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Article: Red Sox Cool Off Rockies 13-1 in Game 1
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- October 25, 2007
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BOSTON - When the Red Sox were done circling the bases, Fenway Park's quaint green-and-white manual scoreboard told the tale of a World Series opener like no other: Boston 13, Colorado 1. And just like that, all the momentum that belonged to the Rockies vanished into New England's drizzly autumn air.
"Not sure what the final score was, but we were a little rusty," Colorado's Todd Helton said after Wednesday night's laugher. "Kind of felt like a spring training game at the end, the way they kept pulling players."
Only this wasn't a lazy March afternoon in Tucson, Ariz., or Fort Myers, Fla. This was baseball's biggest stage, a time for tension and drama. Instead, fans were treated to ...