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...there and he?s behind this and that?s why I?m here,? said Leahy. ?My fianc? told me I had to go to the game because dad would have wanted me to be there.? Leahy said that his father passed away shortly after game 5 when the Sox beat the Yankees in the 14th inning. And there were countless others like Jeff Shneider from New York who had attended the 1975 World Series when Boston lost to Cincinnati, as well as 1986 against the Mets. Now he was in St. Louis with his son Kyle, who was barely...
...That brand of Midwestern hospitality took Sox fans by surprise. The vitriol of the Yankees-Red Sox series had evaporated; here, it was pure baseball, fans enjoying the game and cheering for their team. By comparison to the scene at Yankees Stadium when the archrivals played, this was more like a college reunion. Until, of course, the inevitable moment during the celebration when Boston fans cast aside their manners and started chanting ?Yankees Suck!? The Yanks may have been out of sight, but they weren?t out of mind. One sign read: ?Plane Ticket: $350, Game Ticket: $750, The Yankees...
...Yankees obsession may seem foolish, especially in light of such an amazing championship, but it also makes some sense. Painful losses-like the Aaron Boone moment of 2003-often seem like the relative that no one wants to talk about. Chalk up enough of those, as the Red Sox have, and the frustration is bound to seep out somewhere. For the Boston fans, the Yankees plot line adds to the sense of justice and fairness that so many felt after winning it all. Some wondered what life would be like without their wound, their heartbreak. The truth is that...
...themselves in the game. And they seem oddly impervious to the knots that tie up fans. They dream of winning the World Series from their earliest days of Little League, and they drive toward that goal in spite of curses or anything else for that matter. For the Red Sox, that dream is now a reality. No more curses. No more close calls. No more 1918. No more ? For now, they can enjoy victory and sit on top of the world until next spring when the snow melts, the stadiums reopen and baseball starts anew...
...soon as the final out was recorded at 11:40 p.m., cheers, church bells, and car horns resounded along the empty streets as the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-0, to win their first World Series title in 86 years...