Hours after the team plane touched down in Boston in the early morning hours after Thursday’s frustrating loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, Trevor Story walked into the Red Sox clubhouse to a sight not seen before in his four seasons with the club.

Atop the lockers ringing the room were large plastic sheets, ready to be unfurled to protect the players’ belongings when they celebrated clinching a postseason spot.

Hours later, as his players donned brand-new ‘October Baseball’ t-shirts by the dugout and prepared to soak themselves and their plastic sheeting-wrapped clubhouse in beer and champagne, manager Alex Cora sought out Story and fellow veteran leader Rob Refsnyder, and wrapped each of them in a lengthy hug. He did the same with right-hander Garrett Whitlock, who had given the ballpark

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