LOS ANGELES • The place to learn the true measure of the Boston Red Sox and their place in history was not in the mosh pit and champagne spray of their clubhouse late Sunday night but on the quiet, contemplative side of Dodger Stadium, where bags were packed to go home, not to a parade.
That is where the Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series losers at home for the second consecutive year, stood and many heard the same question volleyed their way: Did the better team win the series?