For the Red Sox, a Series of Trials and Teases
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The Yankees wanted to swat it before it become a downright menace, a phalanx of mosquitoes, bearing the West Nile Virus of baseball, which is a shift in momentum.
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Several Angels offered only cliches last night when asked about the baseball season entering the home stretch. But others were more candid about their important series at Fenway Park. When asked if facing Boston at a time when it was playing its best ball of the season represented a welcome challenge, an incredulous look came across the face of Anaheim ...
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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
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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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The New York Yankees hold the Curse of the Bambino, the Boston Massacre and their acquisition of Alex Rodriguez in their longstanding dominance over the Red Sox, but recent history suggests changes are coming.
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The Boston Red Sox found themselves with a little extra time this October, and they wanted to use it well. So general manager Theo Epstein set out to project how baseball's offseason would go &#151; staging mock general manager and winter meetings, complete with members of the team's front office playing the role of agents and opposing GMs.
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The Boston Red Sox might have taken a step Wednesday night toward finding the dominating Pedro Martinez of old. By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY.
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There is too much of the one-sided version of the story going around, especially in Boston, now that Pedro MartÃ­nez has said he is on his way to Shea Stadium.
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CHICAGO -- Every day you see a little more evidence on the side of the Red Sox, the team that traded a Boston legend for two people most noted for their glove work.
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As baseball finds itself struggling to control the steroid issue, its past serves as a cautionary tale.
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NEW YORK - The Mets made their pitch to Pedro Martinez. Now the attention shifts to the Boston Red Sox to see if the World Series champs are willing to up their bid.
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Wait Till Last Year. Has a nice ring to it, no? For 85 years Red Sox fans moaned about why the Sox didn't win, and looked ahead with the highest of hopes. They wandered, zombie-like, insisting, "This is the year." Now they just want to go back in time and keep things going the way they were at the end ...
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Their history is dotted with disappointment. But they are the Boston Red Sox, the team that New England can&#39;t help but root for.
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After tiptoeing through a minefield of controversy, upheaval and unexpected mediocrity for more than three months, the Red Sox [stats, schedule] finally have their strut back.
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Cross your fingers, Red Sox fans. And your toes, if you can.
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Having waited 86 years for World Series glory, Bostonians found themselves swirling with elation, but also scratching their heads.
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There's too much history &#151; quirky, gut-wrenching, heartbreaking chronicles passed from generation to generation &#151; for Red Sox Nation to get cocky now.