BoSox Halfway Home to World Series Trophy
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Curt Schilling and the pitchers are clicking. Little Mark Bellhorn and the hitters are delivering. Manager Terry Francona is making all the right moves. And despite a defense that can't quite seem to catch the ball, the Boston Red Sox are halfway to capturing something that's slipped just out of reach since 1918 &#151; the World Series trophy.
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Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians 11-2 at Fenway Park to advance to the World Series.
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BOSTON - The fans wanted it. For that matter the entire baseball world wanted it. Now it&#39;s here, and nobody is champing at the bit more than the Boston Red Sox.
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There were other gifts, golf clubs and books and assorted Boston-themed baubles. But when Red Sox owners met with Daisuke Matsuzaka for the first time last December at owner Tom Werner's house in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the captivating moment came when Werner walked into the room carrying a replica of the 2004 World Series trophy.
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Thousands of World Series fans will soon be converging on LoDo, a thriving section of downtown that is home to the Colorado Rockies' Coors Field. Fifteen years ago, they would have been warned to stay away.
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Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez holds up the championship trophy after the Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 4 to win the World Series on Wednesday in St.
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Five outs &#151; five measly outs. That'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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The Red Sox will savior their World Series title for a little while longer before dealing with the harsh realities of free agency.
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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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Boston Red Sox players take batting practice at Fenway Park in Boston Friday, Oct. 22, 2004 prior to Game 1 of the World Series Saturday against the St.
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BOSTON - The Red Sox will celebrate their World Series championship with a hometown parade today, and it&#39;s expected they&#39;ll have plenty of company.
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The Boston Red Sox have won the American League Championship Series and are heading to the World Series for the first time since 1986.
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New England had not had this much fun since the Boston Tea Party. The Red Sox finally won the World Series for the first time since 1918 after stunning the despised Yankees in the playoffs.
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Boston Red Sox win the World Series, beating Colorado Rockies 4-3 to sweep the best-of-seven final.
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ST. LOUIS  - The Boston Red Sox lifted the World  Series title and buried a curse Wednesday beating the St. Louis  Cardinals 3-0 to claim their first championship since 1918.
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez hoists the World Series trophy at the start of the rolling rally at Fenway Park in Boston, Saturday Oct. 30, 2004.
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Being a part of the team that won the Nation League Championship Series and now advances to Boston on Saturday to play in the World Series was wonderful.