Sox Beat: If history is any judge, Plan B may be right for Sox
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With their World Series trophy gleaming from seemingly every street corner in the US and even the Dominican Republic, the Red Sox offseason was supposed to prove every bit as triumphant as the 2004 season.
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Catching the New York Yankees [stats, schedule] remains the primary goal of the Red Sox [stats, schedule], but winning the wild card and being forced to face the Oakland
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BOSTON -- Recent history suggests that ancient history may be, well, a thing of the past. The Boston Red Sox, winless in the World Series since 1918 and just a week ago three outs from elimination this 2004
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When we look back on this improbable postseason turnaround by the Red Sox, one of the turning points will be hard to find unless we recall the words of Red Sox manager Terry Francona in the aftermath of the humiliating 19-8 loss to the Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
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It&#39;s a no-brainer, a Red Sox pitcher suggested when he was asked which team he would rather face in the postseason. &quot;Are you kidding?
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Even when they're struggling, the Boston Red Sox can count on beating the Baltimore Orioles.
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The Boston Red Sox might try to defend their World Series with an even wackier group than the self-proclaimed &quot;bunch of idiots&quot; that ended the franchise&#39;s 86-year dynasty of disappointment.
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Beware of a thing called excess. The Red Sox thought they had it with Bronson Arroyo last spring so they took a chance, rolled the dice, and went after a slugger with upside in Wily Mo Pe&#xF1;a. Arroyo had a very good year in Cincinnati, where he proved to be the most durable pitcher in the National League, and the ...
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The Boston Red Sox might have taken a step Wednesday night toward finding the dominating Pedro Martinez of old. By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY.
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Five outs -- five measly outs. That&#39;s how close the Boston Red Sox came to going to the World Series last year and perhaps ending an 85-year championship drought.
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Go ahead, jump on his back. Pile on. Curt Schilling expects it. He wasn't kidding last winter when he all but assigned himself the job of ending the Red Sox' 86-year championship famine.
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All the heat and pressure are on them for a change now, and if they lose the next two games and this playoff series to Boston, we may witness two unique phenomena simultaneously: the reversal of an 84-year-old Curse and George Steinbrenner&#39;s head
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This was where the turnaround was supposed to happen, where whose rules you went by was going to make a difference. After playing with a designated hitter in their Fenway playpen, the Red Sox were going to have to play baseball the way that Abner Doubleday imagined it.
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The handwritten message on a chalkboard in the Red Sox clubhouse yesterday said it all: &quot;We can change history. Believe it.&quot;
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The search giants have tried localizing, but with fair success. Here&#39;s a model that could work better. A new book shows how a change of ownership brought new life to the Boston Red Sox franchise.
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Hard to believe, but Boston's newest Big Three thinks it can play even better.
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THE Boston Red Sox have made history. Now they would like to make the World Series. With a hobbled Curt Schilling giving up just one run in seven gutsy innings, the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-2 yesterday