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The Boston Red Sox started playing in 1901 in the American League. The club was an immediate success winning six pennants and five World Series in the first 20 years. The Red Sox finally broke the curse in 2004, with a wild card spot in the playoffs. Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Orlando Cabrera, David Ortiz, and Manny Ramirez made a miraculous comeback in the ALCS from a 3-0 game deficit to the New Yankees to win four straight games and a World Series shot. The Red Sox carried the magic into the series and swept the Cardinals.
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The sale of Babe Ruth to the Yankees was not just a bad baseball move. The move was meant to help the Red Sox gain an ally in league meetings and help the team stabilize its finances.
The move worked for the ownership, but ended disastrously for the club and Boston Red Sox tickets holders over the next 84 years. The Red Sox failed to win a World Series until 2004. The time between was filled with repeated close calls and down years.
The Red Sox had several bright spots on the team during the Yankees prime. Ted Williams was one of the best hitters ever in baseball, and is the last player to .400 in a season. Williams took the club to the World Series in 1946, but, to the heartache to those with Boston Red Sox baseball tickets, lost to the Cardinals who shifted the entire defense over to hold Williams to a .200 average.
The Red Sox also had Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, and Dom DiMaggio during that time. The Red Sox did not do much during the ‘50s, relying solely on Ted Williams and refusing to sign African-American players.
The ‘60s featured the development of Carl Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski was a Hall of Fame hitter in a decade known for its Hall of Fame pitching. Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown in 1967, took the team to the World Series against the Cardinals, and made all Boston Red Sox Events entertaining. After coming out of a highly competitive four team pennant race, the Red Sox lost to the Cardinals.
The Red Sox again fielded a highly competitive team in 1975, when Yastrzemski got some help from outfielders Jim Rice, Dwight Evans, and Fred Lynn (who won the Rookie of the Year Award and the MVP), catcher Carlton Fisk, and pitcher Luis Tiant.
The 1975 team swept the Oakland A’s in the ALCS and met the Big Red Machine in the World Series. Everybody with Boston Red Sox tickets was again ecstatic, but despite late inning heroics from Carlton Fisk and pinch hitter Bernie Carbo, the club lost to the Reds in seven games.
The Red Sox followed with several famous collapses. The team blew a 14.5 game lead in the East in 1978 to the Yankees as the Boston Red Sox schedule was coming to an end. The team was one game away from breaking the curse in the 1986 World Series with the Mets, when first baseman Bill Buckner let the a slow ground ball go between his legs. The Mets would come back from a 3-1 deficit take the series.
The Red Sox finally broke the curse in 2004, with a wild card spot in the playoffs. Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, Orlando Cabrera, Dave Roberts, David Ortiz, Manny Ramirex, and Doug Mienkiewicz made a miraculous comeback in the ALCS from a 3-0 game deficit to the New Yankees to win four straight games and then the World Series against the Cardinals. All those years fans held to their Boston Red Sox tickets finally paid off.
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Following the World Series sweep of the Colorado Rockies last season, the Boston Red Sox are favored to win the American League East for the third time in four years and are expected to compete for their third World Series victory in five years.
The Red Sox have the premier 3-4 men in baseball with David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez each a threat to bat .300, hit more than 30 home runs, and drive in more than 100 runs. The rest of the lineup goes deep enough so that the Red Sox are always a threat to score. Third baseman Mike Lowell at the five spot offers protection for the perennial power hitters and a speedy center fielder Jacob Ellsbury comes into his second year as a leadoff hitter who can for average and consistently threaten on the base paths.
The Red Sox rotation is expected to be strong again with staff ace Josh Becket and Japanese-import Daisuke Matsuzaka predicted to be 20-game winners. Jon Lester may have his breakout season after defeating cancer and coming back stronger this season. Veteran Tim Wakefield’s knuckle ball always provides a challenge to hitters who have to gauge the wind before coming to the plate against him. The bullpen is led by closer Jonathon Papelbon, who dominated last season with a 1.85 ERA and 37 saves. If relief pitchers Hideki Okajima and Manny Declarmen can hold games, the Red Sox should have no problem repeating as AL East champs.
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