Yeah, tincture was the new one on me as well. That was good! He was having some fun and it showed. Cowley, Rogers, et al should give that a good look.

Plus he makes the good point: The task is daunting, sure, but the still-hopeful (will) cling to hitters returning to form, with regression to statistical mean in various individual and team categories all but certain, if perhaps not enough. Improvement is bound to come, of course, but it may not get the Sox back to being good. Last year’s flash-fire snap-back was an anomaly, and can’t be expected to repeat itself.