COMMENTARY
How do we know this has been a true marvel of a regular season for the Red Sox? We could cite, oh, at least 106 different ways.
Here’s one:
As a team, you pull off a feat that hasn’t been achieved since two years before a kid pitcher named Babe Ruth made his debut.
Monday night, Nathan Eovaldi pitched five excellent innings, Most Valuable Player-to-be Mookie Betts mashed his 32nd homer and stole his 29th base, and collected 106th victory of the season, a franchise record.
The previous record had been held by the 1912 edition of the Red Sox, who had a pitcher with 34 wins (Smoky Joe Wood), a home-run leader who hit all of 10 (Tris Speaker, who a batted .