FORT MYERS - The 2018 season ended with the Boston Red Sox celebrating their World Series title in a cramped clubhouse at Dodger Stadium, and Chris Sale ordering the media out of the room so his teammates could enjoy the moment together.
Sale had put the finishing touches on the World Series by striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth. As enduring as that October run was for Sale and the Red Sox, the seven-time All-Star also said 2018 was the most difficult season of his career.