The weekly article series where we examine two players who deserve to strut their stuff for the Boston Red Sox. This week – Xander Bogaerts, Brian Johnson.
If you want to fully understand what the Red Sox Strut is, it means to have reason to walk with a confident, proud air around you. Some people mistake it for vanity, arrogance, or being pompous. This incorrect assumption is not what we mean. The Strut is about knowing that your deeds showed off your amazing skills to the baseball-loving public.
The Boston Red Sox are coming off an impressive homestand in which they swept the Texas Rangers and took the first two games against the Seattle Mariners.
Sunday’s loss snapped a season-long six-game win streak, a stretch that vaulted them over the spiraling Baltimore Orioles for second place in the division. Boston enters the day three games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East.
With the Red Sox playing as well as they have all season there are plenty of candidates to Strut this week, yet only one hitter and one pitcher can walk away with the honor.