Wednesday night (October 27, 2004), under a sun red eclipsed moon, the Boston Red Sox completed their journey by finishing off the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the World Series at Busch Stadium in fine fashion with pitcher Derek Lowe on the mound.

Lowe was probably one of the guys on the team who was last to have something to prove, and he made the circle complete by giving up only three hits in seven innings, and getting run support from Johnny Damon and Trot Nixon, as the Sox went on to defeat the Cardinals 3-0.

This is now their time and Theo Epstein has done for Red Sox fans what Bob Kraft has done for Patriots fans by bringing a championship in a short period of their tenure.

The fans also owe a thanks to John Henry and Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino who found ways to bring revenue to this team without closing the famed Fenway Park and making adjustments like the Green Monster seats which became a big hit, and sold out early.

Boston shows a team effort wins championships once again, and finally we can give the past a rest.

Bill Buckner... You can finally emerge from the federal witness protection program to breathe easy because all has been forgiven.

Calvin Schiraldi... You can stop hating your pitching arm because we've all forgotten about that wild pitch.

Grady Little... You can now make pitching decisions without second guessing yourself.

And there are others, who over the 86 years deserve to be mentioned for this team's ups and downs, but I'm not going to delve into that because this team has made history. History that I don't think some will realize the magnitude for years to come.

The Red Sox got shelled by their rivals the Yankees 19-8 in Game 3 of the ALCS, were down three games and on verge of being swept into Curseville one more time, as fans around New England prepared for one more broken heart and another promise of "wait till next year."

It never happened, and the Red Sox made history taking four games straight from the Yankees, and then to top it off they took four straight from the best the National League had to offer, the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cards, in my estimation, had some of the worse pitching I had ever seen this year, and I'm still trying to figure out how they won so many games over the season. I also felt somewhat sorry for the Cards because when the Sox went up three games I knew they were not about to let history be changed again. You just knew they had learned about determination from that ALCS series.

The Red Sox have now pulled off what was once called impossible, and have now made 2004 sports history for the city of Boston. In a week that fans saw the Pats beat the Jets, the BC Eagles take out Notre Dame, and the New England Revolution win their first playoff game over the Columbus Crew in the MLS Eastern Conference Championship. Boston is on top, and I believe is the fourth city in sports history to boast a Super Bowl Champion and World Series Champion in the same year!

And what does this do for Boston? Let's just say driving around town is much more friendly, there are more smiles on the T, and there are some changes being made to the Boston environment in celebration. Earlier this year some fans vandalized a "curve" sign on the famed Storrow Drive by spray painting "reverse the curse". The sign was replaced and the sign was vandalized once again, and remained. Today Gov. Mitt Romney, some of his staff and the media will be heading out to Storrow Drive to take a blow torch to the sign for replacement. No word yet, on what will happen to the vandalized sign.

The Hancock tower which has corresponding beacons to inform certain weather conditions will flash red and blue lights in unison from today until the parade on Saturday to symbolize the death of the curse and has now added a line to the famous poem for those to remember what the beacons mean.

Saturday will be the parade that has been long overdue, and may travel another famous course in the history of Boston as parade planners are thinking of using the Boston Marathon route for the parade route which will stop the masses from invading Boston and spread millions of fans along a route that stretches over 20 miles.

Imagine the sight; 20 miles of ticker tape, and confetti to clean up... As one person said on WEEI's whiner line, it would be a nice job for Yankee outfielder Karim Garcia and pitcher Jeff Nelson who worked out a deal for 50 hours of community service  this week for their assaulting a Fenway groundskeeper during the 2003 ALCS.

All that's left now is for Doc Rivers to get the Celtics ready to prove this year, and Boston will really be on top.

Note: 8191 stands for "Reverse the Curse"

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