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Game 5 is scheduled for Sunday, June 19th at The Palace of Auburn Hills at 9 P.M. Olympic hockey team. The Spurs have won the first two games, and Detroit the second to, all by margins of 15 to 31 points. Women's soccer team and the 1980 'Miracle on Ice' U.S. Games 3 and 4 and 5 will be played at The Palace of Auburn Hills, and games 6 and (if necessary) 7 will be in San Antonio. They are the first professional sports team to be chosen, and the only other teams to be chosen were the 1999 U.S. The Pistons are currently facing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals, the first two games of which were played at the SBC Center in San Antonio. The Red Sox were chosen by Sports Illustrated as that magazine's Sportsmen of the Year.

Lakers did so at the Sacramento Kings in 2002. A crowd of more than 3 million members of "Red Sox Nation" filled the streets of Boston to cheer as the team rode Duck Tours. In the process, the Pistons became the first team to win a game 7 on the road since the L.A. The Red Sox held a parade – or as Boston mayor Thomas Menino put it, a "rolling rally" – on Saturday, October 30, 2004. In the conference finals, the Pistons again fell behind, three games to two, but then won the final two games to defeat the Miami Heat and become Eastern Conference Champions. Joe Castiglione, a longtime radio broadcaster for the Red Sox, narrated, "Foulke to the set, the 1-0 pitch, here it is, swing and a ground ball stabbed by Foulke, he has it, he underhands to first, and the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's World Championship! Can you believe it?". Seeded second in the Eastern Conference in the playoffs, they defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-1 and then rallied from a 2-1 deficit to finish off the Indiana Pacers 4-2. The final out of the game was made on Cardinals shortstop Edgar Rentería at 11:40 pm, in the midst of a lunar eclipse.

Presently, the Pistons are considered a strong contender to win a second consecutive title in 2005. The Sox defeated the Cardinals twice in Boston and twice in St. Louis to sweep the World Series, making this their first Series win since 1918. See also: The Malice at The Palace. However, he was saved by second baseman Mark Bellhorn, who hit the eventual game-winning two-run homer. A month later, five Pacers and seven fans were charged after being involved in the "basketbrawl.". Louis to tie the game. Other Pacers such as Jermaine O'Neal fought with fans who had walked onto the court. Game 1 set a new record for the highest scoring World Series opening game (breaking the previous record set in 1932). Towards the end of the game, Manny Ramirez committed two errors, allowing St.

This caused Artest to rush into the stands and attack some fans. Louis Cardinals, a team that had posted the best record in the major leagues winning 105 games on the season -- and the team that had defeated the Red Sox in the 1946 and 1967 World Series. On November 19, 2004, the Detroit Pistons were involved in a massive brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills during a losing home game against the Indiana Pacers. After fouling Pistons' Ben Wallace, Pacer Ron Artest was hit by a cup while lying down on the scorer's table. The Red Sox moved on to the 2004 World Series against the St. Coached by Hall of Fame inductee Larry Brown, the Pistons returned to prominence, winning the 2004 NBA championship. Unfortunately the end of Game 7 did not go without rioting in the streets of Boston. Under Dumars's leadership, the Pistons have since surrounded Wallace with rising stars Chauncey Billups, Richard "Rip" Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince. David Ortiz was named MVP.

One of them, Ben Wallace, would prove to be a cornerstone for the franchise's revamped roster. Neither of those teams had trailed in game four of their series, this is generally regarded as the greatest comeback in North American sports history. In the summer of 2000, Hill indicated his intentions to leave to Orlando, and Dumars – appointed the franchise's president of basketball operations that year – dealt Hill to the Magic in return for a pair of largely unheralded players. They became the first team in baseball history (and the third in North American professional sports history, after the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders of the NHL) to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-7 series. Though Grant Hill emerged as a gifted player, the team was unable to win a playoff series, losing to the Orlando Magic in 1996, the Atlanta Hawks in 1997 and 1999, and the Miami Heat in 2000. The Sox rolled 10-3 to win the series 4-3. The franchise went through a lengthy transitional period as its key players either retired or left. The Red Sox rally continued through Game 6, in which Schilling returned to pitch seven innings on an ankle held that had three sutures wrapped in a bloody, literally red sock, and into Game 7, when Johnny Damon (who affectionately referred to the team as "The Idiots" to describe its eclectic roster) hit a grand slam in the second inning and added another home run later.

The team moved into the lavish Palace of Auburn Hills in 1988 and remains there today. Game 5 set a record for longest postseason game in terms of time (5 hours and 49 minutes) and for longest ALCS game (14 innings). With their physical style of play, and intensity with opponents, the Pistons gained the nickname "Bad Boys." Coach Chuck Daly took the team to the NBA Finals three consecutive years (1988-90) and won NBA championships in 1989 and 1990. Again trailing the next night, the Sox again rallied, and in the 14th inning, Ortiz's RBI single won the game 5-4. The three, along with later aquisitions Joe Dumars, Rick Mahorn, and Dennis Rodman, formed the core of a team that would rise to the top of the league. In Game 4 of the playoff, down 4-3 in the ninth with Yankees closer Mariano Rivera on the mound, the Sox rallied thanks to a stolen base by Roberts, an RBI single by Bill Mueller and Ortiz's 2-run walk-off home run in the 12th inning to win the game 6-4. In early 1982, it acquired center Bill Laimbeer and guard Vinnie Johnson. In Game 3, the Red Sox were demolished 19-8, a game which set the record for most runs scored by both teams in a League Championship Series, to fall behind 3-0 in the series.

The franchise's fortunes finally began to turn in 1981, when it drafted point guard Isiah Thomas out of Indiana University. Pedro started Game 2 and pitched effectively, but the team lost 3-1 because of an unexpected pitching gem by Jon Lieber. (The Silverdome was the home of the NFL's Detroit Lions at the time.). Worse, Schilling left early in the game due to an ankle injury suffered in the Anaheim series. Displeased with the team's location in downtown Detroit, Davidson moved it to the suburb of Pontiac in 1978, where it played in the mammoth Silverdome, a structure built for professional football. In Game 1, the Red Sox didn't have a hit until the seventh, and lost 10-7. In 1974, Zollner sold the team to Bill Davidson, who remains the team's owner. The Red Sox thus advanced to a rematch in the 2004 American League Championship Series against their bitter rivals: the New York Yankees.

The franchise was a consistent disappointment, struggling on both the court and the box office. The playoffs started with a bang as the Red Sox swept the AL West champion Anaheim Angels, winning Game 3 by a score of 8-6 on David Ortiz's 10th inning walk-off home run over the Green Monster. The new Detroit Pistons played in Olympia Stadium for their first four seasons, then moved to Cobo Arena. After splitting six games with the Yankees in September, the Red Sox remained in contention, but finished three games back in the AL East, again qualifying as the AL Wild Card. In 1957, Zollner moved the team to Detroit, a much larger city that did not have an NBA franchise; the Detroit Gems had folded after one season of existence. Also acquired, though less publicized, was speedy outfielder Dave Roberts of the LA Dodgers for minor league prospects. Led by star forward George Yardley, the Fort Wayne Pistons were a popular franchise and appeared in the NBA Finals in 1954 and 1955, losing both times. Management shook up the team at the MLB trading deadline on July 31 by trading shortstop Nomar Garciaparra to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Orlando Cabrera of the Montreal Expos and Doug Mientkiewicz of the Minnesota Twins in a four-team deal.

It is the oldest existing franchise in the NBA. Through midseason, the team struggled mightily, and fell more than 10 games behind New York. The franchise was founded in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Fred Zollner, owner of a General Motors subsidiary that manufactored pistons. In seven meetings with New York in April, the Sox lost just one, and opened up a 4-game lead early in the season.
. Nevertheless, the Red Sox were picked by many to win the American League East in 2004. The Detroit Pistons are a National Basketball Association team based in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. During the offseason, the Red Sox acquired another ace pitcher in Curt Schilling and almost landed shortstop Alex Rodriguez, but the deal fell through, and Rodriguez went to the Yankees instead.

Gregory Johnson. He was replaced by Terry Francona, a man who finally brought Boston a championship for the first time in 86 years. Earl Lloyd (inducted as a contributor, not as a player or coach). Most Red Sox fans saw this as the culmination of two years of questionable decisionmaking by Little, and it was the "straw that broke the camel's back" which led to him not being brought back the following offseason. Chuck Daly. Many Red Sox fans blamed the loss on their manager, Grady Little, for not removing Martínez after seven strong innings, when he began to show signs of tiring. Larry Brown. In the deciding Game 7, Boston had a 5-2 lead over the Yankees in the 8th inning, but Pedro Martínez allowed three runs to tie the game, and the Red Sox lost the game 6-5 in 11 innings, on a home run by Yankee third baseman Aaron Boone.

40 Bill Laimbeer. They then faced the Yankees in the 2003 American League Championship Series. 21 Dave Bing. The Sox rallied from a 2-0 deficit against the Oakland Athletics to win the best-of-5 American League Division Series. 16 Bob Lanier. The 2003 postseason delivered another blow to Red Sox fans. 15 Vinnie Johnson. June 27, 2003, the Red Sox established a new Major League Baseball record by scoring 10 runs against the Florida Marlins before the Marlins could get an out in the first inning.

11 Isiah Thomas. At 28, he became the youngest GM in the history of the Major Leagues. 4 Joe Dumars. After almost hiring Oakland's Billy Beane during the 2002 off-season, the Red Sox promoted Yale graduate Theo Epstein to general manager. 2 Chuck Daly (never played in the NBA; represents the two NBA championship teams he coached). The Duquette era ended in 2002, when president and Yawkey trustee John Harrington sold the Red Sox to a consortium comprising John Henry, Tom Werner, and Les Otten, with Larry Lucchino as president and CEO. Duquette was fired, and replaced for the 2002 season by Mike Port. Jerry Stackhouse. The sole win was a cathartic 13-1 demolition of former Red Sox Roger Clemens in Fenway Park.

John Salley. The Red Sox then met the hated New York Yankees and lost 4 games to 1. Dennis Rodman. Game 5 was a tense affair, with the Indians taking a 5-2 lead after two innings, but Pedro Martínez came on in the fourth inning and pitched six innings of no-hit ball while the offense rallied for a 12-8 win, behind two home runs from Troy O'Leary. Rick Mahorn. Game 4 was a blowout 23-7 win for the Red Sox and the highest scoring playoff game in history. Grant Hill. Cleveland took a 2-0 series lead, but the Red Sox won Game 3 9-3 behind the pitching of Ramón Martínez, Pedro's brother, and Derek Lowe.

Adrian Dantley. In 1999 they got revenge on the Indians. Chuck Daly (Inducted as Coach). In 1998 they won the wild card, but again lost the American League Division Series to the Indians, this time 3-1, despite winning Game 1 11-3 behind Martinez. Isiah Thomas. Martinez would have several spectacular seasons for the Red Sox. Earl Lloyd (inducted as a contributor, not as a player or coach). In 1998 the Red Sox traded for Expos star pitcher Pedro Martínez, and signed him to a long-term contract.

Bob Lanier. In the strike-shortened 1995 season, the Sox won the newly-realigned American League East, finishing 7 games ahead of the rival Yankees. Once again, they were swept, this time 3-0 by the Cleveland Indians, running their postseason losing streak to 13 games, dating back to the 1986 World Series. Dave Bing. The fans and local media often turned on the players; general managers humiliated the manager; managers and players sniped at each other. C - #31 Darko Miličić (Serbia). Duquette's reign began with promises to revive the flagging Sox farm system, but ended with several huge contracts to major stars and a great deal of public acrimony. F-C - #24 Antonio McDyess (Alabama). Longtime Sox general manager Lou Gorman was replaced in 1994 by Dan Duquette, who had previously run the Montreal Expos.

G - #5 Horace Jenkins (William Paterson) - restricted free agent. A trust controlled by John Harrington took control of the team. G - #10 Lindsey Hunter (Jackson State). Tom Yawkey had passed away in 1976, and his wife Jean took control of the team, until her death in 1992, ending over 60 years of Yawkey ownership. F - #8 Darvin Ham (Texas Tech) - free agent. A winner-take-all playoff game was held at Fenway Park. The Yankees drove a stake through the hearts of Red Sox fans when Bucky Dent drove a game-winning home run over the Green Monster. F - #12 Ronald Dupree (LSU). The race for the pennant often came to a close competition between the Red Sox and the Yankees. The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry came to a head in the 1978 season, when the two clubs finished the regular season in a tie for the American League East division title.

G-F - #20 Carlos Delfino (Argentina). The Red Sox may have lost to the National League champions in the World Series, but their true rivals were the New York Yankees, who after the Babe Ruth trade in 1919 would go on to win 26 World Series championships. C - #41 Elden Campbell (Clemson) - free agent. Despite the series-tying win, the Red Sox lost Game 7, and this time it would be Yaz who never again played in a World Series. G - #30 Carlos Arroyo (Florida Int'l). Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, against the Cincinnati Reds' so-called "Big Red Machine," is regarded by some as the greatest game in baseball postseason history, an extra-inning drama featuring dramatic home runs by Bernie Carbo and Fisk (the latter a game-winner, the famous 'body English' homerun). PG - #1 Chauncey Billups (Colorado). The Sox won the AL pennant in 1975, with Yaz surrounded by other stars such as rookie outfielders Jim Rice and Fred Lynn (who won both the AL Rookie of the Year and MVP awards), veteran outfielder Dwight Evans, catcher Carlton Fisk, and pitchers Luis Tiant and the eccentric junkballer Bill Lee.

SG - #32 Richard "Rip" Hamilton (UConn). The 1967 season is remembered as one of the great pennant races in baseball history since four teams were in the AL pennant race until almost the last game. C - #3 Ben Wallace (Virginia Union). Louis Cardinals. PF - #36 Rasheed Wallace (North Carolina). But the Red Sox lost the series - again to the St. SF - #22 Tayshaun Prince (Kentucky). Yaz won the American League Triple Crown and put on one of the greatest displays of hitting down the stretch in baseball history.

Red Sox fans remember 1967 as the year of the "Impossible Dream." The team had finished the 1966 season in ninth place, but they found new life with Yaz leading the team to the World Series. The 1960s also started poorly for the Red Sox, though 1961 saw the debut of Carl Yastrzemski ("Yaz"), who would become one of the best hitters of the pitching-rich decade. Supposedly the right-field bullpens in Fenway Park were built in part for Williams' left-handed swing, and these are sometimes called "Williamsburg". Prior to signing Green, Yawkee passed on Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson both of who tried out for the Red Sox and were highly praised by Red Sox scouts.

The Sox finally became the last Major League team to sign an African American player when they signed modest infielder Pumpsie Green in 1959. Williams retired at the end of the 1960 season, famously hitting a home run in his final at-bat. Ted Williams hit .388 at the age of 38 in 1957, but there was little else for Boston fans to root for. Unlike other teams, they refused to sign black players, even passing up a chance at future Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson.

The 1950s were a bleak time for the Red Sox. Despite this, they lost the pennant by one game in each of 1948 and 1949, and Williams never played in another World Series. The Red Sox featured several other very good players during the 1940s, including SS Johnny Pesky (for whom the right field foul pole in Fenway - "Pesky's Pole" - is named), 2B Bobby Doerr, and CF Dom DiMaggio (brother of Joe). However, this was also likely influenced by an elbow injury he had received a few days before when he was hit by a pitch in an exhibition game.

He did not hit well in the Series, gathering only five singles in 25 at-bats, for a .200 average. Some have claimed that Williams was too proud to hit to the other side of the field, not wanting to let the Cardinals take away his game. Louis Cardinals, in part because of the use of the "Williams Shift", in which the shortstop would move to the right side of the infield to make it harder for the left-handed-hitting Williams to hit to that side of the field. With Williams, the Red Sox went to the World Series in 1946, but lost to the St.

He is also the last player to hit over .400 for a full season, in 1941. Science of Hitting, his book on the subject, is considered by some as a bible of hitting theory and science. Stories of his being able to hold a bat in his hand and correctly estimate its weight down to the ounce have floated around baseball circles for decades. Williams was perhaps the most obsessive hitter in baseball history, and is generally considered the greatest hitter of all time, being able to hit for both power and average.

In 1939, the Red Sox purchased the contract of outfielder Ted Williams, then playing in the Pacific Coast League, ushering in an era of the team sometimes called the "Ted Sox". In 1933, a wealthy, shy young man named Tom Yawkey bought the Red Sox and began pumping money into the team. These players (some of them Hall of Fame members) formed the nucleus of the first championship Yankee teams of the 1920s. Other Frazee era players went to New York as part of Frazee's financial strategy after he decided to leave baseball, having been driven out by Ban Johnson, including Sad Sam Jones and Waite Hoyt.

Carl Mays quit the team in mid-game and refused to return; his trade was essentially a salvage operation. Frazee also unloaded a number of other Hall of Fame quality players to the Yankees for other reasons. The contract was a straight sale; the Red Sox got no players in return. Rather, Frazee sold Ruth mostly because he was a serious disciplinary problem (and continued to be one in New York) and because although Ruth was a star, it was not necessarily apparent that he would become the superstar player he quickly became in New York.

Legend has it that he did so in order to finance a Broadway play No, No Nanette starring 'a friend', but in actual fact the play did not open on Broadway until 1925. In 1919, the team's new owner, Harry Frazee, sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were owned by Joseph Lannin from 1913 to 1916 and he signed Babe Ruth, commonly seen as the best player in baseball history. The 1912 and 1915 clubs featured an outfield considered to be among the finest in the game: Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis.

In the following decade, the club won four World Series championships in a six-year span despite changing ownership several times. The Boston Red Sox won the first World Series in 1903 against the favored National League team, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Yankees are their top rival. They are the defending World Series champions.

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Jerry Remy (since 1988). Don Orsillo (since 1993). Joe Castiglione (since 1983). Jason Varitek (since 2005).

Jim Rice (1985-89). Carl Yastrzemski (1969-83). 42 Jackie Robinson (retired by all Major League ballclubs). 27 Carlton Fisk.

  9 Ted Williams.   8 Carl Yastrzemski.   4 Joe Cronin.   1 Bobby Doerr.

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