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2007 World Series

2007 World Series
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Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Boston Red Sox (4) Terry Francona 96–66, .593, GA: 2
Colorado Rockies (0) Clint Hurdle 90–73, .552, GB:  12
Dates October 24 – 28
MVP Mike Lowell (Boston)
Umpires Ed Montague (crew chief), Laz Díaz, Ted Barrett, Chuck Meriwether, Mike Everitt, Mike Reilly
ALCS Boston Red Sox over Cleveland Indians (4–3)
NLCS Colorado Rockies over Arizona Diamondbacks (4–0)
Broadcast
Television Fox
TV announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
Radio ESPN
Radio announcers Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
World Series Program
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← 2006 World Series 2008 →
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Boston Red Sox (4) Terry Francona 96–66, .593, GA: 2
Colorado Rockies (0) Clint Hurdle 90–73, .552, GB:  12

The 2007 World Series, the 103rd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on Wednesday, October 24 and ended on Sunday, October 28.

It featured the National League champions Colorado Rockies (making their first World Series appearance) and American League champions Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox swept the Rockies to collect their second World Series championship in four seasons and their seventh overall; it also marked the third sweep in four years by the AL champions.

Terry Francona became the second Red Sox manager to win two World Series titles, following Bill Carrigan, who won the 1915 and 1916 World Series. Including the last three games of the ALCS, the Red Sox outscored their opposition 59–15 over their final seven games. Francona also became the first manager to win his first 8 World Series games. The Rockies, meanwhile, became the first National League team to get swept in a World Series after sweeping the League Championship Series, and just the second team ever to suffer such a fate, following the Oakland Athletics in 1990.

The Rockies entered the Series having won 21 of their last 22 games, going back to the end of the regular season, including sweeps of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS and the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NLCS. They also beat the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card tie-breaker. The Red Sox swept the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS and defeated the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS after trailing three games to one, taking the final three contests by a combined score of 30–5. Neither participating team was in the previous year's postseason. The Rockies' eight-day layoff was the longest in MLB postseason history, caused by their sweep in the NLCS, the ALCS going seven games, and scheduling by MLB.


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