A win that no one predicted

The 2013 Red Sox, the motley crew that left Fort Myers begging, “Please don’t hate us,’’ completed the ultimate redemption song. By Dan Shaughnessy

A long line of Duck Boats carried members of the Red Sox after the team’s victory in 2004.

Red Sox victory parade at 10 a.m. Saturday
Fans celebrated the Red Sox World Series win by jumping on a moving cab at Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street.

Red Sox fans flock to Fenway, Marathon finish line
Closer Koji Uehara gets lifted by David Ross after the Red Sox won the World Series during Game 6 of the World Series, in which they beat the Cardinals 6-1.

Red Sox complete season of redemption

Christopher L. Gasper

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-17028.jpg These Red Sox just would not be beaten

It couldn’t have ended any other way. These retooled Red Sox had destiny in their dugout. Certain seasons, certain teams just can’t lose.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/stan26--90x90.jpg John Lackey completes turn of redemption

Two years after Lackey cruelly bottomed out, he won the clinching game of the World Series for the Red Sox.

On Baseball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis52[1]--90x90.jpg Ben Cherington made all the right moves

Cherington deserves a bucket of champagne, let alone a bottle, as the architect of the 2013 World Series champions.

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After the win, the players bathed in champagne.

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Fans at Fenway enjoyed the victory, while others around the city took to the streets.

Opinion

EDWARD L. GLAESER

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Police tape crisscrossed the scene of a shooting at the intersection of Shepton and Dorchester Avenue in August.

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The two looking to replace Mayor Thomas Menino talk of “two Bostons,” one where violence is rare, and one where shootings feel commonplace.

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Markey revised his planned remarks on energy legislation to plug Boston’s World Series victory

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In 1975, Carlton Fisk’s walk-off home run allowed the Red Sox to force a seventh game of the World Series against Cincinnati.

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A Sox fan in a New York state of mind

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Connections to the Internet to surf, exchange emails, text or download data will still be prohibited below 10,000 feet.

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The change will let passengers read, work, play games, watch movies, and listen to music during takeoffs and landings.

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Augusta Nichols-Even (right), shown with Jesse Banhazi at Green City Growers, recently left the male-dominated technology industry.

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Mayor Menino will roll out a compact signed by 38 employers that have committed to ending pay disparities.

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Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella is having a stylish and suspenseful production at Stoneham Theatre.

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