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Wait Till Last Year? A Strong Red Sox Team Toils in 2018’s Shadow

Elise Amendola/Associated Press

BOSTON — The reminders hang over every member of the Boston Red Sox. At the top of each locker in the home clubhouse at Fenway Park is a nameplate with a logo commemorating the 2018 World Series title. It was the achievement of a lifetime for these Red Sox, and they still cannot quite fathom how it happened with such ease.

“We didn’t lose three games in a row last year,” starter David Price said on Friday. “That’s crazy. That’s nuts. We did everything really well at all times, essentially. I don’t know what we didn’t do really well.