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The rule is simple - it would provide teams the opportunity, once per game, to choose an at-bat to use their best hitter regardless of where they are in the lineup.

Forget "Full Throttle," there is a new battle cry for the Boston Red Sox this offseason - "extreme urgency."

Which unlikely scenario do you give the best chance to happening?

Fans should be encouraged by what we've heard so far. But based on how things have gone, are you like me and need to see it before you believe it?

The Dodgers and Yankees meet for the 13th time, six more than the next most-common Fall Classic combo, yet it's also the first time in 43 years that it has happened.

Both Craig Breslow and Sam Kennedy vowed the Red Sox "will look to improve through every pathway," this winter, though we know one of those pathways will not be shelling out top dollar for top quality pitching.

For a team that was projected to win around 77 games and finish last place in the AL East for what would have been a third consecutive year, that can be viewed as a step in the right direction. For a team that was 10 games over .500 at the All-Star break and a team that had they simply played .500 ball in the second half would currently own the AL's 2nd Wild Card, that should be viewed as a failure.

The old guard has almost entirely changed out. The voices I grew up with and so many of you welcomed into your lives on a nightly and weekly basis, the voices who described the greatest golden age a sports town has ever experienced, are now memories like those teams they called.

As of today, the Twins are 76-68. If they go .500 the rest of the way, that gets them to 85 wins. However, the Twins are just 6-15 in their last 21 games. There are no free wins to be found on Boston's schedule the rest of the way. For them to reach 85 wins, they would have to go 12-6 down the stretch.

Pretend you're Craig Breslow...how do you turn the Sox back into contenders this winter?