Red Sox do it again: finish second
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The Red Sox, who have gone since 1918 without winning the World Series, have added a record-breaking streak to the mix. Boston is the first team in baseball history to finish in second place for seven straight years, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
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Manny Ramirez banged a ball off his knee. Keith Foulke had a stiff back. Neither was available at the end of the game, and yet the Boston Red Sox keep winning.
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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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The surging Boston Red Sox have seized control of the AL wild-card race - with an eye on winning their division. Derek Lowe (13-10) pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Boston completed a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angels with a 4-3 victory Thursday night - the Red Sox's season-high ninth straight win...
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The Boston Red Sox want to start the playoffs right now.
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David Ortiz, whose two-run walkoff homer in the bottom of the 12th inning revived the Red Sox at 1:30 am yesterday, this time delivered the goods with a two-out single in the bottom
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at Fenway Park Records: Boston is 81-69 (second in the American League East, 9 1/2 games behind); Minnesota is 88-61 (second in AL Central, 1 game behind).
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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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Fresh off prolonging their season at least one more day, the Red Sox will continue their quest to become the first team in baseball history to rally from a 3-0 deficit and win a series when they take on the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the AL
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Omigawd, what a ballgame, what a glorious night at Fenway, what a way to enter the World Series. The Red Sox came back from (yet another) 3-1 series deficit, which is becoming routine for them.
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David Ortiz saves the Red Sox for the second straight game, singling home the winning run in the 14th inning to give the Red Sox a 5-4 win to force Game 6 in New York.
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The Red Sox are 8-0 this postseason when scoring first...Teams which have led a Fall Classic two-games-to-none have gone on to win 77 percent of the time.
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Thanks to another solid performance by Mike Mussina, the Yankees took another step toward the playoffs and now trail the Red Sox by a game and a half in the A.L. East.
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In order to get back in this series with the Yankees, the Red Sox don't need divine intervention or a roster turnover. They need base runners.
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Big Statement: Six games into their AL West obstacle course, the Red Sox are gaining momentum, rather than slowing. They swept the Angels and took two of three from Texas at Fenway Park, and
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The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Saturday to move within one victory of winning the World Series.
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Manny Ramirez homered and drove in five runs as the Red Sox earned their fifth straight victory.