FORT MYERS, Fla. – In the pantheon of beloved Red Sox lifers, Dwight Evans is quietly verging on Johnny Pesky territory.

After Johnny Pesky and Ed Armbrister and Bill Buckner, how does it feel? After the crushing Game 7 losses in 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986, after the final bitter disappointments in 1949 and 1978 and ...