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“I brought two and two together. I was like wow, that’s a sick celly. I like it.”
Trevor Story celebrates his ninth inning RBI Double with an aircraft wing celebration. AP Photo/Matt Krohn
Red Sox Rally around Turbulence during the flight: After Sunday’s victory over the Dodgers, the Red Sox boarded a flight for Minnesota prior to the three-game series against the twins. It turned out to be an unbearable experience and required an unforeseen stop in Detroit (and a heavy dose of turbulence everywhere).
“Rough Flight last night”, manager Alex Cora Masslive’s Chris Cotillo told Monday. ‘Very rough. For them. I don’t know, I slept through it. Many people were beaten up after that flight. We had to go through Detroit and then come here. When we arrived in Detroit, I fell asleep and suddenly we were here. But it was pretty tough there. “
Although Cora – perhaps appropriate, as a manager – could successfully coordinate the turbulence, others were struggling.
“At least on a roller coaster, you know when the drop comes or do you know when you roll to the right or roll to the left,” noted Boston Starter Lucas Giolito, per Tim Healey from The Boston Globe. “You can see it. But sitting in a plane, it was like, oh boy. At one point I flew out of my chair a bit. Ok, it’s time to turn on the safety belt.”
Giolito’s account was shared by various of his teammates.
“The boys struggled,” said Trevor Story, who added to Healey that the turbulence in the second flight went for “an hour of consecutive, no break.”
“It was terrible,” explained the story. “Probably the worst flight I have been to, in terms of turbulence. I am not getting sick, but it took everything in me not to let it go.”
The remaining effect of the flight turned out to be a challenge on Monday, when the Red SOX lost the series opener to the twins (aggravated by a separate but no less unusual circumstance of a rain -drift of 90 minutes prior to the last inning). Boston went through the game without pitcher Garrett Whitlock, who was still Woozy from the flight (Per cotillo).
By Tuesday, the team was completely restored and the unexpected adversity began to embrace a new celebration: aircraft wings. Exactly which Red SOX player started, it’s a matter of debate, but Story said he was noticeable for the first time after Ceddanne Rafaela with a triplicate in the third place. The 24-year-old fourth by fluctuating his vast arms up and down and imitating the turbulence of the plane.
“I saw him doing it and looked like, what’s that?” said story. “Then I brought two and two together. I was like wow, that’s a sick celly. I like it.”
Boston rose the series on Tuesday, evening with an 8-5 victory over Minnesota.
“We embrace it,” concluded the story. “We have games to play and we are going to come with our best.”
With the victory, the Red Sox (58-51) held one of the American League Wild Card Spots.
Trivia: Trevor Story was selected 45th in the MLB design of 2011 by the Rockies. What remarkable outfielder did the Red Sox set five places for the story that year?
(Answer below).
Hint: He then won a Gold Glove in 2018 and was also Alcs MVP for Boston that season.
Scores and schedules:
The Red Sox defeated the twins 8-5 on Tuesday, with Trevor Story who hit his 16th home run of the season (a total of three RBIs).
The two teams conclude the three-game series this afternoon in Minnesota at 1:10 pm
More from Boston.com:
Slow-Motion Strikeout: Blue Jays Catcher Ali Sanchez registered a strikeout on a 35 MPH field during an outburst loss against the Orioles on Tuesday.
On this day: In 2013, the Red SOX traded prior to the MLB -Handelsdeadline for starting pitcher Jake PeaVy.
Daily highlight: Ceddanne Rafaela again made an extremely difficult play -look routine during the Red SOX victory on Tuesday.
Trivia Answer: Jackie Bradley Jr.
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