Merloni: With home advantage gone, Sox&#39; job not easy
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Heading into the World Series, I didn&#39;t think St. Louis&#39; pitching would be able to stop the Red Sox&#39; offense. Through the first two games, the advantage goes to the Red Sox.
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It was about taking care of business, or maybe it was about the Boston Red Sox not â-gain. The Yankees didnât play their best game, but because the Red
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Living in Boston as a Red Sox fan for the last year has been like riding a rollercoaster of epic proportions. Beginning with Bostonâs 6-5, extra-inning ,heartbreaking defeat in Yankee Stadium in Game 7 of
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It took the Red Sox 19 days to slash eight games off New York&#39;s AL East lead. And they&#39;re not done yet. &quot;We&#39;re just going to take care of what we can take care of,&quot; reliever Mike
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The Red Sox, losing to the Devil Rays yesterday, had their division lead sliced to 1&#189; games by the Yankees. With a week left in the regular season, the AL East race is far from over.
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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.
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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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David Ortiz had a different view of a familiar situation.
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BOSTONâSome fans with shockingly short memories made the mistake of chanting &quot;Who&#39;s Your Papi?&#39;&#39; last night when it looked like David Ortiz and his Boston Red Sox would run their opponents all the way back to Missouri.
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Curt Schilling and the pitchers are clicking. Little Mark Bellhorn and the hitters are delivering. Manager Terry Francona is making all the right moves. And despite a defense that can't quite seem to catch the ball, the Boston Red Sox are halfway to capturing something that's slipped just out of reach since 1918 &#151; the World Series trophy.
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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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Five outs -- five measly outs. That&#39;s how close the Boston Red Sox came to going to the World Series last year and perhaps ending an 85-year championship drought.
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NEW YORK -- What manner of mettle separates these 2004 Red Sox from the 25 teams that preceded them in spotting adversaries a 3-0 series lead in the postseason, in refusing to go quietly into that good night?
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If there's a lesson the Red Sox can take from their 11-9 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals last night in Game 1 of the World Series, it's probably this:
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BOSTON -- Curt was the subject on everyone&#39;s lips, Curse was the subject on everyone&#39;s mind. Two games into their showdown with the hated Yankees, the poor, bedeviled and favored Red Sox have suffered no less
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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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The White Sox&#39; second-half advantage was supposed to be a schedule loaded with games against American League Central opponents.