Whats red and white and keeps letting the baseball dribble between his legs? Hall of Famer Jim Rice ripped into the Boston Red Sox (7-8) Friday night after watching his former team commit five errors leveling a league-leading total up to a whopping 19 en route to an 11-1 drubbing at the hands of the 3-10 White Sox. Youve got to make the routine plays, those are the key things, , who played 16 seasons with the Red Sox from 1974-89. Its not difficult Triston Casas (36) of the Boston Red Sox fumbles a ground ball at first base during the third inning of the game Abner Uribe Jersey against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on April 11, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images Tom Caron and Jim Rice called out the Red Sox defense after Boston committed 5 errors in the 11-1 lo s. Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) The two-time Silver Slugger and eight-time All Star continued, It seems [to me] like I dont want the ball to be hit to me. Im going to go out and take ground balls tomorrow, maybe I get a little better [then], but I dont want the ball to be hit to me right now. Explore More On the NESN postgame show after Friday nights lo s to the Chicago White Sox, Tom Caron and Jim Rice discu s the five errors Boston committed the teams most since August 21, 2021. X / @AwfulAnnouncing As Tom Caron, Rices co-host on the NESN postgame show observed, It is far too early to panic, but its not too early to worry about the trend. And worrying the trend is because this story is a familiar one. Boston Red Sox catcher Blake Sabol (18) loses his mask trying to make a throw during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Chicago. AP To open the 2024 campaign, the Sox committed an appalling 20 errors in 20 games. By seasons end, the total had climbed to 115 the second-highest mark in the league, behind only the Miami Marlins (117). One would think that playing second-fiddle to the Marlins should have been a strong enough motivator to revisit the fundamentals during yet another long offseason 2024 was the Sox third consecutive year mi sing the playoffs. Chicago White Sox third base Lenyn Sosa (50) slides safely into home plate as Boston Red Sox catcher Blake Sabol (18) mi ses the tag during the eighth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field. Matt Marton-Imagn Images And yet, so far through 2025, the only catches at Fenway worth writing about are coming courtesy of this fan and . Nineteen kerfuffles through 15 games are the most Boston has committed since 1996 the league average was 7.7 as of Friday but at least the wealth is being spread. Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela (3) cant make the catch during the eighth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on April 10. AP Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez holds the distinct honor of most errors this season, five, but the Sox boast eight players in the top-50. Friday nights debacle featured two catchers interference errors and three fielding errors. Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (13) talks with the media before the teams game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Matt Marton-Imagn Images Newly acquired $120 million second-baseman Alex Bregman had said he saw in this team, but his club-leading three errors certainly isnt it. What Im afraid of, Rice said Friday night after the Sox dropped the series opener against the team ranked last in the majors in runs, hits, and OPS and with the worst batting average in the American League, is that it gets in your head, so maybe they could be making some more errors down the line. Nick Mears Jersey