalize on them
and not succumb to negativity
and fear of failure?
Fuck!
[Sean] This is a draining game.
It demands a lot
of you mentally.
Just having the physical tools and
talents and abilities isn't enough.
[music fades out]
- [thwack]
- [Duran] Mm.
- [O'Neill] All you need.
- Heads up on one.
- One good swing a day, though, you know?
- [Duran] Still looking for mine.
I can't get everybody. I'll
try to get y'all later.
- [woman] Thank you.
- [Story] Yep.
[man] Thanks, Trevor.
Appreciate you.
[player] Let's go.
[birds twittering]
[distant airplane
whirs overhead]
[producer] Triston Casas.
Tell me what he's like.
[Sean inhales, smacks lips]
He's different.
I remember before his
major league debut,
Triston Casas went
out into right field,
took his shirt off, and
started sunning himself
while also performing some yoga.
And a member of that team
looked out into right field and
said, "What the fuck is this?"
- [chuckles]
- [quirky music plays]
[Casas] I don't have
to think anything.
My swing is really good.
Be with him. Get
him in the zone.
Make the ball come to me.
Let it fly.
I think he is uniquely,
almost defiantly himself.
- [man 1] Oh!
- Whoa.
[commentator] Triston Casas is
gonna watch it leave the yard.
[Casas] I don't drink
coffee or energy drinks.
I solely think I get my
energy from the earth.
If you were stranded on an island
and you can only bring one teammate,
who would you bring and why?
I'd bring Duran
'cause he's fast.
Whoo!
You know, maybe I could eventually
eat him because he's muscular,
and I'm sure his tendons and
his ligaments taste good.
- [woman] That one's it?
- [Casas] Let's see.
I like the glitter here.
[Will] Most of us have a
hard time understanding…
[chuckles] …what is real, what's an act,
what is performative, and what's not.
[player grunting] What you got?
[laughs]
[quirky music continues]
Pretty much anything that bothers
people, I wanna do out there.
Is that why you
paint your nails?
That's exactly why.
[Giolito] 'Cause you like
when people are like, "Ugh!"?
[Casas] I love it. Mm.
[laughs facetiously]
[interviewer] Very
comfortable in your own skin.
We've seen some of your skin.
You like to lie on the ground
before games, suntan, etc.
[laughs] Yeah. I mean, I think
there's a certain amount of energy
that the earth emits that
you can absorb from the sun.
There's a process behind
everything that I do.
I would love to
stay here forever.
I don't wanna know another team,
but we have so many
young players coming up
that they might not
need a player like me.
If it was in my control, I
would've demanded a contract
to stay here my whole life.
- Ooh! These snap, Stephanie.
- [Stephanie] Do you feel better?
- Go off, queen.
- [chuckles]
- [man 2] Nice hit.
- [cheering]
[Will] There is this unspoken
rule in the sport of baseball
that you can be
different if you produce.
And I think if you don't,
then all of a sudden,
all the eccentricities and the
personality comes under greater scrutiny.
Triston Casas can hit a walk-off home
run in Game 7 of the World Series,
and then the next day, he can do yoga
in the middle of the field, naked,
and nobody's gonna say shit.
- [Casas] Yes, I feel back.
- [ethereal music plays]
[Casas] My whole life
is the game, really.
Sometimes I struggle with knowing what
my purpose is throughout all this.
I got my athletic
genes from my mom.
She, you know, left
a little too early,
and I don't know directly
if I'd be speaking to you right now
in this chair if she were alive.
At the time that it happened,
my dad's dealing with his loss.
You know, I'm dealing with mine.
We're all grieving in our own
way, but we needed a distraction.
Something to do together,
something that was positive,
and that was baseball.
[fans cheering]
- [soundscape fades]
- [serene music plays]
[Cora] I think this is
where he feels at ease.
[exhales deeply]
That's what his dad did. You
know, "Let's play baseball."
You know, and, uh… baseball
is what gives him peace.
[Casas] The park is my sanctuary in
a sense, where, like, I step out,
I walk home, I don't know what's
on the other side of those walls,
but I know where I feel safe.
[music fades out]
[Cora] Now, in his first appearance in
front of the team and everybody else,
our chief baseball
officer, Craig Breslow.
[Craig clears throat]
Thanks, AC. Uh, I'll…
I'll keep this short.
I've been a player longer than
I was in the front office,
and that's gonna be true
for another ten years.
So I still think like a player, and
I'm going to do everything I can
to dispel the notion that, you
know, we're the front office,
we're a bunch of people who
wear collared shirts and…
- …shit, khaki pants, and…
- [team chuckles]
…judge every decision
that you make,
every swing that you take,
every pitch that you can throw.
[Jen] Being able to put a
winning product back in Boston
is the number one goal here,
and that all falls on Breslow.
He's the number one guy.
You know, he takes the glory
when they do things well,
and he takes the fall when
they do things poorly.
So you'd like to think
the first year might be
figuring out all the
right moves to make.
I don't think he has that luxury,
and I think he knows that.
Things are a little bit
different this season.
There's a focus,
and there's an intentionality
to everything that we're doing.
There has been a revolving door
to the chief baseball officer's
suite here at Fenway Park.
In a span of 13 years,
the Red Sox are now on their
fifth chief baseball officer.
You have about three and a
half years to get the job done,
and if you don't,
you're out the door.
It's noisy out there.
There are a lot of people who have
a lot to say about the Red Sox.
[interviewer] Heading into
winter, ownership was saying
you guys are gonna make big additions.
They wanna put stars around you.
Are you disappointed
that doesn't happen?
Mm…
[in Spanish] I'm not saying
that the team isn't good,
but at the same time, we have to
take into account what's missing.
[Craig in English] We're
gonna work together.
You need to be honest with
me. I'm gonna honest with you.
There are some things
beyond my control.
What we can focus on is trying
to get better every single day.
[in Spanish] We have a
great team. I'm not saying…
[Cora in English] It's not
that we have a bad team.
[in Spanish] I'm not saying
that we have a bad team.
We have to have a complete team,
and last year, that didn't happen.
[in English] This game is too fucking
hard to think that we can be successful
without all pulling
in the same direction.
We're one team, right?
We're the Boston Red Sox.
That's all we need to be.
Let's have a healthy spring,
and let's get to work.
[team applauds]
[Sean] I've covered the
team for 36 seasons.
I can't remember a year in which
they did so little over the winter.
They signed Lucas Giolito…
I feel pretty refreshed
and very excited.
[Sean] …who made one spring training
start before his elbow blew out,
and he's now out for the year.
There are free agent pitchers.
Would you say that they're
not good fits here,
or that you don't have room in
your payroll to pursue them?
[Craig] You know, the Red Sox
have never been in a position, uh…
you know, when it made sense to
add, resources weren't available.
After the 2018 World Series,
the Red Sox made the decision
that, uh, they could
not keep spending
at the level that they were year
after year after year after year.
The owners saw other teams winning
by… by spending less money.
They saw other teams building
more through their farm system.
[commentator 1] The Braves
are world champions!
[Ian] The Atlanta Braves
have built from within.
Baltimore Orioles are
building from within.
The Tampa Bay Rays compete
on a payroll that is a joke.
Cleveland Guardians compete on a
payroll that's extremely small.
[commentator 2] The Arizona Diamondbacks
are headed to the World Series!
[Sean] There is recent
evidence to suggest
as long as you get in, you
have the potential to get hot,
get on a roll, and
surprise people.
We're gonna do everything
possible to win a World Series.
Nobody thought the Arizona
Diamondbacks were gonna play
in the World Series last year.
Work your ass off, and let's
see where it takes us, okay?
[Cora] I do believe we're gonna be
playing meaningful games in September
to make it to the playoffs.
But for this to work,
you have to trust in the
young players that we have.
[coach] Sir.
We might struggle, but
there's talent here.
Hell yeah, my guy. Right
where you need to be.
[Jen] They've had trouble
developing pitching.
Breslow hires Andrew
Bailey from San Francisco,
a successful pitching coach.
The best pitchers in
baseball have an identity.
You know what he's gonna
come in and fucking do,
and he just doesn't change.
And if you put it down, what
does that feel like to you?
- Like this?
- Sí.
- [Bello] Well, I'm gonna try.
- [Andrew] Let's try that once.
[Ian] Andrew Bailey and
Craig Breslow coming over,
they looked at the pitchers
who were already here.
Brayan Bello and Garrett Whitlock
and Tanner Houck and Kutter Crawford,
these mid-20-something guys,
and said, "These guys could
be better than they've been
if we give them a
different battle plan."
Brayan's in a really good spot.
His arsenal's locked in right now.
Really excited with where he's at.
[pulsing, expectant music plays]
[Craig] We have a chance
to be significantly better
than what most external
voices would predict.
[Sean] People are saying that you guys
are gonna finish in the basement again.
We've underperformed,
no doubt about that,
the last couple of years, and
no one's happy about that.
Everyone has counted us out
already, but we don't feel that way.
We don't like to lose,
man, and we're tired of it.
[Craig] I've got a vision for how an
efficient baseball operation runs,
and I have every intention
of implementing that vision.
- [indistinct]
- [music continues]
If this works, then I'm unbelievably
committed and disciplined
and super competitive.
But if it doesn't
work, I'm delusional.
[music fades out]
- [baseballs thumping]
- [indistinct chatter]
Oh. Who was your team?
Who did you like?
[Bello] Uh, Licey.
Licey. I was with Licey for…
four years. You weren't born.
When I was a pitching coach in
Licey, when the team was winning,
and I'd go to the bullpen or something
to take the pitcher out or whatever…
[in Spanish] "Goose! Goose!"
But when we were losing…
Look.
"Hey! Big nose!"
[both chuckling]
[in English] When he was 17 years
old, he was as green as this grass.
- [in Spanish] A fresh rookie.
- [in English] Like Mata?
Huh? No, Mata, no.
- [Bello] You say Mata's fresco.
- [Glenn] No, I… I was pointing at you.
[in Spanish] The fresh
rookie with a lot of money.
[in English] Who?
- Oh. Oh, right. [laughs]
- [Mata] Mucho. Huh?
- [all chuckle]
- [Glenn] Ooh!
[Glenn] Bello, he's a special person.
As genuine a kid as you'd ever want.
For guys like me, it's fun
to know where they came from
and where they are right now.
[Bello in Spanish] In
the Dominican Republic,
it is hard to sign after
you turn 16 years old.
I signed when I was 17,
and I can tell you myself,
not everyone leaves the Dominican
Republic to play in the United States.
There are so many guys I played
with that were left behind.
[Glenn in English] I have
gone to the Dominican
year after year after year.
Boys were on every corner,
every sandlot, playing baseball,
because their dream was to come
to the States to make money
so that they could
provide for their family.
[Speier] He was from Samaná.
He ended up moving to the
outskirts of Santo Domingo.
He's living in a dorm room, that's
basically, like, two bedrooms,
and 14 teenage boys.
Ultimately, kind of
bulldozed his way
into being a major league pitcher
at a very young age, at 23.
[upbeat, intriguing music plays]
Bello signed a seven-year, $55 million
contract extension in spring training.
Craig Breslow, the chief baseball
officer, had talked of wanting
to lock up a lot of
these guys to extensions
and to be able to do
it with a young pitcher
who has the potential to
be a number one starter,
it was a huge step for them.
- What's up with that? What do we got?
- [in Spanish] Caymus. Caymus, you know.
- Very, very, very nice.
- Very nice, you know. [chuckles]
[in English] Mucho money.
Mucho money right here.
[in Spanish] Now, yes.
[Glenn in English] He was like
so many other Dominican kids.
It was a passion to get
to the United States.
And you've seen the contract
that Bello just signed.
- For three years…
- Uh-huh?
…every day, he'd come
up to me, pointing.
[in Spanish] Goose, I'm poor,
and I don't have any money.
[in English] "Okay, I'll
put money in your locker."
Next day, "Ganso, no
money in my locker." Now…
- [in Spanish] Listen…
- [Mata] "Give me something."
"I'm poor, and I need money."
- In my locker? After the game today?
- Yes. Yes.
- Always.
- Ah, thank you.
[in English] In
your locker today.
- [tender music plays]
- [soundscape fades out]
I love Brayan. His
energy, his joy.
Yeah. Bueno, bueno, bueno.
[Andrew] He's a very
inquisitive, curious player,
highly competitive
and highly motivated.
The spin axis is right
here, like a bullet.
[reporter] Do you believe you can be
a number one starter? Is that a goal?
[Bello in Spanish]
That's one of my goals.
I know it can't be
this year or next year,
but in the future, I would
like to be number one here,
and that's what I work for.
[Sean] Well, the Red Sox have put an
enormous amount of trust in Bello,
and I think it's rightly placed.
Now, it's time for him to
make good on that potential.
That pressure's gonna
be amped up a little bit
because of the commitment they made
to him financially this offseason.
- [players chatter indistinctly]
- [music fades out]
[Andrew in Spanish]
Hey. What's good, Papi?
[door closes]
- Uh… English or Spanish?
- In English.
English.
- [all chuckle]
- [clears throat] Um…
- How you feel?
- I feel good.
- [Cora] Yeah? Last one good?
- Yeah.
We'll give it to Bres.
What you got, Bres?
- Opening Day start, man.
- [Bello claps]
[all chuckle, clap]
- Yeah! Let's go!
- [Craig] Hey, give it to him.
[Bello in Spanish] Thank you.
- [in English] You deserve it.
- Thank you.
Congratulations.
Oh yeah.
- [Andrew] Congrats, my man.
- Thank you.
- Of course. Happy for you.
- Thank you.
- [Craig] Let's go! Yeah.
- [Cora] You happy?
Oh wow.
[all laughing]
[in Spanish] And now?
- [all chuckle]
- [in English] Nice.
[in Spanish] Thank you. Thank
you for the opportunity and…
[Cora in English] We're proud of
you. You've been working hard.
Yeah, let us know if you need
anything, but it's another game, right?
- [Andrew] Right.
- It's another game.
- [Andrew] Yeah. Gracias.
- [Bello in Spanish] Thank you.
[in English] Oh yeah.
How close to the finished product is
the roster right now in your mind?
Honestly, close but
not close, right? Uh…
There's a few guys that are here
to get ready for the season.
Others are fighting for a spot.
When we go to Seattle,
we're gonna have 26 guys,
and we're gonna be fighting
for our World Series title.
We're making moves. We're gonna
reassign you to minor league camp.
I do believe you will
be a big leaguer.
- [Andrew] Hey!
- [expectant music plays]
We gave you a chance against
some of the big boys,
and the at-bats were
great, you know.
- Look at that shit, man.
- [Cora] Come on, kid.
Come on!
[in Spanish] A chance to
speak to the boss now?
[in English] We're making moves.
You're not making the team,
but we're gonna carry you.
We're gonna reassign you
to minor league camp.
It's not a question of talent.
It's just how do we pull
that talent out every day?
We're making moves. We're gonna
reassign you to minor league camp.
You've come out, you've thrown
strikes. You've pounded the zone.
You got a good idea who
you are. Keep doing it.
- [Cora] What's up?
- How are you?
We're making moves. We're gonna
reassign you to minor league camp.
[Andrew] As starters
get built out,
we wanna make sure that we can
give guys consistent innings,
and it's just that
point in time.
[Sean] I think there are some spots
where you can look at the roster
and see them improving.
[up-tempo electronic
music plays]
You know what you're gonna
get from Rafael Devers.
You know that in Triston Casas,
they have a star in the making.
You're getting a very capable
outfielder in Tyler O'Neill,
if he can stay healthy.
But I think the guy that has the
potential to have a huge impact this year
is Trevor Story.
They have not seen a healthy
Trevor Story in Boston.
I think Story's gonna
have a monster year here.
And Alex Cora has a
well-deserved reputation
as one of the best
managers in the game.
He sees the game
with great detail.
He's also an excellent
communicator.
You made the decision harder
and harder and harder.
The at-bats are getting
better. You'll be in Seattle.
[chuckles]
- Congrats, kid.
- [chuckles]
[Sean] It's the kind of thing
that can lift you up a little bit
and make the team better than
it looks like it is on paper.
[music becomes contemplative]
[music fades out]
- [baby squeals]
- [O'Neill] Yes, you want some fruit?
- [baby fusses]
- Can you say "yes"?
- [baby babbles]
- Okay.
There's apples, and then
this is a type of plum.
I think you might
actually really enjoy it.
[O'Neill] Okay, I'll try some apple.
Is Daddy having fruit with Audrie?
- [Stephanie] Oh.
- Can you chew, chew, chew?
[Stephanie] This
is her favorite.
- [chuckles]
- [Audrie] Ah!
Ah!
- Daddy's gonna go to work soon.
- [Audrie fusses]
I know, but we're
gonna see him later.
What would you like to do?
- You don't know? [chuckles]
- [O'Neill] "I don't know. I don't know."
[Stephanie] We just try to make the
road as… as home-like as possible.
We try to still have
the everyday comforts
so that it's an easier
transition for Audrie,
and for Tyler, 'cause he does spend
so much time away from home, so…
[O'Neill] I like our routine.
You know, we… we do what we need to,
um, to make it comfortable, you know.
- [Stephanie] Exactly.
- Double rooms and food.
You know, make sure
we're eating nutritious,
and we keep it as similar as
we can to the home routine.
We're on the road for 80
days, you know, 80 games. Um…
You know, I'll be gone for a couple
weeks, and then you guys come see me.
And I feel like
it's been working.
It's a good balance for us,
so I feel like we found a
good routine in that aspect.
[Stephanie] Something
I've always said to Tyler
is that for as long as he's doing what
he absolutely loves, it's worth it.
And we would do
it 100 times over.
So we're… we're privileged
to be in this situation,
and it's a privilege for him to do
something that he loves every single day.
So that part of it makes
it easier for sure.
[O'Neill] Wouldn't
change it for the world.
[Duran] Cheers, boys.
- Great season.
- [O'Neill] Cheers.
- [Duran] Healthy season.
- [O'Neill] Let's get it, man.
[Andrew] When do we introduce
the gyro? And if we do that now,
will that help him create the feel
of the sweeper that we wanna get?
[Story] You're not, like, a
real, real golfer, are you?
[chuckles] What do you mean, yo?
I'm not bad. Am I bad?
[Casas] I'm just saying,
like, I don't move.
Like, it's just like that,
then I wake up like that.
I'm not one of these guys.
- I'm on my left side.
- [Casas] Have you ever sleptwalked?
When I was younger, yes.
One time, I got up in the
middle of the night, right?
Walked down my stairs.
I go into my laundry room and
turn on the light, supposedly,
and I just started peeing
on the pile of clothes.
- [woman] You were peeing?
- Yes.
My mom comes into the garage,
turns on the light, and she's like…
[chuckles] "Yo, what are you doing?"
And then I woke up.
The only time I ever had that
problem that I can remember.
I honestly think this is
shit I do not need to know.
You were probably having
one hell of a dream.
[Casas] I thought
I was in a dream.
- That's why you peed.
- That's why you peed.
Yeah.
[in Spanish] Raquel, we're going
to need a bigger table for us.
We're missing two of
the other Latinos.
- [in English] He needs a what?
- A chair for Raffy and Joely.
[Raquel] You're paying. You
can get whatever you want.
[players laugh]
[in Spanish] Like I said,
this is going to be
around 25 to 30 thousand.
[Bello] I thought I was
paying for dinner, not drinks.
[in English] No, all included,
all included. Everything.
- Hey, Raquel.
- [Raquel] What?
- It's everything or only the…?
- Everything, bro.
- [Raquel] Everything.
- No chance of everything.
- [Raquel] Yes, everything.
- [all laugh]
[Raquel] You said everything.
- You got it. You got it.
- [Bello] When I say that?
In the Dominican.
[Bello] In Dominican, I was… I was…
[in Spanish] How do you say "borracho"?
- [Guerrero in English] Drunk.
- I was drunk.
Yeah, 'cause I never say that.
I never say that. [chuckles]
[Raquel in Spanish] You
have a lot of money now.
You guys order all the
good wine that you want.
- [player 1] Bello's buying?
- [Raquel] No, he's not really.
He thinks he's
buying. We're buying.
Okay, so… where's the
lettuce? This is just peas.
[Crawford] Yeah, no,
there is no lettuce.
So why is this a salad? If
there's no lettuce, isn't…
They think can just throw anything
green, and it's a salad? They're wrong.
I mean, half the salad's
cheese, is it even a salad?
- You want better wine?
- Caymus. Yeah.
He wants better wine.
He wants Caymus.
- You want Caymus, right?
- Yeah, and he can pay.
[in Spanish] One cup. Just a
half of a little cup of Caymus.
Raquel, I haven't even
cashed my first check yet.
[in English] You're gonna
be fine. Do you have Caymus?
- [waitress] Caymus? Yeah.
- [Raquel] Yeah.
So can we get two bottles at
least for this table here?
[Bello in Spanish]
My credit card!
[players laugh]
Brayan… they want Caymus too.
- [all chuckling]
- [Bello chuckles]
You like spending
his money, bro.
- Por favor.
- [Raquel] Por favor.
- Do you drink wine?
- [all chuckling]
- [Raquel] Two bottles for this table.
- [players] Hey!
[Raquel] We need
one for that table.
- [Cora] What you got going?
- We're gonna give him a fake bill.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- How much should we make it?
- How much?
- Yeah.
[Cora] 26,750.49.
- 26,750.49?
- Yeah.
[Raquel] All right. Here we go.
Hey, you gotta leave a good tip.
- [Bello in Spanish] What?!
- [all laugh]
- [in English] Leave a good tip.
- [player 2] Help him.
- [Raquel] 30%.
- [Bello in Spanish] Thirty?!
- [Rafaela in Spanish] Percent. Percent.
- [Raquel] Thirty.
[Rafaela] Thirty percent of the…
Thirty percent, Raquel!
How much is 30% of 27?
What's all this stuff?
- [in English] So do 26,000…
- [Devers laughs]
[Raquel] So you leave 6,000.
Give me your credit card now.
- [Devers laughs]
- [Bello in Spanish] 31,000.
[all laughing heartily]
Oh, this is Platinum Amex!
[in Spanish] That
covers anything.
Whoa!
No, no, this one has a limit.
- [Raquel] No, it doesn't have a limit.
- [all laughing]
No, that's outrageous.
[laughter]
[in English] Here's
your credit card back,
but… you have to make a
speech in front of everybody.
- No.
- You know why? Because we paid it for you.
[interpreter, in Spanish] They
paid, so you have to speak…
- [Raquel in English] You didn't pay it.
- [in Spanish] No, I prefer to pay.
[all laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Crawford] I'm kind of getting
new to the oyster scene. You know?
[Casas] Yeah, that one's
gotta be the most elite.
[both] Of the shellfish.
Kind of learned to
start enjoying 'em.
Are oysters shellfish?
It's not a crustacean, is it?
A crustacean would
be like… like a crab.
Marine animals in the shellfish category
include crustaceans and mollusks.
Mollusks, that's what
it is, so half there.
- How do… how do they go to the bathroom?
- [Crawford] Do they go to the bathroom?
Where would the excrement go?
- You know?
- [Crawford] We need an oyster specialist.
- [waiter] Gentlemen.
- [Crawford] Wow.
- [waiter] Got the big white tacos.
- Oh my God. So much.
[Crawford] There they go.
So I'm not sure if you know,
but Tyler O'Neill has hit four
straight Opening Day homers.
[Casas] Consecutively?
- He's gotta do it today then too.
- [Crawford] That's insane.
- I'm not gonna say nothin' to him.
- [Casas] No, no. Whoa, whoa.
Yeah, nah.
Is there anything longer than
a baseball season though?
Do you think it's too long?
It's pretty long.
[Casas] Do you think that
it needs to be shorter?
- As far as…
- [Casas] Games.
[man] Good luck tonight,
guys. Rooting for you.
[Crawford] Appreciate it.
- [Casas] Nah, I'm just talking games.
- Yes.
Less games, but
you need 162 games.
Tell you why.
[rhythmic rock music plays]
[Casas] Over 162 games, you really
are able to tell the best team.
Whoever wins the World
Series, it's not a fluke.
- [Crawford] Yep.
- It takes depth. It takes
- Are we going to get in these?
- [Casas] Yeah, we'll get to it.
The difference between a player
hitting .260, .300, and .330
might not be as
much as you think.
[Cora in Spanish] Hurry.
[in English] Uh-huh.
One more. One more.
[Casas] If you hit .260,
you probably had about one less hit
a week than the person that hit .300.
Good job, boys!
[Casas] It takes that
attention to detail, right?
That focus, every single at-bat,
to be able to scrap out
one extra hit a week.
- Got family coming today?
- Oh yeah, a lot of 'em.
- How many?
- I got, like, 20-plus tickets today.
[rock music continues]
[Casas] It takes efficiency.
Efficiency meaning the
least amount of errors.
When you make an error, it makes
the pitcher throw more pitches.
You gotta get into the bullpen earlier,
which carries over into tomorrow.
[Crawford] Now you don't
have your dogs going.
- Yes.
- Because they need rest.
[Andrew] We had a good
fucking spring training.
You guys are really
good at what you do.
Stick to your strengths at all
costs, and things will work out well.
[Casas] All those little things
add up over that amount of time.
[Crawford] You don't
think 140 does it?
You need 162.
There's just something about the extra
22 that makes it the big leagues.
[Andrew] Let's fucking
go, boys! Here we go!
- [Bello] Let's go!
- Let's go, fellas. Let's go! Let's go!
[rousing rock music plays]
- [Cora] Oh shit!
- [crowd cheers]
- [Cora] We got people dancing.
- [crowd clapping]
- [Casas] It's a jungle, man.
- [Crawford] Mm-hmm.
If you're wounded,
if you're weak,
if you're not all
there capability-wise,
you're gonna die.
Let's cut this up.
That's a good berry.
[commentator 1] The offseason
and spring training's over.
It's time to rock, 162 games.
[commentator 2] Nothing
better than Opening Day.
All the work you put
in in the offseason,
you go down to camp, you're
working on new things,
pitchers shaping pitches, hitters
trying to find their swing.
Well, that's sort of like the practice,
and now here we come with the test.
Have a great year, man.
- Have a great year.
- [Cora] You too.
[commentator 3] Alex Cora said it best,
"The prognosticators have had their say."
"The narrative is the narrative, but
these 26 guys have an opportunity,
beginning tonight, to
prove everybody wrong."
[announcer] Come on, Seattle.
It's time to play ball.
[commentator 4] Bello, the youngest Red
Sox starter since '95 on Opening Day.
- [commentator 1] Impressive.
- [announcer] Shortstop, number three, JP!
[commentator 4] A real test for
Bello, and a very cool opportunity
for the 24-year-old.
What must he be
feeling right now?
[Andrew in Spanish]
Hey, papi. Ready?
[tense music plays]
[in English] First hitter, JP Crawford.
Attack him. Okay, very, very patient.
- [Cora] Come on, Brayan.
- [Andrew] Come on, Bello.
Two seams in are bueno.
[commentator 4] No
drill and a strike.
[Andrew] Changeup
anytime down the way.
[Cora] Attaboy!
[commentator 4] A play to
second, Valdez up and over.
[commentator 2] A big at-bat
for Bello, his first Opening.
A young kid, on the road,
crowd's into it, little nerves.
[tense music continues]
Julio Rodriguez,
very, very aggressive.
All he wants is the
ball in the middle.
[commentator 1] Big pitch
he's been working on
over the past years
is that slider.
- [player 1] Slider at 90?
- [player 2] Whoa. You shitting me?
[commentator 5] One of the best
sliders I've ever seen him throw.
[Andrew] Anything middle. Cambio middle,
slider middle, that's all he can hit.
[dramatic rock music plays]
[commentator 4] Down
the line and right.
That's gonna be a fair ball,
a bounce to the corner.
Rodriguez chugging into second.
[player 3] No, no, no, no!
[commentator 1] He went
with the slider there.
The ball just spun back over
the plate. Middle, middle.
They've got a man in scoring
position. Brings up Jorge Polanco.
[Andrew] Polanco, he's
a good fastball hitter.
Changeup's great anytime.
He wants fastballs, so just
pick and choose your spots.
- [clack]
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator 1] Shot into right
field. O'Neill approaching.
That'll drop down into a base hit.
Rodriguez has to stop at third.
As the throw comes in, back-to-back
hits off Bello here in the first inning.
It was a good swing.
[Casas] What was? Slider?
Changeup? Something suave, eso…
[commentator 6] First
and third with one out.
[commentator 7] Try to get
out of this inning clean.
Take a little breath, get going.
[commentator 1]
Here's the DH, Garver.
[Andrew] Garver, very,
very passive hitter.
Two-seam anytime.
[commentator 1] He
sets, and he throws.
[players chatter indistinctly]
[commentator 1] Trevor Story.
Flips for one, on to first, two!
And the Red Sox get out of it.
- [Cora] Attaboy!
- [Andrew] Yes, sir.
- [Cora] Let's get it, baby.
- [Andrew] Hell yeah.
[Andrew] Nice turn, baby.
Hell yeah. Let's go, boys.
[indistinct chatter]
[players clapping]
[Andrew] Bueno. Way
to work out of that.
[chuckles] Bueno.
Who's coming now?
Who's coming up? Raleigh,
Haniger, Canzone.
- [huffs]
- Okay? Take a breath. Take a breath.
- [Bello] Can you take it off one second?
- [Andrew] He's gotta get changed.
You don't want Netflix to
see your abs? No? [chuckles]
[exhales deeply]
[exhales, in Spanish] We're
gonna warm up. We're gonna go in.
I got that pitch
in there. So nasty.
You know.
You're the best at this shit.
[breathes deeply]
- [Story] Eat that Uncrustable, baby.
- Yeah.
[commentator 1] Sox with a base runner,
0-0 game, third inning. And here's Raffy.
[commentator 6] He did things
today in batting practice
that normal human
beings cannot do.
[Cora] Hey, attaboy!
[Andrew] Throw it just
a little lower, bro.
[Cora] Oh my God.
- [crowd cheers]
- [Andrew] Nice!
[muffled raucous cheering]
[commentator 7] High fly
ball, left-center field.
Back to the wall,
and it is outta here!
- Holy shit, that's gold!
- [team clapping]
- [player 4] Let's go, Raffy!
- [Duran] Killed that!
[commentator 7] Devers goes
yard on a cool Seattle night.
[Andrew] Fuck yeah, boys.
Suave, suave, suave. Boom, boom,
boom, boom, baby. Let's go.
[commentator 6] Two-nothing
Boston in the fourth.
Casas is at first.
[Casas] Those cleats
are fuckin' sick.
[France] Thanks.
[Casas] Cookie Monster joints.
[commentator 6] Tyler
O'Neill, Mr. Opening Day.
[commentator 1] He's homered
in four straight Opening Days.
No one in baseball has done
it five straight Opening Days.
And that man is jacked.
As a newborn, he came
out with a six-pack.
- [Cora] Ooh!
- [Andrew] Yeah, do that one again.
[Casas] It's gonna be tough.
Going first to third here.
[commentator 1] Bobbled, Crawford
shovels. That's all he's gonna get.
Hey! Hey, buddy!
[France] That's two ABs
in a row you went 3-0.
What, you guys scared
of me or something?
We read the report.
[chuckles]
[commentator 1] Down the
right field, down for a hit.
It keeps on skipping
all the way to the wall.
[Andrew] Let's go! Let's go!
[Cora] Attaboy! Stand on double.
[Duran] Give me the bear.
[growls]
[commentator 1] Sox in business
here, second and third with one down.
Come on, Rafa. Come on, baby.
Come on, man. Need these. Come on.
[Cora] It's all
yours, kid. All yours.
[commentator 1] The rookie trying to
do some damage here on Opening Night.
- [players yelling]
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator 1] It hits
the helmet of O'Neill.
[cheering]
- It hit him right on the head.
- [Devers] Score!
- [Casas] Take it.
- [Devers] Score!
[commentator 1] The Red
Sox get on the board again
to make it three to nothing.
[man] Attaboy, TO! Stick
that head out there!
- You ever see that before?
- [man laughs]
[commentator 1] One on here
in the bottom of the fourth.
[tense music plays]
[commentator 4] Here's Mitch Haniger.
Three nothing Red Sox in the fourth.
- [crowd cheers]
- [commentator 1] Deep drive right field.
O'Neill back, turning, see
you later, that's gone.
[raucous cheering]
It's a one-run game.
[player 5] Tip your
cap on that one, huh?
[commentator 4] He's
got the gold trident.
That hurts.
[Andrew] Good location.
It's fine. Move on.
- No, no problem. Let's go.
- [Andrew chuckles]
[man speaks indistinct Spanish]
[Andrew in Spanish] You cold?
- [in English] Not too much. It's okay.
- [coach] How's the body?
Good, yeah.
- [Cora] Vámonos. [speaks indistinctly]
- Wow.
Okay.
[commentator 1] Red Sox ahead
4-2, bottom of the fifth.
[commentator 6] Bello
has thrown 65 pitches.
You might see the
bullpen start to stir.
- [Cora] It's the last inning regardless.
- [Andrew] Okay.
[crowd cheering]
- [Cora] Attaboy!
- [Andrew] All right, baby. Good job.
[commentator 1] Story is there,
across the diamond for out number one.
[coach shouts]
[commentator 1] Pitch count
beginning to climb a little.
[Cora] Here we go.
- [player 6] Up!
- [all murmuring in awe]
- [Cora] Go get it!
- [Andrew] Suave, suave.
[commentator 1] Devers
has room to make the play.
Two down.
[Cora] Do it again. Vamos, niño!
[in Spanish] Again.
[commentator 1] This
is huge for Bello.
Slicing shot to right. O'Neill will
cover the ground and make the play.
[team clapping]
[commentator 1] Let's see
if that's it for niño.
[player 7] Come
on, boy. Go get it.
- [coach] Where's he at?
- [Cora] Niño!
[in Spanish] Hey! What do
you mean, no? You're crazy.
[commentator 1 in English] Bello
tried to get past everybody,
go right down the tunnel
so that no one would shake his
hand and take him out of the game.
[Cora] Don't be hiding,
boys. I'll find you guys.
[commentator 1] And then
he grabbed him. [chuckles]
[Cora] He tried. [chuckles]
[tense, suspenseful music plays]
[commentator 1] O'Neill on deck,
trying to keep his home-run
streak alive here on Opening Day.
[commentator 2] A good time for
Tyler to get into the record books
of Major League Baseball.
[commentator 1] Slugger from
Canada. Avid bodybuilder.
[commentator 3] Incredible. Like
he hasn't had a carb in five years.
Let's put 'em away.
[commentator 1] But for a long time,
his dad Terry was the biggest star
in the O'Neill family.
He's a former Mr. Canada.
[suspenseful music continues]
- [clack echoes]
- [crowd murmurs]
[music building]
[commentator 1] And he drives one
high and deep into right center field.
It's back toward the track.
It is at the wall. Gone!
- [stirring, triumphant music plays]
- [cheering]
Yeah! Fucking go!
[commentator 1] Five
Opening Days in a row.
- Five in a row.
- [player 8] Go get 'em, T!
[player 9] Look at him,
bro. He's fucking hyped.
[commentator 1] Welcome to the
history books, Tyler O'Neill.
[commentator 2] How about that?
- [Cora] Let's go, baby!
- That's what I'm fucking talking about.
- Let's go! Let's go!
- [team cheering]
- [overlapping shouting]
- [O'Neill] Whoo!
[Casas] Fuck yeah! Let's go!
Fuck yeah!
Fuckin' A! Let's fucking go!
[coach] Wow, bro
Thank you, brother. Whoo!
- Damn!
- Whoo!
[O'Neill] That shit fucking got me
hyped right there. Let's go. Let's go.
[commentator 4] Offense,
athleticism, defense, pitching.
This is a good game here
for the Sox on Opening Day.
[commentator 5] This game has
already had so many of the elements
that if you wanna believe in
the optimism of the Red Sox,
they've all been on display.
[Cora] I hope you enjoyed it
because, uh, we did in the dugout.
- Congratulations, man. First of many.
- Thank you.
- Appreciate it.
- [players] Yeah!
And, and, and freaking
Tyler O'Neill.
- [player 10] He's in the cart already.
- [O'Neill] I mean, come on. Let's go.
[player 10] Now get
in the fucking cart!
[clapping, cheering]
["Don't Look Back"
by Boston plays]
[all cheering]
[commentator 1] The Mariners
turn their attention once again
to the Boston Red Sox in town for
this opening series of the season.
- Don't look back ♪
- Ooh, a new day is breakin' ♪
It's been too long
Since I felt this way… ♪
- [O'Neill] Yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- [Cora] Look at Masa. Look at Masa.
Here we go again.
The road is callin',
today is the day… ♪
- [commentator 1] There he goes.
- [Cora] Come on.
[commentator 1] The throw,
the tag, and he's safe.
- [Casas] Whoo! Baby, attaboy.
- I'm much too strong ♪
- Not to compromise… ♪
- [commentator 1] Oh boy. Wow.
Whoa.
That was a rainmaker
from Tyler O'Neill.
- Man.
- I'll turn it around… ♪
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
- Oh, yes, I will… ♪
[Crawford] Yeah!
[Duran] That's
fucking nasty, boys.
- [Cora] Go!
- [crowd cheers]
[Cora] Masa, you're a
great fucking hitter.
[France] You get
your tanning in?
[Casas] I actually did, yeah. Not
much, but it just eases my mind.
Makes me feel like I'm ready.
Come on. Pass shit
to me, motherfucker.
- [crowd cheers]
- [man 1] Got good vibes right now.
[man 2] Seem like
they're having fun.
[Mariners player]
You guys swimming?
[player 11] Raffy's
a big poker guy.
He always wins on the river, so he
calls himself the River Monster.
It's a bright horizon… ♪
[man 3] This is how
you start rolling.
We've had seasons where we thought,
"Oh, this is going to fuckin' stink,"
and they make the playoffs.
[commentator 1] Second RBI
tonight for Trevor Story.
[commentator 2] I'm gonna
say it. Trevor Story's back.
[commentator 1] The Red Sox
sweep this three-game series.
I can tell ♪
There's no more time
left to criticize ♪
I've seen what I could… ♪
[commentator 1] Now, Story
has looked so athletic
these first couple of
games of the season,
moving so well over
there at shortstop.
But I can be strong… ♪
[commentator 2] He was hurt last
year, but obviously he's healthy now.
This is not an easy play.
[sharp clack echoes]
[man 4] If I said, "Hey, first ten
games, what you got the Red Sox at?"
Two and eight, probably. The
Red Sox are seven and three.
- [Cora] Yeah!
- Hey, way to win that one. Nice job.
[commentator 1] They're a better
team than I thought they would be.
Everybody's got them pegged last
in the East, a brutal division.
But if they get started
pitching like this,
and if Trevor Story can get it to
click offensively, they'll be tough.
[music continues]
[commentator 3] Hard shot and diving
play by Story, but he cannot
- [commentator 4] Oh no. Oh no.
- [commentator 3] Oh, he's in pain here.
- [inaudible]
- [crowd clapping]
[commentator 3] He
is writhing in agony
and a hand on his shoulder.
[clapping subsides]
[commentator 4] Ugh.
He's looked so good too.
[tense music plays]
[commentator 5] Boy, does that
take the wind out of your sails.
[somber electric
guitar music plays]
[music fades out]