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Sandy Hart, Nick Fitzy, Stevens.

And this is going to be our first.

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We might as well just call him Mr. McFarlane.

Well done.

It's a verb.

It's a name.

It's really everything.

You're in the wrong place.

So speaking of that game, 3-0 win for the Red Sox.

Garrett Crochet was awesome.

The bullpen was awesome.

The young guns were awesome.

What was your favorite part?

Rob, if I were cynical, I would look at this box score and say the new guys didn't get hits because Contreras, Durbin, IKF went 0-4.

And I want to spin that into a question about Marcelo Meyer.

Two runs scored, two hits.

A couple hip thrusts at second base.

When do we start talking about should he just play every day?

I know Cora has said they're going to protect him, quote unquote, but those of us that hope he's a superstar, don't you want to just start the process at some point of him, sure, having bad swings, bad at-bats, but putting money in the bank for down the road?