Fading Red Sox World Series hopes in good hands
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CLEVELAND, Ohio  - Josh Beckett carries Boston Red Sox World Series hopes to the mound on Thursday for a must-win Game Five against the Cleveland Indians and they could not be in safer hands.
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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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With Game 3 of the World Series at Busch Stadium on Tuesday, the St. Louis Cardinals are hoping that the comforts of home make a difference against Boston.
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BOSTON -- Although Red Sox nation was relatively subdued following this weekend&#39;s World Series games at Fenway Park, four men were arrested after Saturday&#39;s game.
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In a surely inevitable ALCS rematch, the Red Sox are confident this time they have the edge. By MARC TOPKIN, Times Staff Writer. BOSTON - They&#39;ve been intertwined for most of the past 12 months, since Aaron
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Boston couldn&#39;t be more confident heading back to Fenway Park, looking to close out the once-hot Angels. By MARC TOPKIN, Times Staff Writer.
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Curt Schilling&#39;s status is uncertain. His usefulness is unclear. His dream of delivering a World Series championship to the Boston Red Sox may now be unrealistic.
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As the Red Sox embark on the American League Championship Series rematch that somehow always seemed fated to happen, they understand that their reward could go even beyond a trip to the World Series.
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Proclaiming a generations-old curse  lifted, bleary-eyed but euphoric Red Sox fans on Thursday  savored the joy of a World Series victory that ended an 86-year  championship drought.
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The first Red Sox World Series victory in 86 years could change the identity of the city.
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BOSTON - Unbelievable as it may seem, not everyone in New England is thrilled about the Red Sox winning the World Series. Retailers of everything from T-shirts to ice cream and cookies had been making money
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The waiting is over. All season long, Red Sox Nation has been waiting for its team to live up to its potential, leave behind its mediocrity and reel off a lengthy winning streak.
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Manny Ramirez is the man in the middle of the Red Sox's fading drive toward the World Series.
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Many fans think it wasn't just the clutch hitting of David Ortiz, the gallant performance of Curt Schilling or the collective effort of the bullpen that propelled the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series berth in nearly two decades.
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One week after rookie Clay Buchholz pitched a no-hitter for the Red Sox, a couple of veteran lefthanders flirted with gems yesterday in spurring their teams to victories with postseason implications.
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Bostonâs victory in Game 2 of the World Series turned, in part, because of one of those understated, blink-and-itâs-gone moments.
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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.