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Daniel W. Drezner: What Alex Cora can teach America’s leaders

This finished an 11-3 playoff run in which the Red Sox dispatched the New York Yankees, the Houston Astros and the Dodgers. They were widely recognized as the three best non-Boston teams in baseball, so much so that the Red Sox were underdogs for most of their postseason games. And that came after a stellar 108-54 regular season record, the highest win total in team history. There are serious debates about whether this is one of the best teams in baseball history. The data suggests that the 2018 Red Sox are, at a minimum, the best baseball team of the 21st century.