The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers last night to win the 2018 World Series® of Major League Baseball. The Red Sox, who had to win 4 games, did so in just 5 games, with the Dodgers winning just one game of the Series. I watched and/or listened to about 95% of this Series, mostly because I am a Red Sox fan and a baseball enthusiast, not necessarily in that order. And even though, this is World Series® #46 for me, I have to say there are still a few things I learned or re-learned about baseball.

In no particular order, here are the top ten things I learned:

Despite the hot dog antics of Puig and the poor sportsmanship of Machado and the bad decisions of Manager Dave Roberts, the Dodgers were literally in every game this World Series®. To me, they just didn’t want it as bad as the Boston Red Sox. I saw hustle plays go the Red Sox way time and time again. They ran out every ground ball, and a few they were able to beat out. They dove for balls in the outfield. Their hitters and pitchers “grinded” out at bats and long innings in long games, according to post game comments by Chris Sale and others. They won as a team. They lost game 3 as a team and came right back, as a Team, and won the next two games convincingly. They were the better team mentally and physically all Series. When Sale struck out Machado to end the game, the baseball Gods were smiling. As was I and my family sitting there watching another great Rhode Island Baseball Experience – the final out of the clinching game of the 2018 World Series®.

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