Red Sox's 2013 Miracle: From Last to First

0:00It's March 25th. Welcome in. This is Boston Red Sox News today, where Team Coverage meets AI. The Boston Red Sox pulled off one of baseball's greatest turnarounds in 2013. Just one year after a rough 69 wins and 93 losses, deadlasts in the American League East, they stormed to 97 victories and claimed their third world series crown in 10 years. They blended holdovers from their 2007 champs, including David Ortiz, Dustin Padroia, Jacobi Ellsbury, and John Lester with Fresh. All season pickups like Magnapoli, Shane Victorino, Johnny Gomes, Koji Wohara, and David Ross. A new manager, John Farrell, took the helm after the previous one's firing. David Ross recently opened up on a podcast about the electric clubhouse energy that year. He describes stepping in as a world series rookie, inspired by vets like Padroia and Ortiz, and sensing the group was primed for big things despite low expectations.

1:00At the trade deadline, they grabbed former Sai Young winner, Jake Peevy from the Chicago White Sox, already printing championship shirts and eyeing a duck boat parade. After dumping troublemakers from their 2011 collapse in 2012 flop, the new crew bonded tight, even growing beards for luck. That run meant even more coming off the Boston Marathon bombing, turning the team into home town legends. Their story shows how a fresh start can rewrite everything in sports.