Boston Red Sox: Most memorable games in franchise history
By Drew Athans
Red Sox win 2004 World Series
As mentioned previously, while winning the 2004 ALCS was cathartic on so many levels and lives on as the greatest win in Red Sox history, the ultimate prize was always the World Series. After winning the American League pennant, there was still no guarantee that Boston was going to finally end their drought.
Standing in their way were the St. Louis Cardinals, winners of 105 games and the best team in all of baseball in 2004. There was some trepidation among Red Sox fans that after winning such an epic and draining ALCS, there would be a letdown in the World Series and the drought would continue. We needn’t have worried.
The Red Sox carried over their roll into the World Series and absolutely dominated the Cardinals en route to a sweep and their long-awaited return to being World Series champions. The Red Sox led every inning of the four games and other than a scare in game one, the outcome was never in doubt.
The 2004 World Series gets overlooked a little bit because of how big winning the ALCS was, but make no mistake that had the Red Sox not sealed the deal and won it all after beating the Yankees, it would have been seen as a massive disappointment. If winning the 2004 ALCS is the greatest win in Red Sox history, winning the 2004 World Series is an incredibly close second… if not too close to call.