Brian chats with The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier about the Red Sox’s winning road trip, this team’s impressive resilience, the return of Triston Casas, Ceddanne Rafaela’s strong rookie season, and more (0:45). Then, Brian and Jamie answer a listener call, before Brian shares an optimistic view of the Pats’ future—among other football thoughts. Later, they discuss some NFL futures bets (31:20).

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Host: Brian Barrett

Guest: Alex Speier

Producer: Jamie McClellan

Additional Production Supervision: Steve Ceruti

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