Friday, October 29, 2004
1918...
The Red Sox last World Series victory (until Wednesday night) was, fittingly, against the Chicago Cubs. Babe Ruth was a larger factor than in 1915 or 1916, winning two games and surrendering just two runs in 17 innings of work. Ironically, the Cubs chose to play at Comiskey Park, home of the White Sox (who would go down in infamy the following year as the Black Sox), because Wrigley was too small to accomodate the crowds. It would be the Red Sox sole victorious World Series at Fenway:
Babe Ruth won game one in Chicago with a six-hit shutout, 1-0. The Cubs evened the series at 1-1 with a 3-1 victory, but the Red Sox won games three and four to take a 3-1 series lead. Ruth won game four for the Red Sox 3-2. A terrific pitching effort allowed the Cubs to stay alive with a 3-0 victory in game five, but the Red Sox put it away with a 2-1 triumph in game six, the sole Red Sox series victory celebrated at Fenway Park. It was a classically low-scoring dead-ball era World Series: in six games the Red Sox and Cubs combined for 19 runs.
Then Red Sox fans had to wait a while ... On to Phillies news...
Babe Ruth won game one in Chicago with a six-hit shutout, 1-0. The Cubs evened the series at 1-1 with a 3-1 victory, but the Red Sox won games three and four to take a 3-1 series lead. Ruth won game four for the Red Sox 3-2. A terrific pitching effort allowed the Cubs to stay alive with a 3-0 victory in game five, but the Red Sox put it away with a 2-1 triumph in game six, the sole Red Sox series victory celebrated at Fenway Park. It was a classically low-scoring dead-ball era World Series: in six games the Red Sox and Cubs combined for 19 runs.
Then Red Sox fans had to wait a while ... On to Phillies news...
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