Congratulations to the World Champion Red Sox

It doesn't seem that long ago when this all began.

It's hard to imagine a better storyline than Jon Lester winning the deciding game. My personal pick for series MVP was Papelbon, but you can't grouse about the honor going to a guy like Mike Lowell.

And yes, we always knew that they could do it. As I wrote on March 30,

Like N4N, three of four Boston Globe sportswriters are picking the Sox to win the AL East (and the whole enchilada, as well). Only Dan Shaughnessy thinks otherwise, ticketing the Blue Jays (???) to upset the NY-Boston hegemony.