Oct 21st, 2004 · NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with NPR's Mike Pesca about the Boston Red Sox and their historic victory over the New York Yankees Wednesday, coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the best-of-seven pennant playoff by winning four straight games against their perennial rival. The Red Sox last won the American League pennant in 1986, and the team has not won the World Series since it traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1918 -- the so-called "curse of the bambino."
Keywords: games · Deficit · victory · Alex Chadwick · history · sporting · historian · winning · trading · 1986 · Playoff · comeback
Oct 21st, 2004 · NPR's Melissa Block talks with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee about Boston's victory over the New York Yankees Wednesday night and their trip to the World Series. This will be the Sox' first trip to the World Series since 1986. Lee was part of the 1978 team that lost to the Yankees in a playoff.
Keywords: victory · Melissa Block · 1986 · Boston · Playoff · Lee · comeback · yankee · New York Yankees · Sox · World Series · 1978
Oct 21st, 2004 · The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees 10-3, winning the American League Championship Series with a stirring comeback and advancing to their first World Series since 1986. The Sox are the first team ever to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games. Hear NPR's Tom Goldman.
Keywords: games · world · winning · 1986 · comeback · advancements · Tom Goldman · New York Yankees · Sox · World Series · Boston Red Sox · Yanks
Jul 10th, 2004 · The Pride of Baltimore, a tall ship built for the American Bicentennial, sank in a storm in 1986, killing four people. Eight others survived. Author Tom Waldron tells the story in his book Pride of the Sea.
Keywords: killing · survive · Sea · Baltimore · 1986 · Saga · Pride of Baltimore · American Bicentennial · Tom Waldron
