Before the Red Sox get on with the inevitable business of clinching a third straight American League East title in the next day or so, a victory lap around the bases for me:
It was over when I told you it was over.
I trust you recall that back on Aug. 6, after the Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the Yankees to build a 9½-game lead in the American League East, my column carried this headline: Red Sox effectively, if not officially, clinched the division with a sweep.
And if you don’t recall, go ahead and count this as the reminder, and a necessary one.