BOSTON — It took more than a century for these clubs to finally meet again in the Fall Classic. They had plenty of stars, especially during baseball’s Golden Era — Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson and The Duke of Flatbush, among them. But a World Series between the Red Sox and Dodgers just wasn’t part of […]
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Baseball’s best: long nights, strikeouts and pitching changes lengthen postseason
BOSTON — Games have averaged 3 hours, 35½ minutes, up six minutes from the 2017 postseason and more than a half-hour over the regular season. Strikeouts have topped hits in seven of eight postseason matchups. Starting pitchers usually don’t finish the fifth inning and use of relievers is up markedly in an era when “bullpenning” […]
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Red Sox vs. Dodgers: A viewer’s guide to the World Series
Just after 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Red Sox will welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to Fenway Park for the first game of the 144th edition of the World Series. And history will be made, one way or the other, for either a Red Sox team that won 108 regular season games or a Dodgers team […]
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World Series set for a cold start
BOSTON (AP) — Hooting and hollering, Chris Taylor and a couple of Dodgers took aim at the Green Monster. With their arms, not bats. Standing in left field, they kept throwing balls at a small, square space in the scoreboard, shouting every time a miss clanged off the metal letters. “I’ve got good aim!” Taylor […]
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Red Sox-Dodgers: Rich histories, but little crossover
Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson and the Boys of Summer. Ted Williams to Yaz and the Impossible Dream. Manny Ramirez. Pedro Martinez. Bill Buckner. Fenway Franks and Dodger Dogs. Ebbets Field, the Green Monster. “Sweet Caroline” or “I Love L.A.” Yet for all their rich history — dating back to Babe Ruth on the mound — […]
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The Hot Corner: Can't dodge this Red Sox team's destiny
There is nothing to fear in the Boston Red Sox camp heading into this World Series. Don’t take that as a prediction or a presumption to fire up the duck boats. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a legitimate opponent with loads of late October experience. They hit the accelerator at precisely the right time this […]
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Dodgers beat Brewers in Game 7, will face Red Sox in World Series
MILWAUKEE — Yasiel Puig and Cody Bellinger flexed their muscles. Chris Taylor flashed some leather. Then the Los Angeles Dodgers got a lift from ace Clayton Kershaw out of the bullpen to finish off the Milwaukee Brewers and return to the World Series. Puig broke open a tight game with a three-run homer in the […]
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Cora: MVP favorite Mookie Betts could play 2B for Red Sox in World Series
BOSTON — With a championship at stake, MVP favorite Mookie Betts is ready to do anything manager Alex Cora asks. Even if that means dusting off his infielder’s mitt. Cora said Saturday he may use the Gold Glove Award-winning right fielder at second base during the World Series, a move that would make space for […]
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Red Sox sail into World Series, set for ace Chris Sale’s return
HOUSTON — David Price, at last, looked like a postseason ace. Craig Kimbrel pitched a lockdown inning. And much-maligned Jackie Bradley Jr. became an MVP. Most everything went right for the Red Sox as they sailed into the World Series. Now the big question for Boston: Is everything all right with ace Chris Sale? “We’re […]
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JBJ an MVP: Jackie Bradley Jr. wins ALCS honor for Red Sox
HOUSTON — Jackie Bradley Jr. had only three hits in the AL Championship Series. He certainly made them count. Batting at the bottom of the order, Bradley homered twice and drove in nine runs to win Most Valuable Player honors as the Boston Red Sox powered their way past Houston and into the World Series. […]