USA: BASEBALL - Boston Red Sox fans celebrate their teams second World Series baseball win

The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies win their second World Series title after the end of the "Curse", sweeping the Colorado Rockies with a 4-3 victory in Game 4. Fans in Boston take to the street to celebrate their teams win in Denver. The Boston Red Sox won their fourth straight game against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday (October 28) to win the best-of-seven World Series 4-0. The 4-3 win on Sunday gave the Red Sox their second World Series win in four years. Previously Boston had gone for 86 years without winning the World Series, giving rise to a belief that the team was cursed. Hundreds of Red Sox fans poured through the streets of Boston early on Monday (October 29) to celebrate the win, with some hurling rocks at police in riot gear and lighting fires. Police moved in on a crowd of up to 2,000 fans around Boston's historic Fenway park where at least one car was overturned. In Denver, where the final game was played, Mike Lowell, the team's most valued player who produced a double and a home run, said the expectations of fans had been different in 2003 or 2004 when Boston won their first World Series. "I think in '03, no one expected us to do anything, so we were kinda beating the odds each time. But I think it's a little different when from the onset people expect you to win a world championship, and if you don't it's a disappointing year. So for us to come through, and do what we thought we were capable of doing is unbelievable. We've got a lot of people to give credit to," he said. Terry Francona, Red Sox manager, said: "I'm supposed to have a lot of things to say and maybe be a little bit profound, but it's hard to come up with the right words. To go through this from day one to now with people that you really, really care about makes it really special." The Rockies, who won 21 of 22 games to storm into the postseason and their first World Series, never found their stride after waiting eight days for the Series to begin. The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday (October 28) to win the World Series in their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years. Starter Jon Lester took the win, Jonathan Papelbon notched the save and World Series MVP Mike Lowell paced a nine-hit attack with a double and home run in the final chapter of this year's best-of-seven Major League Baseball championship. Boston, who had gone 86 years without winning a World Series before sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in 2004, repeated the feat by outscoring the Rockies a cumulative 29-10. news With the game in Denver, Red Sox fans took to the streets of Boston to celebreate their team's away win. Boston police were prepared for the crowd, which two years ago did considerable property damage in their celebrations. "You know, I'm on cloud nine. It's unbelievable," said Lowell attempting to descsribe the team's euphoria. "To go through this from day one to now with people that you really, really care about makes it really special," said team manager, Terry Francona. Papelbon struck out Seth Smith for the final out, touching off a wild celebration at the mound that started with catcher Jason Varitek leaping into the reliever's arms. The Rockies, who won 21 of 22 games to storm into the postseason and their first World Series, never found their stride after waiting eight days for the Series to begin but fought to the finish in Game Four. Left-hander Lester, who took chemotherapy treatment last winter to treat lymphoma, went five and two-thirds scoreless innings, giving up three hits in his first postseason start. Boston scored single runs in the first and fifth innings and made it 3-0 on Lowell's homer in the seventh off starter and loser Aaron Cook. Colorado had home runs from Brad Hawpe in the seventh and Garrett Atkins in the eighth to climb to 4-3 in the eighth before hard-throwing Papelbon was summoned to get the last five outs for his third save of the series.

ITN Source | October 30, 2007

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