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When it all comes down to it, we watch sports to chase a feeling.
Numbers are great. Records are great. Historic achievements are great. But in the last three weeks, the Boston Red Sox provided their fanbase with a feeling -- the kind that they'll never forget.
They won game one of their doubleheader on Wednesday to tie the franchise record winning streak, 15 in a row, originally set in 1946. They couldn't take the nightcap, so this 2026 ballclub will go down in history as tied with the bunch from 1946.
But when anyone thinks back on this stretch of play, it won't matter whether the streak was 15 games versus 14 or 16.
It won't matter what the score was in the game that ended it.
All that will matter is that it happened.
That from the day the Celtics traded Jaylen Brown, through the All-Star Break and beyond, the Red Sox forgot how to lose.
Up early, hold a lead.
Down early, comeback.
Need a clutch home run? Call Wilyer Abreu, or Willson Contreras, or even Caleb Durbin.
Aroldis Chapman on the mound to close it out? Time for everyone to go home.
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Professional sports are a funny business, because at the end of the season, one team wins, and everyone else loses.
But there are some seasons that aren't about the trophy. No matter what the Red Sox do to end this year -- whether this run sparks a World Series chase, or whether it fizzles out now -- it still happened.
It brought adoring fans to the ballpark every day. It had people tuning in that hadn't watched in a long time, or that had already given up on this season's team.
These Red Sox were connective tissue for a city that loves its sports teams.
These Red Sox became a bond for everyone in Boston looking for something to believe in.
They seemed down and out, and then they went on a run for the ages.
In some ways, this is just part of the story of the 2026 season.
In others, though, this story could stand on its own. The Red Sox got knocked down often in the early stages of this campaign. No one would've blamed them for staying down.
But they got up. They discovered within themselves the joy of playing a child's game for a city full of supporters. And they won, and won, and refused to lose, and won some more.
It was 15 wins in a row. That's a statistic, one that will go into the history books.
But this was about a feeling, one that no one in Boston will soon forget.
