We searched Fenway Park. We covered every inch of Boston Common. We asked Manny Ramirez to remove his do-rag. We peeked inside the Green Monster. We climbed Bunker Hill. We ran circles around Harvard Square. We looked under every dropped 'R' in New England. ...more

October 25, 2007

FIRST-TIMERS The Colorado Rockies, in their 15th season, are making their first appearance in the World Series. The Rockies, winners of 21 of their past 22 games, are the sixth team since 1992 to reach the Fall Classic for the first time. The previous five have a 4-1 record with Toronto (1992), Florida (1997), Arizona (2001) and Anaheim (2002) all victorious and Houston (2005) the one to fail. ...more

October 24, 2007

Fenway Park was quiet, the Red Sox clubhouse was dry and Jonathan Papelbon was done with his Irish step dance. ...more

October 23, 2007

Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia and these Boston Red Sox are taking a sweet streak into the World Series, too. ...more

October 22, 2007

Before the bloody sock, Curt Schilling was a pitcher in ruin: Injured, ineffective, unsure whether he would be able to help the Red Sox reach the World Series, much less win it. ...more

October 20, 2007

Back to Boston they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox. Josh Beckett, blocking out everything but Jason Varitek's target, dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as the Red Sox stayed alive in the AL Championship Series with a 7-1 win Thursday night in Game 5. ...more

October 19, 2007

History gives Josh Beckett and the Red Sox a pretty good shot. They've come back from big postseason deficits. ...more

October 18, 2007

Led by a throwback pitcher who looks as if he stepped out of their 1948 team photo, the Cleveland Indians moved one win from another crack at winning an elusive World Series title. ...more

October 17, 2007

Josh Beckett didn't need another shutout to beat the Cleveland Indians. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez took care of that. ...more

October 13, 2007

Even when they lose, Josh Beckett and C.C. Sabathia can seem unbeatable. ...more

October 12, 2007