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The 2005 Boston Red Sox Deserve A Better Legacy

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The 2005 Boston Red Sox aren’t among the most renowned of the franchise’s recent ascendancy. They didn’t win a World Series, as happened in 2004, 2007 and 2013. They didn’t suffer a gutwrenching loss like in 2003 or endure a major collapse like in 2011. But the 2005 Boston Red Sox were a special team, one that overachieved and deserves a better legacy than the one they have.

1978 Boston Red Sox: Another Race Ends Badly In Boston

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The season was a noble effort, one that marked the Red Sox the second-best team in baseball (their 99 wins exceeded that of every other division winner and the Yanks went on to win the World Series) and the Sox had no quit in them. That’s a thin reed to hold onto when the best team is your archrival, when you had a 14-game lead after the All-Star break and you have to watch them celebrate on your home field.

1998 Boston Red Sox: Laying The Foundation For Great Things

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The Boston Red Sox have become one of baseball’s model franchises in the early part of the 21st century, with three World Series titles (2004, 2007, 2013) and being a regular in the postseason. It was the end of the 1990s that saw the groundwork laid for that success and the 1998 Boston Red Sox were where the foundation was put in place.

The 2007 Boston Red Sox Show They’re Here To Stay

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The 2007 Boston Red Sox entered the season in a state of quasi-transition. Their historical World Series title of 2004 had been followed by two years of decline, including bad second half fade that left them out of the playoffs in 2006. There were questions looming over whether their 2004 triumph over the New York Yankees was a one-time thing, a case of the blind squirrel finally finding the acorn. 2007 answered those questions