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Running Red Sox looking for an advantage one base at a time

There's no such stat for that now, but there's only one number that matters at the moment for the Red Sox: one, as in the number of wins standing between them

Joe Lemire

Running Red Sox looking for an advantage one base at a time
Running Red Sox looking for an advantage one base at a time /
Quintin Berry has already come in handy as a pinch-runner in the ALCS and will be valuable to Boston's title hopes.
Quintin Berry has already come in handy as a pinch-runner in the ALCS and will be valuable to Boston's title hopes :: Jim Rogash/Getty Images

There's no such stat for that now, but there's only one number that matters at the moment for the Red Sox: one, as in the number of wins standing between them and a run at another World Series title.

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Joe Lemire
JOE LEMIRE

Staff Writer, Sports Illustrated Staff writer Joe Lemire is in his seventh year at Sports Illustrated and his fourth season covering baseball full time. Lemire writes features and analysis for SI and SI.com and is responsible for the website's weekly MLB Power Rankings. He has profiled Pirates star Andrew McCutchen and Braves rookie sensation Evan Gattis for the magazine. Lemire's penchant for covering America's pastime is to be expected considering his inspirations, Tom Verducci and Peter Gammons, are among the most well-known writers in the sport. Before his current role, Lemire spent his first three years with SI oscillating between baseball, college basketball, high school football and sports business. This came on the heels of a summer internship with the magazine in 2004 and a tenure as a stringer with SI: On Campus. Born in Richmond, Va., and raised in Lowell, Mass., Lemire graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a B.A. in government and a minor in economics. Before joining SI he covered high school and college sports for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Va. He earned two Virginia Press Association awards for his work, one while a student writing at University of Virginia's Cavalier Daily and one at the Daily News-Record.

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