Damon and his teammates dubbed themselves last October as a "bunch of idiots" -- and the label proudly stuck. It was that kind of refusal to listen to conventional wisdom that allowed the Red Sox to do what no Major League Baseball team ever had done before. Boston came back from a 3-0 deficit against the rival Yankees in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series, and not only won the pennant but proceeded to win another four games in a row against St. Louis in the World Series for its first championship in 86 years.