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Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 155 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

2000-10-24

By |2020-09-05T19:05:40-04:00September 5th, 2020|

October 24, 2004: The Red Sox took Game Two of the World Series with a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals before 35,001 fans at Fenway Park who were beginning to hope that the 86-year World Championship drought was over; Curt Schilling held the Cards to four hits and one run in six strong innings to earn the win and Jason Varitek's rare triple drove in two [...]

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2000-10-23

By |2020-09-05T19:05:09-04:00September 5th, 2020|

October 23, 1986: Bruce Hurst held the New York Mets to two runs and the Red Sox won Game Five of the World Series 4-2 before 34,010 fans at Fenway Park; Dave Henderson continued his postseason magic with a double, triple, RBI and run scored as joyful Red Sox fans anticipated a World Championship as Boston headed to Shea Stadium with a 3-2 Series lead. [...]

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2000-10-22

By |2020-09-05T19:04:35-04:00September 5th, 2020|

October 22, 1975: One of the great World Series of all-time came to a disappointing end for Red Sox fans as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Red Sox 4-3; the Red Sox scored three runs in the third and led 3-0 after five, but a Tony Perez home run off a Bill Lee "ephus pitch,"and key hits by Pete Rose and Joe Morgan doomed Boston. [...]

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2000-10-21

By |2020-09-05T19:03:54-04:00September 5th, 2020|

October 21, 1975: Game Six of the World Series was one of the great games in the history of the Fall Classic as the Red Sox defeated the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 on Carlton Fisk's iconic home run off the leftfield foul pole in the 12th inning; 35,205 Fenway fans were treated to one thrill after another in one of the best games in World Series history. [...]

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2000-10-20

By |2020-09-05T15:46:04-04:00September 5th, 2020|

October 20, 2004: The Red Sox completed one of the great comebacks in sports history with a 10-3 shellacking of the Yankees to clinch the ALCS Championship after trailing 0-3 in games; Johnny Damon homered twice and drove in six runs to send Yankee starter Kevin Brown to the showers, David Ortiz hit his fourth Series homer and Derek Lowe earned the win. [...]

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