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Columns by Caulton Tudor

Published: Oct 14, 2008 12:30 AM
Modified: Oct 14, 2008 03:26 AM

'Red Sox Nation' has outpost in Triangle

Carl Yastrzemski throws out the first pitch before the 2007 World Series.
 

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1986 WORLD SERIES GAME 6 STARTING LINEUP

3B: Wade Boggs

2B: Marty Barrett

1B: Bill Buckner

LF: Jim Rice

RF: Darrell Evans

C: Rich Gedman

CF: David Henderson

SS: Spike Owen

P: Roger Clemens

BEST OF BOSOX

C: Jason Varitek

1B: David Ortiz

2B: Bobby Doerr

SS: Nomar Garciaparra

3B: Wade Boggs

OF: Ted Williams

OF: Carl Yastrzemski

OF: Jim Rice

PITCHERS: Cy Young, Roger Clemens, Babe Ruth, Joe Wood

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The Boston Red Sox are arguably one of the most beloved teams in professional sports.

Oh, sure, you could argue cases for the Chicago Cubs, the Dodgers, the Boston Celtics, the Montreal Canadiens and the Green Bay Packers, among others.

The lowest moment in franchise history likely hit on Oct. 25, 1986, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. Game 6 of the World Series should have been the day the Babe Ruth Curse was cracked. The Mets won, 6-5, in 10 innings, but the Red Sox had three errors. The last error was committed by one of the top-fielding first basemen of his time, Bill Buckner, who allowed a game-ending/winning ground ball to pass through his legs. The Mets then won the decisive seventh game.

In the years since, the Red Sox have recovered famously. The "Jinx" was broken in 2004 with a Series sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, then backed by another sweep, over the Colorado Rockies, last season. Many experts think the Sox are set to repeat in '08.

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