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Who gets the book deals? Edes? Shaughnessy? Hohler? Gammons? Horrigan? Ryan? All of them?

Shaughnessy has waited his career to write this

Bob Ryan rants happily.

Eleven days ago, baseball life as we know it changed. Why? Who knows? It just did. Emerging from a 3-0 abyss in the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox rolled off eight straight wins. Three outs -- make that three Mariano Rivera outs -- away from a humiliating sweep by the Evil Empire, the Boston Red Sox have put together the most devastating run in the history of postseason baseball, winning the last four games against the Yankees, then dispatching the St. Louis Cardinals in an official World Series sweep, the capper being last night's 3-0 triumph before 52,037 heartbroken fans at Busch Stadium.

Gerry Callahan is pleasant in spite of himself



McAdam travels a similar path to Shaughnessy



Tony Maz

Most people won't even mind Jeff Jacobs' long-windedness today.



Bill Reynolds

Jon Couture

Gordon Edes on Derek Lowe
You could make an argument that in terms of age and durability that Lowe might be a better long-term investment than Pedro... But that's for a later date.

Gammons, who I'm sure cried last night (I haven't watched baseball tonight or SportsCenter yet, thank God for Tivo), was subdued

Mike Vaccaro

Bob Hohler's Possible Dream

Manny happy he stayed put

No more 1918 chants

Jim Caple

Jayson Stark

Bill Simmons

Jim McCabe on Johnny Pesky
Caple on Pesky


Jackie Mac says thanks

Plaschke

Posnanski

Wetzel