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The 2010 Boston Red Sox season was the 110th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. With a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, the Red Sox finished third in the American League East , seven games behind the Tampa Bay Rays .
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
From 1912 to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. [1] The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the "BoSox", a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the "Crimson Hose", and "the Olde Towne Team". [2] Most fans simply refer to them as the Sox.
Game 4's 23–7 win by the Red Sox was the highest-scoring playoff game in major league history. Game 5 began with the Indians taking a 5–2 lead after two innings, but Pedro Martínez, nursing a shoulder injury, came on in the fourth inning and pitched six innings without allowing a hit while the team's offense rallied for a 12–8 win behind ...
Both teams split the first two games in Arlington — the Yankees overcame a 5–0 lead in Game 1 to win 6–5, and in Game 2, the Rangers won their first home postseason game in franchise history. When the series moved to the Bronx, the Rangers blew out the Yankees, 8–0, partly thanks to another solid pitching performance from Cliff Lee. The ...
The San Francisco Giants retired the #20 worn by Monte Irvin, one of the first African-American pioneers in Major League Baseball, on June 26 prior to their game against the Boston Red Sox at AT&T Park. Irvin, with Hank Thompson, were the first black players to play for the franchise while the team was based in New York in 1949. [48]
Garciaparra, with the Red Sox in 2002, retired as a member of the Red Sox during Spring training 2010. March 2 – Major League Baseball 2K10 video game published by 2K Sports is released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Nintendo DS. The cover features Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays.
The 2010 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2010 season. [2] The 106th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants; the Giants won the series, four games to one, to secure their first World Series championship since ...