00:00The Boston Red Sox, they got a win in the final game against the Cubs in that series,
00:04thanks in large part to Garrett Crochet.
00:07But Crochet talked about the difficulty of finding a rhythm after so much time off for the All-Star break.
00:13Talking with Gio and Bale, it's tough to find the rhythm again.
00:17Felt like I was building throughout the outing, which is a huge, it's a good sign.
00:21But yeah, it's always tough to get back in rhythm with just any extended rest at all.
00:25I've always felt like I operate best on a five-day, and I think this time I was on an eight-day.
00:30But, you know, that's just an excuse.
00:33Just, you know, let's have to be able to grind through it.
00:36I mean, do you give them any kind of a pass on this series?
00:39I know you don't, because you called it an epic fail.
00:42But do you give the Red Sox a pass based on coming off the break?
00:47Didn't the team they played come off a break?
00:49Right, yeah.
00:50Did Chicago have a break?
00:52I missed something.
00:53Yeah, I mean, I don't know that you need to give them a pass.
00:56I think in game one, it was just they had one bad inning.
00:59It was the very first inning of the game.
01:00And then game two, they straight up lost.
01:02And then game three, they won.
01:03Like, it was, I don't think it was a bad series.
01:05It's not like you got your ass swept and handed to you left and right.
01:08Yeah.
01:09But you almost did.
01:11You almost did when you look at this series.
01:13And the way that you're playing, I think the expectations shine, and this is why I say it's a failure, is because Cora's track record or the Red Sox track record of the second half of the season is awful.
01:28So if you stop this way, where a lot of people are going to go, well, here we go again.
01:35Here we go again.
01:35It's going to be the same exact result that it's been the last three or four years.
01:38Yeah, but if you come back out and you take two of three from Philly, it's like, all right, everything's back on track.
01:42We're fine.
01:42It's not a big deal.
01:42But that's why it's so important now that you have to take two of three.
01:466.45, first pitch tonight.
01:496.45.
01:49On the Shaw's and Star Market Red Sox Radio Network and on the Odyssey app.
01:55And we'll see what the Red Sox can do with this series.
01:57All right, what's next?
01:58One more cut for you here, Greg.
02:00This was Alex Cora.
02:01He actually went to a pretty fun event while he was on his all-star break.
02:07I think something crazy happened.
02:10Here was Alex Cora talking about what he did.