World Series: Boston&#39;s Game 1 victory a different kind of classic
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BOSTON - For about half the night, it appeared this World Series opener, so feverishly anticipated in these parts, would be noted for bases on balls, pregnant pauses, pregnant stops, interminable at-bats, and the man himself, SeÃ±or October, David Ortiz
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com. As Boston Red Sox first basemen Doug Mientkiewicz squeezed the ball in his glove for the final out of the 2004 World Series, you could almost hear a collective
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Red Sox fans waited 85 years to celebrate this moment. After so many disappointing Octobers, it was finally Boston's turn to enjoy a World Series victory.
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The 1986 Red Sox were one strike away from winning the World Series. They came closer to winning - without actually winning - than any team in baseball history. When you watch a tape of Game 6 (shelved in the sci-fi/horror section of New England video stores), it's still impossible to believe.
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When you&#39;re part of a team that has just captured its first World Series title in 86 years, it&#39;s easy to get a little too caught up in the moment.
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The baseball gods have a heart, and it showed Monday in the Boston Red Sox&#39;s 14-inning, 5-4 victory against the New York Yankees that extended their American League Championship
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By hitting an accommodating bouncer back to Keith Foulke [stats, news] for the final out of the Red Sox [stats, schedule]&#39; first World Series championship in 86 years, Edgar Renteria already was a part of New England folklore.
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A minute that used to recur like a comet, once 86 years or so and missed by generations of Red Sox fans, is now beginning to feel like a birthright. For the second time in four seasons, the Red Sox are World Series champions.
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The first game of the 2007 Boston baseball season was played last night (a 6-4 win over the Blue Jays).
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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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Sorry, St. Louis fans, but most of America was cheering for the Boston Red Sox to break the curse of the Bambino and win their first World Series since Babe Ruth was on the roster in 1918.
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The Red SoxÂ motivation for winning used to be deep, rich and passionate. But since winning the World Series in 2004, a lot has changed.
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When you&#39;re from Boston, you get used to knowing everything about everything, especially sports. It&#39;s as simple as that. When the hometown is
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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
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.
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Bee Staff Writer. hanks to all the emotion expended and frustration released by Boston finally shedding &quot;The Curse of the Bambino&quot; and winning a World Series, the dubious quality in baseball&#39;s
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Errors and walks make for a frustrating opener for the Red Sox, who were fortunate to escape with a victory. By Steve Wilstein. BOSTON -- Game 1 of the 100th World Series should have been rated &quot;R&quot; for Little Leaguers.