The Boston Red Sox meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series starting Tuesday at Fenway Park, and the Dodgers are the sentimentalist’s easy choice. It’s been 30 years since the Dodgers last won the title—yes, three decades have passed since Kirk Gibson lifted that hobble-off home run off Dennis Eckersley. One of the game’s signature franchises is overdue for glory. But allow me a moment to make a case for the Red Sox, who themselves haven’t won a World Series since…OK, they won it just five years ago, in 2013.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2018 22:52 UTC