COMMENTARY
In 2004, it was a miracle.
In 2007, it was a walkover.
In 2013, it was a joyful surprise.
But, in 2018, it was a matter of being a great baseball team, the best in all of the major-leagues, and one of the best of all time. (In recent years, only the 1998 Yankees seem to come close.) This is an entirely different order of world champion. The Boston Red Sox’s fourth World Series win of the 21st century was different from the previous three. Rafael Devers made it different. Mookie Betts made it different, and so did Andrew Benintendi.