There were duckboats. There was the familial anthem from The Standells. There was, of course, photo ops galore with the GOAT.

The 2018 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox were in the house Sunday night as the New England Patriots hosted the Green Bay Packers in prime time, and they made quite the entrance . . .

This is how you make an entrance, Part I. @RedSox | #GBvsNE | #GoPats pic.twitter.com/hEA5aKvnk7

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 5, 2018

This is how you make an entrance, Part II.@RedSox | #GBvsNE | #GoPats pic.twitter.com/8vsy5F9gXA

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 5, 2018

This ain’t the Charles, but the 🦆🚤 isn’t lost. The #RedSox keep the party going @Patriots style🙌. Like one lady said, “It’s a Pats-Sox double-headah!!” pic.twitter.com/BQ1VuUZFHu

— The Camera Guys (@NBCSCameraGuys) November 5, 2018

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Me with the 🐐.

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How to make an entrance. 🏆#GoPats | #DamageDone pic.twitter.com/RSQI0yXdP7

— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) November 5, 2018

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The New York Yankees continue to stay active as the 2019 season approaches.

The Yankees are finalizing a trade with the Cincinnati Reds involving starting pitcher Sonny Gray, Fancred's Jon Heyman reported Saturday. The Reds reportedly will send 23-year-old infield prospect Shed Long to New York in a return package.

Yankees, Reds are finalizing the Sonny Gray trade. infield prospect Shed Long and a draft pick are expected to go to NY, and possibly a 3rd lesser piece. Long is an excellent hitter, fair defender. Just need to cross t’s, dot i’s (ie medicals, 40-man considerations, etc.)

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 20, 2019

Gray had an uninspiring tenure in New York, posting an 11-9 record and a 4.90 ERA last season as a back-end starter. The 29-year-old likely would have been the Yankees sixth starter in 2019, so it appears they're trying to get value for him now rather than let him walk in free agency.

Just to clear up something that’s getting a lot of play in NY today: Yankees and Rockies are not talking about an Arenado trade, and Yankees wouldn’t send Miguel Andujar in package for Arenado. That said, have heard NYY loves Arenado, a free agent after ‘19 (what’s not to love?)

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 20, 2019

The Boston Red Sox will be sad to see Gray leave the American League East; they lit up the right-hander for 12 runs on 15 hits over just 7 1/3 innings in 2018.

New York reportedly also has its eye on Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, but Heyman doesn't see a blockbuster trade happening anytime soon.

Just to clear up something that’s getting a lot of play in NY today: Yankees and Rockies are not talking about an Arenado trade, and Yankees wouldn’t send Miguel Andujar in package for Arenado. That said, have heard NYY loves Arenado, a free agent after ‘19 (what’s not to love?)

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 20, 2019

It's been a busy week for the Yankees, who bolstered their bullpen Thursday by reportedly adding free-agent reliever Adam Ottavino. The Boston Red Sox had targeted Ottavino, as well, but New York clearly has serious plans to upgrade its roster its nemesis ended its 100-win season in the 2018 American League Division Series.

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MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — Chris Sale is you and you are Chris Sale.

He may even have rewatched the final out of the 2018 World Series more times than you.

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"I've watched it maybe a couple hundred thousand times,” Sale said Saturday at Winter Weekend. “It never gets old. Those last, even just watching kind of the highlights from the entire series, it's really special. It's cool. I've worked my entire life and we as a team worked from Day 1 of spring training to get there. And we got it. It was everything you can dream of.”

See it again:

THE BOSTON RED SOX ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!

Chris Sale strikes out Manny Machado to close out the World Series! pic.twitter.com/u62k4SVQPv

— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 29, 2018

Sale was happy to go down memory lane back to Game 5 of the World Series in Los Angeles. 

“Those were the funnest three outs I've ever gotten,” Sale said. “Being able to come back and share that with the fans obviously, with the parade, but even this weekend here, it's going to be special.

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"It's like, all right, you got [a lead of] four runs and three outs to get: Don't trip and don't mess it up. It was really special though. I look at the video, I see a couple still shots of guys in the bullpen [cheering] and it'll give you chills. Like I said, it was the funnest three outs I've ever gotten, and the lead up to that wasn't any less. Plus, warming up in Dodgers Stadium is not the easiest thing to do. So it was awesome. I enjoyed it. Hopefully, we get to do the same thing this year.”

Sale, who says he’s healthy now, has long been adamant that winning was his only goal. Now that he has a championship, his outlook hasn’t changed, unsurprisingly.

“Instead of winning a World Series, I want to win another one,” Sale said. “Nothing changes. My wife asked me that same question: ‘You work your entire life to achieve this goal so what do you do once you achieve it?’ [Shoot], you do it again. It’s why we sign up. You win once and you want to keep winning, and when you don’t win, all you want to do is win. Our goal is to continue to keep winning games and win a couple of those trophies.”

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