The Joy of Ascendance

First, the record-setting Bruins go down in first-round flames. And then a night later in the same building, not to be outdone, the heavily-favored Sybil Celtics blow Game 1 to the Joel Embiid-less Sixers. TD Garden has now become a House of Horrors for the home teams; a place where raucous anticipation takes a back seat to nervous foreboding. Hopefully, for all our sakes, the Garden Mojo can course correct soon. But while the B’s and C’s have their fans tied in emotional knots, across town there’s a fun little story brewing that represents the opposite end of team-building evolution. The plucky underdog Boston Red Sox, led by a bunch of hungry kids eager to prove themselves, find themselves two games over .500 at 16–14 — one game better than the New York Yankees as we get into the second month of the season. Last night, in case you missed it, the Sox staged a gritty, come-from-behind 6–5 walk-off win over division rival Toronto. <a href="https://medium.com/@dante.carnevale/the-joy-of-ascendance-3c0b8b240230">Learn More</a>