Grammar police, please arrest David Ross

As mentioned here, Red Sox teammates Ryan Dempster and Jonny Gomes playfully “repaired” the dugout phone David Ortiz demolished in a fit of rage in last night’s loss to the Orioles. The two hooked up aluminum cans on a piece of string, the way they used to do in the olden days.

The @MLB Twitter posted a picture of catcher David Ross attempting to use the contraption, capturing a pithy slogan for the Red Sox who had, until Friday night’s loss, been in first place since the end of May. Unfortunately, the shirt had an unfortunate grammatical error:

Can you hear me now? @RedSox ‘repair’ dugout phone after @davidortiz’s outburst: http://t.co/ZPIgy45tQx pic.twitter.com/omUxyWs2A6

— MLB (@MLB) July 28, 2013

Red Sox southpaw David Price was lifted in the first inning of Saturday’s game against the Astros. While there was some initial concern that he might have trigged the elbow tendinitis that has been affecting him lately, manager Alex Cora was quick to clarify the situation as the result of “flu-like symptoms.”

…there with no energy and he gets hurt and the way he was throwing the ball. We were proactive. We took him out of the game, he'll get some treatment and we'll see what happens

— Jen McCaffrey (@jcmccaffrey) May 26, 2019

Price pitched just 2/3 of an inning, inducing a first-pitch fly out from Aledmys Díaz, striking out Alex Bregman, and allowing a single to Michael Brantley before making his departure from the mound. He was replaced by rookie right-hander Colten Brewer.

Barring further complications, Price will likely stay on track to make his next scheduled start during the Red Sox’ upcoming road trip. Entering Saturday’s match-up, the 33-year-old lefty carried a 2-2 record in seven starts with a 3.29 ERA, 2.2 BB/9, and 10.1 SO/9 across 41 innings in 2019.

Following Price’s removal, the Red Sox are still tied 0-0 with the Astros in the fifth.