Must be important because it made the front page:
"Who would have predicted that this year’s bearded wonders would go from worst to first? That a club that came out of spring training as 30-1 long shots to win the World Series would run away with the American League East and have the mayor dreaming about one final duck boat parade before he leaves office?
Not me: Slow Saturday Special: Red Sox Slide Pitch Past BRA
What it took was the inspired blend of a handful of veterans who’d tasted autumn champagne, a few newcomers who’d been on winning clubs elsewhere, several productive call-ups from Pawtucket, and a new straight-shooting skipper who already knew his way around the home clubhouse....
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