As has become widely known, This Blog is closing at this address and moving to a new location along the docks of Blogistan. However, it wouldn't want to shuffle off this pixelled coil without raising a glass -- figuratively, unless it finds out where the boss hides the good stuff -- to the extended family of noisy bastids that has sprung up in this most unlikely of saloons. Y'all have been a delight, and, if This Blog has any legacy as the Globe moves head-first into Whatever Comes Next, it belongs to you lot.

So, yes, you're going to have to figure out what's going on with the Red Sox on your own the rest of the way. Drop by the new joint from time to time, too, OK? And, as a salute, This Blog is proud to present to you the worst song in the history of musical theater.

Be well. A chara.