The Boston Red Sox lifted a championship and buried a curse Wednesday, turning fantasy into reality with a stirring World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. In a match staged under a total lunar eclipse, Johnny Damon homered and Derek Lowe pitched seven shutout innings in a 3-0 victory which completed a four-game sweep in the best-of-seven series. The Red Sox won their last eight games a World Series record. Boston fiinally exorcised the "Curse of the Bambino," which some believe has prevented the Red Sox from winning a World Series since Sox owner Harry Frazee made a big mistake and sold a young Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
But this October would be different. The Red Sox appeared more charmed than cursed, starting with an unprecedented comeback win over the Yankees in the American League championships series and on through a World Series in which they never once trailed. Just three outs away from another crushing defeat at the hands of their bitter New York rivals, the Red Sox staged an epic rally to become the first team in Major League history to erase a 3-0 deficit and win a best-of-seven series.
After decades of unfathomable bad luck good fortune finally shone on the Red Sox as they fumbled and stumbled their way to a 2-0 World Series lead despite committing a record eight errors. Boston fans groaned when word came that pitcher Curt Schilling, who led the Major Leagues in wins this season with 21, had re-injured his ankle and might miss his starts. But the 37-year-old righthander was back on the mound getting a crucial win in both the American league and World Series after doctors stitched a dislocated tendon in place using an experimental procedure tested only on a cadaver. Pedro Martinez ("Who's your daddy") made it 3-0 and set-up the four game sweep with a masterful three-hitter over seven innings.
Now the baseball Chicago Cubs are waiting for their turn. Next year.
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