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Last place on Labor Day? Five reasons to keep watching the Red Sox

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  • Gordon Edes, ESPN Staff Writer Close
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BOSTON -- If it’s Labor Day and your hometown nine is hopelessly out of contention, that’s generally a sign that the seasons are turning and winter will arrive earlier than usual.

But while it is exactly three months since the Red Sox occupied anything other than last place in the American League East, here are five reasons why the Sox are still worthy of your attention in September:

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