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Article: Red Sox' Alignment of Stars
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 11, 2003
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This is the Red Sox' year.
This statement, of course, is a standing joke in New England.
Every year is the Red Sox' year. Until it turns out not to be. This
refrain of broken hopes has held true since 1918. Some think it will
hold true forever.
But I don't. I actually think this is the year the Red Sox will
win the World Series. My editors, told of this, have already
suggested a suitable "employee drug rehabilitation program." But I
have my sober reasons.
Foremost among them: I vacationed in the heart of Red Sox Nation
where everyone knows every pitch of the previous game. I watched
games with my father-in-law, who pitched AAA ball for the "Sawx" and,
at 83, has never seen his team win a ...