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Article: This is Red Sox's year . . . really
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 14, 2003
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COMMENTARY
This is Red Sox's year . . . really
By THOMAS BOSWELL
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Baltimore -- This is the Red Sox's year.
This statement, of course, is a standing joke in New England.
Every year is the Red Sox's 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 ...