Red Sox Sweep Series, Beat Rockies 4-3: "This was hardly a repeat from 2004, when the Red Sox ended their 86- year championship drought by beating St. Louis. Boston is a major league bully these days, playing in rarefied air before crowds who demand to win. 'It doesn't get old,' manager Terry Francona said. Gone are those pleading, pathetic days when the Red Sox were practically begging to win a title. They've got this down pat now. At this rate, New England fans might get spoiled. Francona's team has become a perfect counterpart to coach Bill Belichick's bruisers on the Patriots. After trailing Cleveland 3-1 in the AL championship series, the Red Sox won seven straight games and won their seventh World Series crown. The wild-card Rockies, who won a remarkable 21 of 22 games to get this far, were a mere afterthought by the end. Brad Hawpe homered in the seventh inning and Garrett Atkins hit a two-run shot in the eighth that came too late. 'At the end of the day, you look back on the game. How did you execute?' Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. 'They executed better than us all four games.' Lester, undergoing chemotherapy at this time last year for cancer, pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning and Jonathan Papelbon closed with his third save of the Series. Lowell won the MVP award."
A-Rod Opts Out of Deal - Sports on The Huffington Post: "New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez tosses his bat in the air after hitting a two-out, walk-off, three-run home run in the Yankees 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians in their baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York in this April 19, 2007, file photo. Rodriguez opted out of his US$252 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 in what appears to be the end of his career with New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)"
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