World Series of contrasts set to begin
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Even now, after the Colorado Rockies' amazing run of 21 wins in 22 games, many fans don't know this black-and-purple clad club of Tulowitzkis and Torrealbas.
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One reason pennant races have heated up in both leagues is because the supposed spoilers are the ones getting spoiled. Consider the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, who once were third in the American League East and flirting with .
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Tim Wakefield Will Start Game 1 of World Series for Boston Against St. Louis on Saturday Night. Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona faces reporters during a news conference at Fenway Park, in Boston, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.
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The task in front of the St. Louis Cardinals is simple really, simply stated at least. They have to do everything better if they are going to beat the Boston Red Sox.
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HOUSTON -- Millions of people around the world are watching baseball's playoffs, some so invested and otherwise enthralled that they'll watch every pitch. As of yesterday morning, four teams were still in the hunt for the World Series, making for four high-end lineups with eyes fixed on bleached-white horsehide and coarse red seams.
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So you&#39;re a casual baseball viewer who watches the game only when the playoffs roll around. Now, with the World Series about to begin Saturday, you realize you have no idea who&#39;s playing, how they got there and how they play this game.
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Game on. Go time. The World Series returns to ancient Fenway Park tonight for the first time since 1986 when the Red Sox host the St. Louis Cardinals. With the region still hung over from the Sox' epic comeback against the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, Boston will be attempting to win the fall classic for the first ...
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Let's say Boston is the sun of the baseball universe, where hope and criticism burn bright, where a city revolves around the game.
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(Sports Network) - The fiercest rivalry in all of sports resumes this evening when the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox start a crucial three-game series at Yankee Stadium.
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BOSTON Go figure this World Series. An old maxim in baseball is you always give away more runs with shoddy defense than you gain with torrid bats.
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Paint the World Series red &#151; Red Sox and Redbirds, a classic matchup filled with a rich history.
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BOSTON, Oct. 22 -- This much Terry Francona knows: Josh Beckett will start Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night at Fenway Park against Colorado's Jeff Francis. Beyond that, he and his staff need to collect their thoughts.
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On the eve of a major Test series, with the eyes of the cricketing world focused on it, one would have liked to write about the subtle intricacies of a five-day game that enthrall a sports fan.
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The Boston Red Sox created history, now they will try to make believers out of skeptics as baseball's perennial also-rans take on the St Louis Cardinals in a bid to earn their first World Series title since 1918.
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The game-by-game story of how this Red Sox-Cardinals World Series matchup plays itself out is going to add a new chapter to Sox history. However, we'll also be keeping an eye on one of the lesser stories that will reflect the big news from the Series.
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At least one thing will happen during 2004&#39;s World Series that&#39;s never happened before -- a total lunar eclipse. The moon will begin slipping into the Earth&#39;s shadow at about 9:14 pm
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All the heat and pressure are on them for a change now, and if they lose the next two games and this playoff series to Boston, we may witness two unique phenomena simultaneously: the reversal of an 84-year-old Curse and George Steinbrenner&#39;s head