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Article: Red Sox Find Their Way Home; Beckett Is Brilliant, Offense Steps Up As Boston Extends ALCS to Sixth Game
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 19, 2007
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Red Sox 7, Indians 1
Josh Beckett was the big, hairy alpha male of Jacobs Field on
Thursday night, standing on the dirt hill at the center of the
diamond and daring anyone to come knock him off. He roared at lesser
beasts who dared cross his path. He stalked his territory, slow and
assured, the baddest man in the house. That anthem singer, pretty
and sweet-voiced? Beckett used to date her. As she sang Thursday
night, he never even looked at her.
Game 5 of the American League Championship Series was to have
belonged to the city of Cleveland and their beloved Indians, and
44,588 fans packed into the stadium hoping to witness the clinching
of the pennant. But instead, the night belonged to the ...