2007 was a fun year. From April 14 onward they sat atop the American League East and there was no sense of waiting for the other shoe to drop, you just held on and enjoyed the ride. Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima arrived, as did J.D. Drew and Julio Lugo. Jon Lester returned after his chemotherapy treatments. Dustin Pedroia got his sea legs and turned in an impressive year. Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter.
After easily dispatching the Angels, they fell behind Cleveland 3-1. But Beckett did his thing and they got back on track, resoundingly beating Cleveland in the next three games. In the first game of the World Series, Colorado was no match for Josh Beckett and Jeff Francis was no match for the Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia hit the second pitch he saw out of Fenway and the rout was on. They won Game 1, 13-1. They took Game 2, 2-1. They won Game 3 in Colorado 10-5. And Jon Lester won Game 4, 4-3 on the strength of Bobby Kielty's home run.
Good times.
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