First of Red Sox&#39;s title team leaves team
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The Red Sox lost the first member of their world-championship team Monday when free-agent outfielder Gabe Kapler agreed to a one-year contract with Japan&#39;s premier franchise, the Yomiuri Giants.
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Thousands of Red Sox fans began descending on Boston for a parade many began to doubt they&#39;d ever witness in their lifetimes: a toast to a team of World Series champions.
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The Boston Red Sox crush the Colorado Rockies 13-1 in game one of the World Series.
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Johnny Damon officially laid &quot;Cowboy Up&quot; to rest as the Red Sox&#39; identifying slogan prior to the start of their American League Division Series yesterday at Angel Stadium.
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The All-Star break wasn&#039;t much of a break for the Boston Red Sox. After finishing the first half of the season with an epic 19-inning loss to Chicago, Boston went 11 innings on Thursday night in its first game back, losing 5-4 to the Oakland Athletics.
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In 1946 and 1967, the St. Louis Cardinals brought bitter endings to otherwise-glorious seasons for the Boston Red Sox. The 2004 Sox, already famous for bringing down their arch-rival
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"Miracle Workers." So proclaimed The  Boston Globe on Thursday after the Red Sox -- baseball's  perennial also-rans -- finally brought down the "Evil Empire,"  taking a giant step toward their first World Series title in 86  years by ousting the New York Yankees in dramatic fashion.
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With a win over the Colorado Rockies, the Boston Red Sox become the first team to win two championships since 2000.
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The Boston Red Sox&#39;s history-making comeback to win the American League championship at least temporarily turned New York Yankee dominance on its head.
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BOSTON, Sept. 25  â Manny RamÃ­rez returned to the Boston Red Soxâ lineup after a 24-game absence and helped cut their magic number to four to clinch the American League East title.
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Like others through New England, Boston Red Sox fans in Maine erupted in celebration following their team&#39;s first World Series championship in 86 years.
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The Red Sox beat the Cardinals, 3-0, in Game 4 to win their first World Series since 1918.
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Baseball lost nearly a century&#39;s worth of lore when the Boston Red Sox retired the Curse of the Bambino on Wednesday night. The curse was a crock, of course, and the elegant suffering of Boston fans surpassed its sell-by date decades ago.
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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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Pedro Martinez pitched seven shutout innings and Manny Ramirez hit a home run as the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 Tuesday, moving to the brink of their first World Series title since 1918.
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ANAHEIM, California The Boston Red Sox opened the playoffs with a new nickname, a new Game 1 starter and a welcome new association with the number seven.
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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.