Many thousands more crammed the city’s streets and bars to proclaim those formerly scarce words that are now often repeated: The Boston Red Sox won the World Series.įrom there, the Red Sox were simply too good for St. But for the first time since 1918, Boston was able to celebrate the victory at home, winning in front of an announced crowd of 38,447 at Fenway Park. The Red Sox also captured titles by beating the Cardinals in 2004 and the Colorado Rockies in 2007. Louis Cardinals, 6-1, in Game 6 of the World Series and earned the third jewel in their championship crown over the last 10 years, their eighth over all. The latest victory came Wednesday night, when the Red Sox beat the St. As popular as they were in their corner of the nation, either they were good enough to lose in agonizing fashion on baseball’s grandest stage, or they were just plain bad.īut that all changed in 2004 when the Red Sox ended an 86-year championship drought, and now their fortunes have shifted so dramatically that winning titles has become commonplace. BOSTON - For much of the 20th century, the Boston Red Sox were a symbol of frustration and pain for an entire region.
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