The [[Red Sox]] have finally ended an 86 year drought and won the world series by sweeping the [[Cardinals]] in 4.

Well, it’s over.

Could it have been any more symbolic? A curse being lifted under a blood-red total lunar eclipse?

The [[2004 World Series]] went gently into that good night as [[Boston]] finally winning in four straight games.

It seems so obvious now. the [[Red Sox]] won the first world series in 1903, and now have won the 100th edition of the fall classic (there was no world series in 1904 due to a dispute between the [[National League]] and the [[American League]].