Welcome to a late-October in Boston, Massachusetts—it’s 30 degrees out, the city is hyped up after an exciting Patriots win on Sunday, and the Bruins and Celtics have officially gotten their respective seasons underway. However, unlike every late-October since 2013, the Boston Red Sox are a part of the mix.
Oct. 22 marks Media Day for both teams participating in World Series—which is set to take off Tuesday night at 8:09 pm eastern time. Everyone from Chris Sale, to Brock Holt, to Xander Bogaerts got in on the media festivities. Yet nobody provided much parity to the fact they’re one step closer to the common goal of bringing the ninth World Series title to the City of Boston—a city grown accustomed to championships since the turn of the millennium.
Even so, it doesn’t take away from the fact that these guys have a real grasp on the real-life element of the world around them, particularly involving the team’s biggest charitable organization—the Jimmy Fund.
As you know, rookie manager, Alex Cora came up with the idea of the “Win Wall” at the start of the season. On said wall, there would be a picture put into a frame to show an iconic moment from each win—something to make fans, and the team, cherish that win just a little bit more. But after the 2018 season comes to an end in the next couple of weeks, what will the Red Sox do with that iconic wall?
Cora said that they will be auctioning off the photos from the wall after this season, and the earnings from it will be going to the Jimmy Fund.
“We’re going to make a lot of money,” Cora said.
It just goes to show you how, whether you’re a Red Sox fan or not, if you humanize these people and don’t just see the jersey they’re wearing, you can really come to terms with the character of each individual. After all, they are still husbands, brothers, fathers, sons, etc. They understand how precious life is.
