Red Soxs Win World Series

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Red Soxs Win World Series

• Peggy Throop
• Central Michigan University

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Curse Broken

• Curse started in 1920 when Baby Ruth was sold to
  the Yankees.
• This time frame includes 2 World Wars, The Great
  Depression, Men on the moon, and the rise and
  fall of the Soviet Union.
• Win ends 86 years of frustration.

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Series Scoreboard

• Game 1 Red Soxs 11 Cardinals 9
• Game 2 Red Soxs 6 Cardinals 2
• Game 3 Red Soxs 4 Cardinals 1
• Game 4 Red Soxs 3 Cardinals 0

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Scoring Summary Game 4

• Top of the 1st inning Damon homered to right on a
  2 ball and 1 strike count.
• Top of the 3rd inning Nixon doubled to center,
  Ortiz scored, Varitex scored, Mueller went to
  third.

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MVP

• Manny Ramirez of the Red Soxs was selected as the
  MVP of the World Series.
• Left fielder
• Batting Average .412 (7 for 17)
• 1 Home Run
• 4 RBIs

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Red Soxs Payroll

• Payroll for 2004 team was 125 million.
• The Red Soxs have 90 million tied up in the 2005
  team so far.
• GM Theo Epstein is usually conservative, but went
  all out to get closing pitcher Keith Foulke.