OK, it's confession time.
FenwayNation picked your 2013
Carmine Hose to finish no better than fourth in the AL East. We thought the
Shane Victorino and
Jonny Gomes deals were
way too much money for what we called 'aging platoon players'. We were not at
all confident that
Jon Lester,
Clay Buchholz or
John Lackey could rebound and have decent—let alone banner— years. We could not fathom what the "fascination" was with giving
Stephen Drew $9 million. And we figured
Mike Napoli's hips would give out around
Memorial Day. So, all things considered, we could not have been more wrong. We didn't see what
Ben Cherington saw: a gritty group of winners who were resilient from Opening Day to Game Six of the
World Series. And they were committed to our city like no other team before them. They were a joy to watch. We're
glad we screwed up.
