Red Sox Eye End to World Series Torment
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After their epic comeback against the  New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox can now lift a curse  hanging over them for more than 80 years.
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The Boston Red Sox might try to defend their World Series with an even wackier group than the self-proclaimed &quot;bunch of idiots&quot; that ended the franchise&#39;s 86-year dynasty of disappointment.
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Two games into the 100th World Series, the Boston Red Sox are threatening to run away from the National League&#39;s winningest team in 18 years.
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The Boston Red Sox, who haven&#39;t won baseball&#39;s World Series since 1918, are favored to beat the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series by Las Vegas oddsmakers and futures traders.
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After waiting 86 agonizing years between World Series championships, the Boston Red Sox just might be in position for repeat a celebration next fall.
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The Boston Red Sox look as if they are going to win this World Series. &quot;What are you Thom, some kind of moron? Don&#39;t you remember 1986 when the Red Sox were up 2-0 against the New York Mets?
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The Boston Red Sox will try to get Curt Schilling ready for another World Series start. They certainly hope they don&#39;t need to use him.
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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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A World Series that has already produced some odd sights could produce more on Tuesday when Game Three of the Fall Classic between the Boston Red Sox and St.
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Eighty-six years after the Boston Red Sox last won the World Series, and 51 weeks after the Yankees spoiled their last best chance, the long-frustrated franchise is again facing its rivals and its ghosts.
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Red Sox Nation had a muster last night at Fenway Park, priming the pump of its seemingly bottomless support for a team that will begin the playoffs today in search of a World Series championship that has eluded the city since the end of World War I.
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Eighty-six years after the Boston Red Sox last won the World Series, the long-frustrated franchise is again facing its rivals and its ghosts.
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That could be all, folks. Barring a last-minute breakthrough, Curt Schilling may have thrown his last pitch in trying to help the Red Sox end their 86-year championship famine.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A nervous Red Sox Nation, desperate for a World Series title, will be keenly focused on pitcher Pedro Martinez on Wednesday.
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-- More than the Curse is at stake for the Red Sox, who would love to have bragging rights after getting bullied by their New York brethren for so many decades.
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Boston was tingling with anticipation on Saturday as the Red Sox prepared to host Game One of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals and take a step toward ridding themselves of a hex that has hung over the team for eight decades.
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ST. LOUIS  - While the Boston Red Sox celebrated  the end of 86 years of frustration by winning the World Series  on Wednesday, the St. Louis Cardinals had to deal with some new  frustrations of their own.