The 2004 Red Sox Weren't Even Close

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Posted By: Tbob

When it comes to pulling off the miraculous and coming from behind to conquer seemingly insurmountable odds, no one compares to the other Beaneater team, the 1914 Boston Braves. The Braves finished 52 games out of first in 1912 and started off 1914 by LOSING 40 of their first 66 games. They ended up WINNING 52 of their last 66 games. With a 3 man pitching rotation all year they caught Johnny Mac's Giants and swept the mighty A's in 4 games in the series, beating Bender, Plank, Bush and the "$100,000" infield. It was a team of castoffs, hasbeens and never was' with two notable exceptions, rookie Rabbit Maranville and second baseman Johnny "The Crab" Evers. Evers had managed the Cubs in 1913 to a 2nd place finish but made the mistake of losing to the White Sox in a post season exhibition series and was fired. He was the spark in the miracle run. I was looking at the names of the players and if not for the T207 set, a lot of them, like Tyler would be totally unfamiliar. You'll find Hank Gowdy in there as well as vets on their last legs like Devore and Schmidt. Has there ever been a better 3 some of pitchers for a season than Tyler, James and Rudolph?
The Red Sox pulled a minor miracle this year. The 1914 miracle Braves pulled THE miracle of all time in baseball...