Sonny Gray Found His Balls!

Or did he? You can find lots of opinions about it on social media. That’s one thing that is never in short supply on social media…..lots and lots of opinions. Sonny Gray had lots to say. Some people took it more offensively than others and then there’s me, who laughed hysterically and is still chuckling as I write this.

In case you missed it, the St. Louis Cardinals traded Sonny to the Boston Red Sox. He was introduced to the Boston media yesterday and he already fits right in. He sounds like he was born and raised there. Translation….he hates the Yankees. SHOCKER oh and….I couldn’t care less!

He’s excited to be directly involved with the biggest rivalry of sports. “It feels good to me to go to a place where it’s easy to hate the Yankees,” Sonny said HERE. Some fans are enraged because once upon a time he said this:

That was almost 10 years ago. What was he supposed to say when he was asked about it….that he was mad as hell? Let’s not forget that Sonny disagrees with the approach coaches took with him. They wanted him to throw fewer fastballs in favor of pitches that had more spin. That is the Yankees analytics game after all. He didn’t agree with the Yankees approach and in the end he couldn’t handle the bright lights in New York.

So let the guy talk and say he hates us. It’s cool….it doesn’t change the fact that he couldn’t hack it in New York and he better hope he’s learned a thing or two (or 5000) from his Yankee tenure because he is gonna need it in Boston. The pressure is on and now that he is adapting to the rivalry he better talk the talk and walk the walk meaning his salty ass better pitch well….or Boston will eat him alive and I will laugh even harder.

He’s just trying to revive the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry to a new level. I guess he’s just pathetically following in Cam Schlitter‘s path. Cam did it better though so he should take notes. None of us have forgotten that the kid that grew up in Massachusetts and was a die hard Boston fan with his family. Now he is a big part of our team and loving it. Oh and his family converted naturally. I guess that’s what happens when the Yankees draft you and your hometown team doesn’t. Their allegiance switched, just like Sonny’s.

So I don’t care about Sonny and his big mouth hating on the Yankees. Isn’t that normal? Everyone hates us. I’m not gonna get bent out of shape over it. I also am not gonna give Sonny credit for talking tough. I’m just gonna laugh and enjoy it. Save the tough guy routine for the mound, buddy. Oh and, be ready for the Boo birds when you return to the Bronx. It’s how we say WELCOME HOME!

–Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj