Role players in Red Sox victory

David Ortiz and John Lester have been amazing within this playoff run. Lester's ERA has been great and Ortiz hits everything thrown his way but the real story of the post season and the regular season this year has been role players not stars. There is no question that without David Ortiz and Lester the sox would not be where they are now but the same can be said about the unexpected role players. Starting this season who saw David Ross hitting a key double down the left field line? Or uihara being a shutdown closer. Who saw lackey pitching like he's back in Anaheim and Johnny Gomes being nice pop in the line up. The way this team has jelled has been outstanding this year and a key to success.  The role players are the reason why the Red Sox can outplay teams like Detroit and LA despite those teams having more "stars".  So when the sox clinch at Fenway and everyone goes crazy thank the teams that released these key role players and thank Epstein for picking all of them up