Bittersweet theology of Red Sox faithful
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In a city of Calvinism and a so-called curse, being a baseball fan means tragedy, then ecstasy, then....
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THERE will be a delicious moment of recompense in April, when the guiltless glee of schadenfreude will alight on Fenway Park as Boston unfurls its World Series banner in front of the Yankees in the Red Sox&#39; home opener.
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The Colorado Rockies are the most religious team in baseball. And they sure could use a miracle now
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Jeff Suppan is familiar with the history of postseason failure that haunts the Boston Red Sox. His career was born into it. Suppan was once the organization&#39;s prized prospect, a
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SEATTLE  There is no logic behind feeling cheated Saturday, but that pang is still there. Every time a stirring, pixie-dust run like this ends abruptly, an emotional response follows from the aggrieved player or fan, who believe teams with heavy hearts should have divine endings, who deeply feel ...
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BALTIMORE - As bad as a Red Sox fan might feel about Daisuke Matsuzaka right now, that's as good as one should feel about Josh Beckett.
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From Irish folk dancing to red-dyed goatees, Boston Red Sox fans are rallying behind their team's quest for a second World Series title in four years.
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BOSTONâSome fans with shockingly short memories made the mistake of chanting &quot;Who&#39;s Your Papi?&#39;&#39; last night when it looked like David Ortiz and his Boston Red Sox would run their opponents all the way back to Missouri.
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This is what Yankee Stadium looks and feels like after Steinbrenner has been humbled, Sinatra has been silenced, and the Yankee Stadium momuments avert their eyes in shock at what this Red Sox team, unlike any of its predecessors in almost a century's worth of trying, was able to accomplish at the expense of pinstriped pride that ...
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St Louis, Missouri - Boston Red Sox players and their devoted fans have spent decades wondering what their emotions would be after the seemingly cursed club won a World Series title for the first time since 1918.
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AT WORST the Boston Red Sox have restored their pride; at best they have made history. The decisive seventh game of the American League Championship Series took place at Yankee Stadium in the early
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After the Boston Red Sox lost Game 7 of last year's AL championship to the New York Yankees, David Walsh took a vow: No more Red Sox games. No more sports pages. No more team gear. No more heartbreak.
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After being anointed the player New Yorkers love to hate, Boston right-hander Pedro Martinez got plenty of tough love from the Bronx faithful during a five-run sixth inning.
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I&#39;m one of those people who believe there is an aura around this Red Sox team that will enable Boston to prevail over the Yankees in the latest postseason showdown between these two bitter rivals.
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Johnny Pesky is still holding on. He's holding on to a baseball career in its seventh decade and to the affection of Red Sox fans who once blamed him for Boston's loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 World Series.
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Giddiness. Paranoia. Arrogance. Caution.  All were on display on Wednesday in Boston as the supposedly  cursed Red Sox moved within one victory of a baseball  championship that has eluded them for 86 years.
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First, let&#39;s put our hands together and thank Johnny Damon and the Boston Red Sox for beating a franchise and a fan base who act more entitled than Donald Trump&#39;s children.