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The Red Sox finally did it - they won a World Series. They looked dead after the first three games of the ALCS - then their pitchers came to life, and the Yankees bats went silent. After they took New York apart, I don't think there was any stopping them - they had that crucial confidence that they had lacked for a long, long time. In fact, I suspect that this would have been a much tougher series for them if they hadn't gone through New York first. By slaying that demon, they were filled with confidence and played up to their abilities. Had they gone through the Twins instead, they may have had another round of oddness - instead of Ramirez' errors not amounting to anything, for instance, they might have added up.

No matter though - didn't happen. The upshot is that the Yankees now have real competition