80 Years and Seven Tears; Four score and seven tears ago the Red Sox were the best.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: March 29, 1998 | Copyright information

You'd think somebody would have pulled the plug on the Red Sox by now.

Eighty years without a World Series championship? It's only a matter of days before lab rats deprived of sleep die. Just a few weeks without water is enough to wither the hardiest of lawns.

So how could one team manage to win four World Series in seven years, fall short for the next 79 and still look the bankteller, a.k.a. the fans, in the eye for attempt No. 80 this year?

Isn't...

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