In this World Series, a tale of the ragtag coming together
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Much of America cheers on the Red Sox as the team tries to end its drought of championships.
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From Barry Bonds to Hank Aaron to Bud Selig, this saga is yet another example of how nobody in sports actually says what they mean anymore.
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ST. LOUIS -- Don't look now, but there's a bit of drama building in the &quot;other&quot; League Championship Series.
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ST. LOUIS -- The Red Sox were the bold-faced headline on the 2004 season, the town crier in Kenmore Square. The long-suffering franchise fought its way through a cursed history to deliver a World Series triumph
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BOSTONâThese Yankees are an arrogant bunch. Six consecutive first-place finishes tend to do that. But very rarely do you see a team in the heat of a pennant race facing the team chasing them send out a starting pitcher just to see him get work.
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ST. LOUIS -- This was the kind of deflating loss that would send some teams -- the Cubs come to mind -- into the fetal position. Twelve grueling innings, a booming walkoff two-run homer and 52,144 people screaming loud enough to make your ears ring.
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Champagne flowed. Joe Torre cried. The New York Yankees whooped it up. Celebrating clinching wins never gets old, even when you've made the postseason for 13 seasons in a row.
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St. Louis - About all that can salvage this World Series is the last of the cookie cutters. The St. Louis Cardinals are in trouble.
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You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.
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There was Kevin Brown at his worst, Curt Schilling at his best and baseball&#39;s most bitter rivalry at its end - for now, anyway.
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Oki-palooza, one of the summer's unexpected pleasures for the Red Sox, has picked an inopportune time to look like it has run its course, especially when the Yankees are involved.
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People are hearing the Red Sox loudly and clearly this season while watching them succeed in somewhat unorthodox ways.
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This is what happens when the Yankees don't win the World Series for four consecutive years. Losing breeds big eyes and bigger paychecks for other players.
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In the midst of your giddiness at this two-up World Series state, I hope you've noticed that your diamond darlings are living on the edge.
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The World Series now shifts from the game&#39;s most eccentric ballpark to the last of the &quot;Cookie Cutters.&quot; Busch Stadium, from the outside, has the same boring, circular look as
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As the World Series success of the Red Sox proved, a team coming off a drought-breaking win over its archrival can be difficult to stop.
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The Mariano Rivera incident puts a somber backdrop to a series that has been anticipated since the last one ended.