World Series curse lifted by comeback
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It seemed more morality play than sport, with references to curses, evil empires and religion, which is what happens when the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees compete.
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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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THE Boston Red Sox have made history. Now they would like to make the World Series. With a hobbled Curt Schilling giving up just one run in seven gutsy innings, the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-2 yesterday
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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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A comeback win kept the Boston Red Sox in first place. Staying there could be tougher if Tim Wakefield is sidelined.
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These idiots can play after all. After winning two error-filled games in spite of themselves, the Boston Red Sox improved their defense and won pretty, for a change, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 to move within one victory of their first World Series title since 1918.
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Baseball's Boston Red Sox broke the  "Curse of the Bambino" Wednesday night with their first World  Series victory in 86 years, and no one is happier for them than  broadcaster Fox.
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Johnny Damon drove in the winning run as the Boston Red Sox staged a comeback to beat the New York Yankees 3-2. Trailing 2-1 to their AL East rivals, the Red Sox hit two runs off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning to snatch victory.
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The year 2004 in sports always will be remembered as the year the Boston Red Sox finally broke the &quot;Curse of the Bambino.&quot;.
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Break up the Red Sox. A similar cry could be heard from beaten rivals when the Yankees dominated the World Series half a century ago. Now that the Olde Towne Team has won its second October Classic in four years, how many of last night's champagne-spattered champions will be back next spring?
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The Red Sox, who boosted the hopes of their fandom with an inspired comeback victory over Mariano Rivera and the Yankees in the Bronx Sept.
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Brandon Phillips was finally back in the Indians clubhouse where he felt he belonged. But rather than wax poetic about the joys of returning to the big leagues
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Eighty-six years after the Boston Red Sox last won the World Series, the franchise is again facing its rivals and its ghosts.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon reflects on Boston&#39;s World Series victory -- the first for the Red Sox since 1918. He downplays the only recently fabled Curse of the Bambino while reviewing some Fenway history.
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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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October 10, 2004 -- MINNEAPOLIS - It is only fitting that in this season of comebacks, the man who came back from being the player buried the deepest in Joe Torre&#39;s doghouse, provided the firepower for one more amazing comeback victory.
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The Boston Red Sox finally laid to rest the &#39;Curse of the Bambino&#39; by defeating the &#39;Ruth-less&#39; New York Yankees this week.