The Red Sox' famously fickle fans can be forgiven for wishing that the news that greeted them late Saturday night had happened on October 20, 2011 and not October 20, 2012. For if John Farrell had been lured away from the Blue Jays one year ago -- as had reportedly been the plan -- perhaps they never would have endured a season that, with its 93 losses on the field and non-stop drama off-it, recalled their Cursed days of yore.
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