One of the most unforgettable parts of the Boston Red Sox’s 2025 season happened not on a ballfield, but on a plane.

The Red Sox endured a famously rough plane ride from Boston to Minneapolis just before the MLB Trade Deadline. The flight was incredibly turbulent, necessitating an unscheduled pit stop in Detroit and giving several players motion sickness.

The unexpected hiccup (and an ill-time rain delay ) briefly derailed Boston’s momentum, preceding a 5-4 walk-off loss in the series opener against the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox quickly recovered, however, winning the next two games at Target Field to take the series and kick off a seven-game winning streak.

While that late-July plane ride to Minnesota was an unpleasant experience for many Boston players, at least one of them w

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