The Blue Jays sweeping the Red Sox at the beginning of August was when they hit the iceberg. The Astros sweeping the Red Sox at the end of August is when the ship slipped under the waves.
I would say there’s some who just jump on the “Baseball and this team sucks”bandwagon because they don’t know the game and certainly don’t want to spend the time to watch it. So, when it comes time to talk Sox and you don’t know what you’re talkin about u just scream “Sox suck”