The baseball season ends just as the discussion about this Boston Red Sox club's place in the sport's long and layered history begins. It's not enough to simply state the simple story, which is that the Red Sox put the finishing touches on their ninth title -- and their fourth since 2004 -- with a clear-and-convincing 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium.