It was a relatively quiet send-off for the Red Sox on Monday. Without the pageantry of Rally Monday, an event that MLB had been adding to post-season revelry since 2004, the Red Sox made their way from Fenway onto the team bus that sent them on their way to California for what is hopefully the first stop on a postseason tour that has grown awfully familiar over the years.

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