THIS WAS supposed to be a normal season, a year when Red Sox fans could follow their team the way other fans do, without an 86-year string of broken hopes turning every close game into a test for the defibrillator. After last fall's World Series victory, there would be no need to stay up late watching night games from Seattle ... (Full article: 444 words)

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