WHIRLWIND: Boston Red Sox Dramatically SHIFT From Sellers to Contenders, TRADE Rumors to Playoff SURGE

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In the middle of June, the Red Sox were sub 500 by a lot and looking to trade everything that wasn't nailed down. Now they're going to the postseason and they have a legitimate shot to advance.

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Hello, baseball fans. Welcome to a Locked On MLB, Locked On Red Sox crossover. This is the podcast where we talk about all of Major League Baseball, or just the Boston Red Sox, all season long. I'm your host, Paul Francis Sullivan. Please call me Sully. I'm your co-host today.

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And follow us at LockedOnMLBpods on Twitter or whatever they call it these days. And I'm at Celebrity Baseball Podcast on Instagram. Well, I said this is a crossover and the Red Sox are too big a topic to just have one host on. So we're crossing over with a fan favorite. the host of Locked on Red Sox, who's not on as often as you'd think for a native New Englander to have. It's Gabby Meljanian. Good to see you, buddy.

Yeah, you too. This is always great when we do this. And obviously you talk about the Red Sox being a big topic. It seems like all season they've been a big topic because this has just been a crazy whirlwind of a season. So definitely excited to chat about some of that with you.

Yeah. I mean, like I was, I hated this team. The first third of the season, I hated this team. And I was like, you know, you're fired Cora. You're a bunch of dead for the neck up losers.

Yeah.

By the way, dead for the neck up. That's from the, the natural. And I'm like, and I'm saying, okay, they can get something for Sonny Gray. They can get something for oldest Chapman. They can get something for Contreras. They can get that. I want them to trade everything, but the statue of Ted Williams, putting the cap on the little boy that, and even then I'm willing, I'm willing to listen. You know, unhook the statute, shift that off to freaking Cleveland. But then the sweep of the Yankees and then they are the best team in baseball since then, or at least or or I think