BELIEVE: Boston Red Sox Fans Rally as Chad Tracy LEADS Boston’s Playoff Push

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For a limited time, download the Kelshi app and use code LOCKEDON to get $10 when you trade $10. What a whirlwind of a season this has been for the Red Sox. I mean, the highs and the lows. I don't really know that any other fan base in baseball can really say they've been through what Red Sox fans have been through this year with so many mixed emotions up and down. And now we're getting into crunch time. Playoff time is right around the corner, and I'm really excited to have a special guest with me on today's show, who's a very talented baseball personality. You know her from MLB Network, Nesson, all kinds of different baseball platforms, talking Red Sox and other baseball teams. Alana Rizzo, how are you doing? I'm good. It's good to be with you, Gabby. yeah i appreciate you uh taking the time to do this and i think you know when you're super passionate about baseball and passionate about your favorite team it definitely comes out a little bit and for me personally you know i love the red sox i grew up a red sox fan and now talking about the red sox every day there's this sense of you know as a fan i'm super excited about what's going on right now but also how do i talk about things in a way that is fair and not just bringing my fandom out. So that's why I'm definitely excited to have you on to chat about some things here and what's been a very eventful season for the Boston Red Sox.

It really has. I tell you what, I mean, the tale of two completely different seasons going into the all-star break on that unbelievable run. And they came out incredibly strong. And the fact that they're still holding, you know, a very solid position, hold on that second wild card spot in the American league is good. Now we just have to push through this month of September. It is crunch time. Every game obviously is massive. Winning every season is critical. Every series rather is critical. And then we'll see where they end up.

Yeah, I know. It's definitely been exciting. And obviously, you know, started off the season pretty rough, basically did a cleaning house of a lot of the coaching staff and then kind of started fresh there. And what Chad Tracy's done for this team. I mean, I really like him a lot from my experience with covering him in Worcester when he