Red Sox show flashes, but go nowhere
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NEW YORK -- It seems so long ago now. Forever, possibly. With the Red Sox full of hope and just a notch below the Yankees in the American League East, the ancient rivals crowded into Fenway Park for a five-game series last month that turned from a beacon to a slaughter. That, in so many ways, effectively ended the Red ...
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Then again, no team had ever come back from an 0-3 series deficit in the playoffs, either. The Boston Red Sox will try for a 3-0 lead in the World Series when it shifts to St.
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With their eyes set squarely on the prize, there was no indication from the Red Sox yesterday that they were leading the 100th World Series, 2-0, needing only
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As the World Series success of the Red Sox proved, a team coming off a drought-breaking win over its archrival can be difficult to stop.
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Giddiness. Paranoia. Arrogance. Caution. All were on display on Wednesday in Boston as the supposedly cursed Red Sox moved within one victory of a baseball championship that has eluded them for 86 years.
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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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Momentum does not appear to play a big role in determining a World Series champion. For every example of a team that seemed to feed off its recent success, there is a counterexample.
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They came out wanting to set a tone. They wanted to keep the hostile crowd of 56,135 as quiet as possible. More than anything, the Red Sox wanted to jump out front in this
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It didnât happen at Fenway Park this year, though it was hard to believe the Red Sox werenât the home team on Monday night. The
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The world has unalterably changed for Red Sox Nation.
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Josh Beckett, Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox were revved up and ready. Not so the Colorado Rockies, who showed up in Beantown looking rusty not rested.
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What a difference a week makes. Two debates. Two games. Two wins. The Yankees sure are looking tough. A week ago the Boston Red Sox looked like world beaters, or at least Yankee-beaters.
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He was down in the count, 0 and 2, but on these magical October days for the Boston Red Sox, Jason Varitek's first-inning dilemma in last night's Game 2 of the World Series hardly rated as desperate.
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The oddities were so many that the whole day was hard to describe. The Red Sox scored seven runs in an inning, a postseason record for them and for the Angels, and Boston
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BOSTONâThe Red Sox are at least making a point to themselves this weekend, even if their quest to catch the Yankees in the AL East is futile.
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ie there are no sure things -- was reinforced at Fenway Park last night. Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez came rolling into
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Going into game six of the American League Championship Series on Saturday, the Red Sox, fresh off a victory, are acting a lot looser.