Spare Gary Cohen your sympathy.
The Red Sox became a major news story over the weekend as the team’s travel issues saw them stuck for nearly 24 hours in Chicago.
Ahead of a series against the Mets, they were meant to fly to New York on Thursday night but ultimately didn’t arrive at Citi Field until after 5 p.m. the following day — causing that night’s game to be pushed back 36 minutes.
Cohen, though, felt that the talk of the travel issues was overblown as he called the Mets-Red Sox clash on Saturday.
“I have to say, if I hear one more person talk about Red Sox difficult travel, I might just have to expire,” he said on SNY. “I mean, come on! Has anybody ever seen minor league travel?”
“The overkill on this story is just unbelievable. Come on, folks. Let’s get a grip. We’re traveling on charter flights. They slept in a nice hotel in Chicago the night before.”
Following a series finale against the White Sox on Thursday, the Red Sox arrived at the airport at around 6 p.m. local time.
However, as Payton Tolle explained, they then sat on the plane for six hours before going back to the airport and going to bed “around 2 [a.m.].”
The next day, Boston was delayed by a cockpit light bulb issue, forcing the team to spend another few hours on the plane before finally leaving in the afternoon.
Ultimately, Boston’s travel woes did not prove to be much of an issue, as they won 6-2 on Friday before sweeping the series.
The Red Sox are now 15-5 in their last 20 games and just a ½ game back in the AL wild-card race.
