The Boston Red Sox didn’t complete the turnaround from national joke to World Champions by simply spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new players and an enhanced farm system. (That helped though. A lot. Like, 90%.)

(We assume Clay has sent this man in his stead to protest the working conditions of the South Boston construction worker, a la Charlton Heston)

They also became winners by practicing relentlessly. Even Manny spends every waking hour practicing being Manny. By way of example, OUT IN CENTER FIELD has tracked down proof that the Red Sox staff even practice giving out World Series rings. One might think the Red Sox have a little practice at handing those out, but they take no chances.
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