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Reports that the ball used for the final out of the World Series reached Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Red Sox's first World Series championship in 86 years; Contributions of Doug Mientkiewicz to the team.

Presents statistics of Game 3 of the American League baseball playoffs which was won by the Boston Red Sox over the Minnesota Twins.

Analyzes the contributions made by baseball player David Ortiz to the playoffs victory of the Boston Red Sox over the Anaheim Angels. Statistics of Ortiz for the 2003 and 2004 seasons; Home runs made against the Angels.

Analyzes the expectations on the victories the Boston Red Sox baseball team must make in order to qualify for the 2004 World Series. Playoff victories needed by the Red Sox over the Minnesota Twins and the New York Yankees; Fans' desire for the Red Sox win regardless of the team it will beat.

Reports on the game in New York City between Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees baseball teams for the American Eagle East championship. Hosting of political conventions by New York City and Boston, Massachusetts; Rivalry between the two cities.

Reports on the victory of the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees in a baseball game in July 24, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. Team standing; Problems encountered by the team prior to winning; Performance of its top players, Mariano Rivera, Jason Varitek, Bronson Arroyo and Derek Jeter; Game highlights.

Highlights the victory of the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees in a baseball game in Boston, Massachusetts. Game statistics; Game performances by top players, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter and Kevin Millar; Game highlights.

Analyzes the decline in the performance of the Boston Red Sox baseball team after an early good run in the 2003-2004 season. Predictable pattern of winning then losing; Last time the team won a World Series.

Comments on the baseball game won by the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox in New York City on July 1, 2004. Highlights of the game; Description of the plays during the last two innings; Names of the players from both teams who dominated the game.

Presents a perspective on the three-game series between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees baseball teams that begins June 29, 2004. Perennial lead of the Yankees over the Red Sox despite the latter's six-game win out of seven over the former in April 2004; E-mail from a Red Sox fan citing the return of players Nomar Garciaparra and Trot Nixon; Players on the disabled list.

Reports the victory of baseball team Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies in Boston, Massachusetts. Top players of the game; Score; Details of the game.

Highlights the 1904 baseball match between the New York Highlanders and the Boston Pilgrims in Boston, Massachusetts. Popularity of the trading of Pilgrims outfielder Patsy Dougherty for Bob Unglaub, as a one-sided trades in baseball; Victory of the Pilgrims over the Highlanders.

Reports on the performance of Boston Red Sox in a game against the New York Yankees in Boston, Massachusetts. Victory of Red Sox over the Yankees; Role of Curt Schilling in Red Sox; Factors leading to the victory of Red Sox over the Yankees.

BOSTON -- The calendar says that the home opener for the 2012 Boston Red Sox will be played on Friday the 13th. In a sense, that's perfect. In reality, however, the operative date for the first game of the season at Fenway Park seems more like Sept. 37, 2011. That's because the Red Sox have somehow managed to pick up exactly where they left off last year, when they engaged in a mind-bending collapse that led to weeks and weeks of revelations and recriminations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A tough start to September is costing the Boston Red Sox a chance to catch the first-place Yankees. Now, as they head to Tampa Bay for a four-game set, the Red Sox must make sure they continue to keep the Rays at bay in the wild-card race. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Red Sox and the Yankees go at each other as if there were no tomorrow morning. They play absurdly long games that extend to four hours and beyond, as if no one watching at home, or in the stands, might have to call it quits and get some sleep. On Thursday night at Fenway Park, it took baseball's two most enduring rivals 4 hours 21 minutes to play a low-scoring nine-inning game that ended with the Yankees winning, 4-2. Two nights earlier, the Yankees won, 5-2, in a game that came in one minute short of four hours. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BOSTON -- Through all of A. J. Burnett's recent failings, the Yankees have =supported their struggling pitcher. They took a lot of criticism for allowing Burnett to continue to start, but on Thursday night Burnett finally rewarded them Thursday for their faith. Working against one of the most challenging lineups in baseball, Burnett pitched as well as he has in two months. He allowed only two runs -- his lowest output since June 29 -- and five hits against the Boston Red Sox, and might have saved his spot in the starting rotation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BOSTON -- With his position in the rotation possibly at stake, and the game and first place hanging in the balance, a series of bizarre events conspired to turn an improved effort by Phil Hughes into an ultimately disappointing one. Hughes was clinging to a one-run lead Wednesday night when a fluttering moth entered the fray, and changed the course of the game, and perhaps the pennant race. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than any other American sport, baseball has an established historical footprint, and among its significant early events is the fixing of the 1919 World Series by gamblers and the Chicago White Sox, a team forever labeled the Black Sox. It is the only recognized gambling scandal to tarnish a World Series. In recent weeks, however, there has been new scrutiny of the previous year's championship and questions about the legitimacy of the outcome: the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs. And on Friday, the Cubs visit Fenway Park in Boston for the first time since the final game of the 1918 World Series. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BOSTON -- It took two hours to play the first four innings at Fenway Park on Saturday, and in the Yankees' bullpen, Dave Robertson could feel the game dragging. He sensed an opportunity. ''The quicker you can get a lineup out, get three outs and get back into the dugout, the better chance you're going to have to turn around and change the momentum of the game,'' Robertson said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BOSTON -- The Texas Rangers have started the second half of the season much the way they played before the All-Star break: like a confident team eager to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999. In their first games back, they won three of four against the Red Sox at Fenway Park to maintain a four-and-a-half-game lead in the American League West. But the Rangers' on-field juggernaut is in stark contrast to the franchise's soap opera off the field. The team's debt-ridden owner, the HSG Sports Group, led by Tom Hicks, has been unable to sell the team because of an acrimonious dispute with its lenders over who should buy the team and for how much. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

If Commissioner Bud Selig truly wants to make baseball games shorter, he might want to tell Derek Jeter and every other member of the Yankees and the Red Sox to pick up the pace when they meet again at Fenway Park on Friday. For all his accomplishments, Jeter is also a classic out-of-the-batter's-box dawdler. His three-to-six-step amble between pitches helped pile on the minutes in the three games that Boston and the Yankees played in Fenway at the start of the season, games that took so long that the veteran umpire Joe West denounced the first two of them as ''pathetic and embarrassing.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Yankees would have almost nothing to lose by starting Javier Vazquez this weekend at Fenway Park. If the Boston Red Sox were to beat up Vazquez, it would be nothing new for him. But if Vazquez pitched well, it could be a springboard to recovery from an abysmal start to the season. The decision not to use Vazquez in Boston, then, is a stinging indictment of a pitcher the Yankees privately believed would perform like a No. 2 starter. Instead, Vazquez will pitch Monday at Comerica Park in Detroit, against a Tigers team that has hit much better than the Red Sox. It reinforces the notion that he cannot handle a big stage. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Josh Beckett can make dangerous major league hitters look helpless. He is that talented and that overpowering. When Beckett is in a groove, hitters often trudge away from the plate trying to figure out what just happened. The Yankees did a lot of trudging on Tuesday. Beckett continued to intimidate hitters as he steered the Red Sox past the Yankees, 7-0, at Fenway Park. The Yankees managed one hit off Beckett in six innings, an infield single by Robinson Cano. Only one Yankee reached second base against Beckett, who was as smooth as he was effective. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It might as well have been highlighted with a fluorescent marker on A. J. Burnett's resume last winter. The Yankees' edge over the Boston Red Sox had long since dissolved, and Burnett was a free agent who had never lost to them. It was a powerful selling point for Burnett, who scored a five-year, $82.5 million contract. So far, Burnett's dominance over Boston has been false advertising. He has started twice against the Red Sox, both with grim results. His failure on Tuesday led to a 7-0 rout at Fenway Park, where Josh Beckett allowed one hit in six innings. The Yankees are tied with Boston atop the American League East, but winless in six games against their rivals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As the Yankees staggered through a lost weekend at Fenway Park, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers was watching. The three losses did not matter much to Verlander, who focused on the way the Yankees took pitches and made their opponents work. Verlander had struggled in his first four starts, but with a lower arm angle than last year, he could feel himself improving. Soon enough, he believed, he would pitch the way he did in 2006, when he carried the Tigers to the World Series. The Yankees were the perfect enablers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

David Mellor, the director of grounds for the Red Sox, checks out the baseball highlights on most nights. But he is not entirely interested in seeing the scores or the big plays. He watches for mowing patterns. On television, he does not follow the flight of a ball arcing from home plate to beyond the outfield wall, but rather the backdrop below the ball. Is the grass cut into patterns of stripes, checkerboards or diamonds? Parallel to the foul lines, or straight from home to center field, or stretching from foul pole to foul pole? Any flourishes -- stars, circles, swirls, logos, script? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Boston Red Sox made winning look easy at Fenway Park the last few days. A no-hitter, two grand slams in a game and two pitchers coming up from Class AAA to win -- it could not have gone much better in a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Boston Red Sox' Jon Lester, a 24-year-old left-hander, pitched the first no-hitter in the major leagues this season, shutting down the Kansas City Royals, 7-0, at Fenway Park on Monday night. ''Really, words can't describe it right now,'' Lester said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

One swing by Big Papi brought relief to many at Fenway Park. The slumping David Ortiz hit a grand slam, the eighth of his career, and went 2 for 4 with five runs batted in to lead the Red Sox to an 11-3 victory against the Texas Rangers on Friday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the baseball playoffs between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in Boston, Massachusetts last May 1, 2006.

Reports on the victory of Baltimore Orioles baseball team and Rodrigo Lopez against the Boston Red Sox with an 8-1 victory on May 30, 2005 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

Reports on the presentation of championship rings to the Boston Red Sox players at Fenway Park before their home opener in Boston, Massachusetts. Concern of the Red Sox about the sportsmanship of the arrangement; Simultaneity of the date of the presentation with their game against the New York Yankees, the team they conquered to reach in the World Series title; Significance of the presentation ceremony on professional baseball.

Focuses on the insights of Boston Red Sox pitcher Keith Foulke on the Baseball World Series.

Reports on the parade of the World Series champion Boston Red Sox in Boston, Massachusetts. Decision of Boston mayor Thomas M. Menino to double the length of the original parade route; Violent incidents happened prior to the parade; Comments of Red Sox fans on the parade.

Examines the efforts of pitcher Pedro Martínez to bring the World Series title to the Boston Red Sox ending an 86 year drought. How he limited the Cardinals to three hits in seven innings to get the win in game 3; Praise for the player management of Coach Terry Francona; Background on Martínez's career and his often controversial personna.

Reports on game three of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals. Victory by the Sox who lead the series 3-0; History behind previous Sox appearances in the World Series and how it differs this time; Pitching efforts of Pedro Martinez for the win; Problems for the Cardinals with their biggest hitters striking out; Details of the play.

Reports on the performance of Boston Red Sox Mark Bellhorn during the game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series in Boston. Career background of Bellhorn; Contribution of Bellhorn to the victory of Red Sox during the Game 1 in World Series; Reaction of the Boston fans regarding the performance of Bellhorn.

Reports on the support expressed by the Boston Red Sox fans on the World Series in Boston. Preparation of the fans an hour before the game; Reaction of the fans after the Red Sox won the Game 2 series; Obligation to wear Red Sox gear.

Reports on the preparation of Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling for a Game 6 in the World Series in Boston.

Reports on the encounter of the former teammates St. Louis Cardinals Julian Tavarez and Boston Red Sox Manny Ramirez in the World Series in Boston. History of the two players; Recognition of two players as the most controversial and confounding players in Major League Baseball; Statement of relief pitcher Jose Mesa regarding the closeness of the two players.

Reports on the preparation made by the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Matt Morris for the Game 2 against the Boston Red Sox in the World Series in Boston. Comment of Morris regarding his short rest; Impact of Morris' short rest on his performance during game; Plan of the Cardinals to take advantage on Red Sox Curt Schilling's injury.

Report on the plan of Boston Red Sox regarding the health situation of Boston pitcher Curt Schilling. Possibility of Schilling to become another gimpy legend; Statement of the team's physician Dr.William Morgan regarding the injury of Schilling; Career achievement of Schilling.

Highlights the errors of Boston Red Sox during the Game 2 of the World Series Championship in Boston. Collision of the Boston catcher Jason Varitek and third baseman Bill Mueller; Throwing error of Kevin Millar; Fielding error of Manny Ramirez.

Reports on the victory of the Boston Red Sox over the New York Yankees during the Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in Boston, Massachusetts. Statement of Tim Wakefield, Red Sox's starter for the game, on the unprecedented comeback of the team; Controversies between the two teams; Assertion of the Red Sox's manager, Terry Francona, on winning another series.

Reports on the euphoria being experienced by Boston Red Sox fans following their win in the American League Championships over the New York Yankees. How the victory erased years of disappointment for loyal fans; Elevation of fan faithfulness to a religion.