Boston Wins 1st World Series At Home Since 1918

Happy Halloween!

Here’s your final baseball briefing for Thursday, October 31, 2013.

Yesterday

Game 6 World Series (best of seven)

RESULT    WIN    LOSS
at Boston 6, St. Louis 1    Lackey (1-1)    Wacha (1-1)

For the first time since 1918, the Boston Red Sox celebrated a World Series championship at Fenway Park with a 6-1 win against St. Louis in Game 6.  Shane Victorino doubled in three runs in the third, and added an RBI single in the fourth as the Red Sox took the early lead and never looked back.  Boston starter John Lackey became the first pitcher to start and win a World Series clincher (2002 with the Angels) with his near seven innings of one run ball, and David Ortiz was named MVP after hitting .688.  Boston has now won three World Series titles in the past ten years.

Boston Wins Series 4-2

Playoff Predictions Overall:  19-20

Trivia

Monday’s Question:   Who did the Red Sox beat in Boston to win the 1918 World Series? 

Answer:  Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2.

House Bet

Monday’s Bet:  Over/Under 78 arrests in the Boston area Wednesday night if the Red Sox win the World Series.

Result:  Under.  Only 9 arrests were made in Boston as of this writing. 

Thanks everyone for reading!  I hope it helped you follow the baseball season and that you learned something.  Baseball has a long history, and I just touched on each franchise and World Series.  There's so much more to learn.  

Perhaps next year.  Have a safe winter.