All of Red Sox Nation seemingly held its breath: The Red Sox were one out away from the impossible—a World Series victory. They had been here before; they had been one out away from winning it all in 1986, and one game win from baseball’s crown in 2003, 1975 and 1967. In each case, ultimate victory would never come. History dictated that somehow, despite how close it really was, baseball’s crown would slip through the Sox cursed hands again, as it had since 1918.
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