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In this May 4, 2021 photo, Boston Red Sox's Xander Bogaerts high-fives teammates while being pushed in a laundry cart through the dugout after his two-run home run against the Detroit Tigers during the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. Started on a lark in a last-place season, the Red Sox have continued the celebration this year and ridden it all the way to a playoff berth, a win over the rival New York Yankees in the AL wild-card game and then a four-game victory over Tampa Bay in the Division Series. (Charles Krupa/AP, File)

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It was the middle of the pandemic, the Boston Red Sox stunk, and with major league ballparks empty in 2020, they couldn’t even count on the crowd to get them going. During one especially humdrum road game at the Rays’ Tropicana Field, coach Jason Varitek suggested they needed to put some fun back into the game.

By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer October 13, 2021