Baseball
What Curse? Red Sox Win World Series Again
By Dylan Vox

Oct 29, 2007

“Wow, that was quick,” was probably the sentiment held by most baseball fans this weekend as they watched the Boston Red Sox annihilate the underdog Colorado Rockies in a 4-0 game victory at the 2007 World Series. After ticket sale problems and a banner year for the Rockies, the inevitable finally came to fruition, and the Sox take home their second championship in 4 years.   

It took the Boston Red Sox 86 years from 1918-2004 to finally shake what was superstitiously called the "Curse of the Bambino," but now they are back on top and seem an unstoppable force in baseball. They are reliving their early glory years when the team took home 5 World Series titles before their legendary sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.   

This series was a shut out, and Colorado just seemed lucky to have even made their first trip after winning a miraculous National League Pennant. The pennant was the first in the clubs history, and it took 11 wins in a row and a franchise record 90-73 to earn the berth.   

Before the Series, there was a controversy with ticket sales, which were only available, online. Most tickets were nabbed by scalpers who resold them to the public for 100 times over the original price. Even the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission were called in to investigate a possible scam and are currently considering whether to file charges against the online distributors.   

Unfortunately, the ticket debacle turned out to be the most interesting thing about the series which was over almost before it had begun with the Sox taking each game, 13-1 in the first, the second 2-1, the third 10-5, and the fourth and final game with a closer margin of 4-3.   

Cancer survivor and third baseman Mike Lowell earned the MVP award for the series and took home his second championship ring. The first win came while he was part of the Florida Marlins who won the championship in 2003.   

The Red Sox accredit most of this series success to their four different starting pitchers. The talent on the team is young and deep and was able to keep the Rockies form getting a foothold.   

"Pitching will lead you all the way," first baseman Kevin Youkilis told the New York Times. "That was it: great pitching and timely hitting. What can you say? This team is the best team in baseball."   

This year, that statement has defiantly proven to be true.