The Greatest Red Sox Team Evah!

Since the New England Patriots won in pretty convincing fashion last night, Shank is contractually prohibited from writing a column about that subject. Instead, he'll tell us which team is the greatest in Red Sox history:

It’s been a less than a week since the Duck Boats carried our 2018 Red Sox down Boylston Street’s Canyon of Heroes. We’ve basked in after-parties and watched the CoraMen visit Puerto Rico and flash bling at Celtics and Patriots games. We’ve ordered 119-win swag from the Globe store and await a stash of commemorative Red Sox stuff at holiday time.

The 2018 Red Sox are beloved and bejeweled, a role model for Team Above Self. New England will forever remember them fondly.

But you know what they are not?

They are not the greatest Red Sox team of all-time.

They are not even the best Sox team of this century.

Pretty strong words! He does make some very good arguments, but I feel he's just trying to get people riled up again. That's what he does.