Theo Epstein calls it The Process, the patient and pragmatic method of acquiring and developing players that is designed to increase the odds of the Red Sox still playing baseball every autumn while their rivals are raking leaves. "You can't guarantee the results all the time in baseball or in life," observes the club's general manager. "But you can guarantee ... (Full article: 1994 words)

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