Los Angeles hasn’t won a World Series since 1988, but retired schoolteacher Ken Martin likes the Dodgers’ chances in this World Series.
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Trump to host Washington Nationals at White House on Monday
But already, one prominent team member, relief pitcher Sean Doolittle, says he does not plan to attend.
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World Series: Cole lifts Astros to 3-2 lead
Houston completes three-game sweep in D.C. with a 7-1 win to take a 3-2 series lead.
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Red Sox manager Alex Cora hedges on White House visit
Boston skipper doesn’t sound so sure anymore about visiting the White House for the celebration of the team’s World Series championship.
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Alex Cora arrives in Puerto Rico as fans celebrate Red Sox’s World Series win
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of arms stretched into the sky in the hometown of Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Saturday as fans took pictures and video of the first man from Puerto Rico to lead a team to a World Series championship. Cora held up the trophy that he had been cradling […]
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Parade fetes Red Sox’s World Series championship; trophy, manager Cora hit by beer cans
BOSTON — Confetti cannons boomed and huge crowds of fans cheered wildly on Wednesday as the Boston Red Sox rumbled through downtown aboard duck boats to mark the team’s fourth World Series championship in the past 15 years. One of the team’s championship trophies and team manager Alex Cora were hit by flying cans of […]
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On Baseball: Decisions loom for Red Sox after parade
Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner holds the championship trophy as president Sam Kennedy, third from right, manager Alex Cora, second from right, and pitcher Chris Sale, right, celebrate after Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) During the 2007 World Series […]
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Red Sox parade through Boston to start 11 a.m. Wednesday
BOSTON (AP) — In what has become a championship tradition in the city, the Boston Red Sox will climb aboard duck boats for a parade to celebrate the team’s fourth World Series title in 15 years, city officials announced Monday. The parade Wednesday will begin at 11 a.m. at Fenway Park. The team is expected […]
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Well-traveled Pearce finds a place — as World Series MVP
LOS ANGELES — For a dozen years, Steve Pearce was on the move. From Pittsburgh to Houston to every single team in the AL East, just looking for a spot where he could stick. He finally found his permanent place — in Red Sox lore. The well-traveled Pearce wound up as the World Series MVP […]
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Dombrowski Design: GM adds Red Sox title to 1997 Marlins championship
LOS ANGELES — A man ahead of his time more than 40 years ago, Dave Dombrowski studied to become a general manager. Going into his junior year at Western Michigan’s Lee Honors College in 1977, he started work on his thesis: “The General Manager, ‘The Man in the Middle’” and wrote letters to every GM […]