{
  "id": 11224429,
  "title": "ESPN's Tim Kurkjian Perfectly Summarizes Red Sox's Roller-Coaster 2026 Season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/espns-tim-kurkjian-perfectly-summarizes-red-soxs-roller-coaster-2026",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:42:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/espns-tim-kurkjian-perfectly-summarizes-154230417.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The 2026 season for the Boston Red Sox was a roller-coaster ride filled with highs and lows. The team began the regular season with eight losses in their first ten games, falling to a 14 games under .500 record in June. However, a weather delay in Denver allowed the team to regroup, leading to a remarkable 15-game winning streak in July. This surge propelled the Red Sox to a 14 games over .500 record in just two months.\n\nDespite this impressive turnaround, the Red Sox were eliminated by the Yankees in the AL Wild Card game. ESPN's Tim Kurkjian commented on the team's incredible in-season transformation, noting that they went from 14 games under to 14 games over their winning percentage in just 62 days. Only one other team, the 1914 Miracle Braves, managed to achieve a similar feat in fewer days. Kurkjian pointed out that the Yankees were the better team overall, with the Yankees' bullpen being the key difference-maker in the series.",
  "summary": "\"It was one of the great in-season turnarounds in baseball history,\" Kurkjian told Scott Van Pelt.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}