Red Sox pitcher’s wife provided rare highlight during boring 2020 season
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox finished last in the AL East standings with a 24-36 record in 2020, a brutal season that was shortened due to COVID.
Fenway Park was empty every night without fans being allowed in. Night games didn’t start until 7:30 p.m. And manager Ron Roenicke used 16 different starting pitchers over the 60 games, nine of whom haven’t made a start in the majors since then. Zack Godley, who was third on the team in starts (7) has made just one start and pitched in two big league games since then.
There were few highlights. Tanner Houck’s MLB debut was one. A busy trade deadline that included then-chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom acquiring Nick Pivetta was another.
Then there was Robert Stock’s wife roasting him on X (formerly Twitter).
“She’s very funny,” Stock said at JetBlue Park.
Stock, who is back with the Red Sox this year after signing a minor league deal in the offseason, was struggling during a relief appearance Sept. 1, 2020. He gave up two runs on three hits and one walk while recording just two outs out of the bullpen in a 10-3 loss to the Braves. He took the loss.
An X user @aaronkessler tweeted, “I implore you all to put on the Red Sox game, they have this dude Robert Stock pitching, and he looks like he’s twice-divorced and completely given up on life. I can’t stop watching him. It’s transfixing.”
