ST. LOUIS - They are now forever a part of New England lore, names such as Pokey Reese right up there with Paul Revere and Plymouth Rock. Because these Boston Red Sox — yes, the Boston Red Sox! — are World Series champions at long, long last. No more curse and no doubt about it.
Pedro Martinez paraded the trophy down the left-field line, hoisting it high over his head with both hands after Boston won it for the first time since 1918, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 Wednesday night for a four-game sweep.Thousands of Red Sox fans at Busch Stadium roared. Seeing was believing, but they still couldn't believe their eyes."We know people who are 90 years old who have just said: 'Just one championship before I die,'" Red Sox chairman Tom Werner said. It was Boston's sixth championship, but the first after 86 years of frustration and futility, after two world wars, the Great Depression, men on the moon, and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.
taken from Yahoo News
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