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Originally the Boston Americans, founded in 1901, the Red Sox won the first World Series in 1903. Playing its games from 1912 to the present at tiny and quirky Fenway Park, with its 37-foot high wall in left field called "The Green Monster" and other unique features, the Red Sox are woven deeply into the fabric of New England, the capital of a fandom referred to as "Red Sox Nation," because of its widespread reach. From 1978-2003, the Red Sox's decades-long inability to win the World Series -- often at the hands of the New York Yankees, often in improbable and heartbreaking ways -- became the primary identity of the franchise, summed up as "The Curse of the Bambino," a reference to the sale...
Originally the Boston Americans, founded in 1901, the Red Sox won the first World Series in 1903. Playing its games from 1912 to the present at tiny and quirky Fenway Park, with its 37-foot high wall in left field called "The Green Monster" and other unique features, the Red Sox are woven deeply into the fabric of New England, the capital of a fandom referred to as "Red Sox Nation," because of its widespread reach. From 1978-2003, the Red Sox's decades-long inability to win the World Series -- often at the hands of the New York Yankees, often in improbable and heartbreaking ways -- became the primary identity of the franchise, summed up as "The Curse of the Bambino," a reference to the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York club. But the fortunes of the franchise changed in stunning fashion in 2004. Again facing the Yankees in the ALCS, the Red Sox lost the first three games, losing Game 3 at Fenway 19-8. But in the ninth inning of Game 4, Dave Roberts stole second base off closer Mariano Rivera, then scored the tying run. David Ortiz got the first of two straight walk-off hits in the 12th inning with a two-run homer. He repeated the feat later that same day in Game 5 with a single in the 14th inning. In Game 6, Curt Schilling pitched with a sutured right ankle, blood oozing through his sock, but earned the victory, forcing a Game 7 that the Red Sox won easily. It was the first time in baseball history a team won a series after trailing 0-3. The Red Sox then swept St. Louis in the World Series, its first title in 86 years. The Red Sox would win again in 2007, recovering from a 3-1 deficit to Cleveland in the ALCS, then sweeping Colorado for the title.
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Red Sox-Rays renew spirited rivalry in ALCS, Manny is main man in NLCS
AP Baseball WriterExactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle so much is hard to tell. Blame it on a high-and-tight pitch here, a hard slide there. Whatever, this much is true: The teams playing in the AL championship series sure get into a lot of scraps....Tags: Curt Schilling, Philadelphia Phillies, Jon Lester, Gary Matthews, All Stars
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Tampa Bay-Boston rivalry has punch
Associated PressExactly why the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays tangle so much is hard to tell. Blame it on a high-and-tight pitch here, a hard slide there. Whatever, this much is true: The teams playing in the American League Championship Series sure get into a lot...Tags: Curt Schilling, Football, Jon Lester, New York Yankees, All Stars
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Lidge focused on present, not Pujols
Associated PressBrad Lidge forgot about Albert Pujols' mammoth playoff homer a long time ago. Maybe now that he has had a perfect season, people will stop reminding him of it. Lidge didn't wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats thinking about Pujols. Didn't...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, National League, All Stars, Houston Astros, Albert Pujols
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Painstaking Climb For Red Sox
The Hartford CourantThe seeds of a grueling Red Sox season were sown on a sunny spring Saturday in Fort Myers, Fla. Before ever making a pitch in a mid-March exhibition game against the Marlins at City of Palms Park, Josh Beckett tweaked his back, an injury that...Tags: Julio Lugo, J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett, Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox
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Red Sox keep hobbling along
Tribune NewspapersBOSTON — The seeds of a grueling Red Sox season were sown on a sunny spring Saturday in Ft. Myers, Fla. Before ever making a pitch in a mid-March exhibition game against the Marlins at City of Palms Park, Josh Beckett tweaked his back, an injury...Tags: Julio Lugo, J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett, Florida Marlins, All Stars
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Orlando is No. 30 among America's top sports cities
Frankly, I'm shocked. Sporting News has released its 15th annual list of America's "top 400 sports cities and towns in the United States and Canada (no word on Mexico apparently)" and Orlando is 30th! Boston is No. 1. Good for them but they get more...Tags: Citrus Bowl, Television, New York Times, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Cloris Leachman
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How the Rays built a winner on the cheap
SENTINEL STAFF WRITERCan small-market teams compete in baseball? Yes. Just ask the Tampa Bay Rays. According to USA Today, which provides an annual breakdown of player salaries for every major-league team, the Rays had baseball's second-lowest payroll in 2008. They...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Tampa Bay Rays, American League, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball
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Phils want Manny to not be Manny
Of The Morning Call| The public has the wrong perception, Phillies reliever J.C. Romero insisted. Manny Ramirez is not all about Manny. Ramirez would rather come to the park, belt a few baseballs into the seats and return home than draw attention from the media. He just...Tags: J.C. Romero, Philadelphia Phillies, Rafael Furcal, Matt Kemp, National League
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Manny vs. Red Sox has to happen
As Jason Bay dog-paddled around third base and slid headfirst into home plate with the ALDS-winning run for the Red Sox in the bottom of the ninth on Monday night, one thought went through my mind: Good. One step closer. I'm no Red Sox fan. Far from it....Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Terry Francona, All Stars
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Red Sox ride new wave into ALCS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe past postseason stars are gone. A new breed keeps the Red Sox winning. Curt Schilling, Manny Ramirez, even Mike Lowell — all World Series MVPs — are missing from the group of players Boston will take into the AL Championship Series....Tags: Curt Schilling, Julio Lugo, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Terry Francona
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Sox-Rays: HOME FIELD MATTERED
•The Red Sox were 8-10 against the Rays, who won the AL East by two games. The Sox were 7-2 at Fenway Park and 1-8 at Tropicana Field. Key stats from the season series: Up •J.D. Drew: .324 (12-for-37), 11 runs, 8 RBI •Coco Crisp: .324...Tags: J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Tampa, Kevin Youkilis
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McCarver Critical Of Manny
The Philadelphia InquirerBe sure of this much: When Manny Ramirez walks to the plate for the first time Thursday, Fox analyst and former Phillie Tim McCarver won't pull his punches. Never has, never will. "It's extraordinary — the dichotomy between what he was in Boston...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Rafael Furcal, National League, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens
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