The Barstool Sports founder and diehard Boston sports fan ripped the team after their latest gaffe on Tuesday.
“Holy shit this team sucks!” Portnoy wrote on X. “A little league team could have turned that double play. My god this team sucks. SELL THE TEAM! SELL THE TEAM! SELL THE TEAM!!! #dirtywater”
Holy shit this team sucks! A little league team could have turned that double play. My god this team sucks. SELL THE TEAM! SELL THE TEAM! SELL THE TEAM!!! #dirtywater
Portnoy appears to be referring to an ugly play involving shortstop Trevor Story and second baseman Marcelo Mayer.
With one out and a runner at first in the top of the fourth against the Brewers at Fenway Park, Milwaukee’s Joey Ortiz hit a chopper up the middle that appeared to be an easy double-play ball.
Instead, the Red Sox ended up not getting a single out on the play, after a botched exchange between Story and Mayer at the bag and a lousy, late throw to first by the latter.
The play encapsulates what has been a miserable start to the season in Beantown.
Heading into Tuesday’s game against the Brewers, the Red Sox had the worst record in baseball at 2-8.
Portnoy, who vowed to bet on the Red Sox in every game this season, was already fed up with the franchise last week, mere days into the season, ripping ownership and the front office alike in a rant on “Wake Up Barstool” on Thursday.
“Watching every pitch is miserable. It’s ruining my life,” Portnoy said. “And a major part of it is John Henry, the ownership of the Red Sox.
Dave Portnoy, wearing an Indiana Fever hat, poses for a photo while attending a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun on July 15, 2025, at TD Garden in Boston. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “Somewhere along the way, the Red Sox and this ownership group stopped trying to win. Content with being average to decent,” he continued. “This team is just to make money, not to win championships.”
The American League East-leading Yankees will visit Fenway Park to take on their rival two weeks from Tuesday.
