Sympathy for the Red Sox
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Let me begin by saying that I have absolutely no attachment to the city of Boston, or for that matter, the entire northeastern section of the country altogether.
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Understandably, the home clubhouse at Fenway Park has been a somber place of late, with the club still shellshocked by the health concerns of two teammates.
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The Red Sox put the Curse of the Bambino to rest with their World Series win this week. And now a Pittsfield couple is memorializing the death of The Curse, all in the spirit of Halloween.
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PITTSBURGH, United States : The Patriots finally found out what it is like to lose again as the baseball Boston Red Sox seemed to have used up all of New England&#39;s positive karma with a World Series sweep.
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In just a week, fans in Boston have experienced emotions ranging from despair to elation as the Red Sox come back to win four straight games and advance to the World Series.
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Red Sox Nation had a muster last night at Fenway Park, priming the pump of its seemingly bottomless support for a team that will begin the playoffs today in search of a World Series championship that has eluded the city since the end of World War I.
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If there is a guardian angel for Boston Red Sox fans (and there's some debate about that), the work load is drastically lighter today. The Red Sox, New England's beloved baseball heartbreakers, have won their first World Series title since 1918, and it's understandable if their stunned followers, accustomed to failure and despair, aren't sure what to do next.
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He is the punching bag of Red Sox Nation. He is the player Sox fans love to loathe. And a lot of Sox players apparently feel the same way.
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The lights go out on baseball at Montreal&#39;s decrepit Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night and even though the last rites for the Expos are long overdue, there&#39;s sadness.
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UNDATED The Boston Red Sox and their fans figure they&#39;ve been cursed since 1918 -- but a sports psychologist says it&#39;s all in their heads.
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Cross your fingers, Red Sox fans. And your toes, if you can.
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For many New Yorkers, it is an unpardonable insult that Rudolph W. Giuliani has declared he will be rooting for the Boston Red Sox against the Colorado Rockies in the World Series.
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St. Louis - After a humiliating 86-year span of suffering, the Boston Red Sox were lower than low. They had just lost the first three games of the American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees.
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Remember when there was genuine concern about the Red Sox' lineup? Remember when folks were legitimately fretting that this team couldn't hit?
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Count Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts among those Boston baseball fans who have waited a lifetime to see the Red Sox win the World Series.
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A Red Sox fan blames "quantum baseball" on his team's misfortunes.
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NEW YORK -- Sunday night the Red Sox were three outs from being swept from the playoffs by the hated Yankees. They had lost a playoff game at Fenway Park by the humiliating score of 19-8 Saturday night and some members of their loyal Nation felt betrayed and abandoned.