Just as you know after four piano chords that Adele's about to sing “Hello,” or that you can tell as soon as the lights go dark that you are watching a Quentin Tarantino film, there is no doubt that we are witnessing the complete makeover and takeover of the Red Sox by Dave Dombrowski.
One year ago, a deal like Tuesday's historic one with David Price would have been unimaginable with Ben Cherington running the show.
Two last-place finishes in a row, however, have a funny way of changing the mindsets of an organization, however.
That and Dombrowski lifting the ballclub up from its ankles and shaking it up and down.