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This is Red Sox's year . . . really
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COMMENTARY
This is Red Sox's year . . . really
By THOMAS BOSWELL
Sunday, September 14, 2003
Baltimore -- This is the Red Sox's year.
This statement, of course, is a standing joke in New England.
Every year is the Red Sox's year. Until it turns out not to be. This
refrain of broken hopes has held true since 1918. Some think it will
hold true forever.
But I don't. I actually think this is the year the Red Sox will
win the World Series. My editors, told o...
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