Boston takes upper hand
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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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Boston's bullying of the Atlantic Division is over. Toronto's torrid outside shooting took care of that.
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Believe it, New England -- the Boston Red Sox are in the World Series. And they got there with the most unbelievable comeback of all, with four sweet swings after decades of defeat, shaming the dreaded New York Yankees.
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The Boston Red Sox&#39;s 4-2 win on Tuesday over their bitter rivals the New York Yankees levelled an already remarkable American League Championship series.
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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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Boston University didn't wait until the last second to get its act together yesterday, but it needed a last-second basket from halfcourt to overtake Hartford in the America East opener for both teams.
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Pedro MartÃ­nez hardly had to outpitch Tim Hudson. Hudson, Oakland&#39;s All-Star right-hander, staked Boston to a huge lead himself.
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The New York Yankees finished off their domination of the Boston Red Sox and took their biggest lead in the AL East this season.
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The Boston Red Sox now know what it feels to be the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees don&#39;t know what it feels like to be the Red Sox.
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I&#39;m one of those people who believe there is an aura around this Red Sox team that will enable Boston to prevail over the Yankees in the latest postseason showdown between these two bitter rivals.
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Tim Wakefield finished off the Tigers on Sunday. Now comes the real challenge for the streaking Red Sox. Boston beat Detroit 6-1, ending a stretch of 26 games - 23 against teams below
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BOSTON - They have outpitched them, outhit them, beaten them early and run away from them late. Saturday night, the New York Yankees went after Boston with the truncheon.
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What had been a tough, grinding game for seven innings suddenly turned into an easy one for the Boston Red Sox last night. Locked in a 5-5 tie with their arch-rival New York Yankees
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ST. PETERSBURG - It took the Boston Red Sox most of Tuesday to shake off their hangovers from their playoff-clinching celebration the previous night.
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Four hours and twenty minutes later the latest rendering of the Boston Massacre mercifully came to an end. Never in Bostonâs history had they been so shabbily treated by an opponent in the playoffs.
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The curse of the Bambino wasn't the only thing that was shattered during the Boston Red Sox's championship run.
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Northeastern stormed to the attack in the first period, but Boston University held its ground, gained control of the game, and emerged with a 3-1 victory last night at Matthews Arena.