@Ragman,
...I was born in Boston, Ragman, and was a young Little Leaguer growing up just south of Beantown when Ted Williams, the Sox greatest star, was newly returning from his service as a fighter-pilot in Korea.
I've had many conversations about Ted's loss of FIVE YEARS OUT OF HIS PRIME serving first in WW II and later Korea, and wondering what his record /stats would be if he hadn't.
Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Billy Goodman, Mel Parnell, Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, Yaz, --these have been some of my baseball heroes and more recently Pedro, big Papi, Pedroia et al....
and, the The CURRENT crop, could prove to be one of their greatest teams! What's not to love about Mookie Betts?!!