admit, I hoped that the Rockies could win at least one game being that it was their first time in the World Series, but it didn't happen... and I'm over it).Here are the details (its the historian in me- I'll want to look back on this in a few years [or a few weeks] when I forget the details and remember how great this team was) and instead of me rehashing it, here's the story from the experts.
MLB Game Summary - Boston at Colorado(Sunday, October 28th)
Final Score: Boston 4, Colorado 3
Mike Lowell and Bobby Kielty both homered, and Jon Lester pitched brilliantly into the sixth inning as the Boston Red Sox edged the Colorado Rockies, 4-3, to win the 2007 World Series.
David Ortiz and Jason Varitek both added run-scoring singles for the Red Sox, who finished a four-game sweep of the overmatched Rockies and became just the fourth franchise in Major League Baseball history to record sweeps in consecutive World Series appearances.
"This team has got a lot of heart," Varitek said. "We worked real hard from the staff to the scouts to the teammates to everybody. We just beat a very, very good team, an excellent team. We had to do the little things, and we were able to."
Lowell hit .400 with a homer and four RBI during the four games, earning series MVP honors.
"To come through when everybody thinks you won't win a championship and to still win that championship is very rewarding," Lowell said.
"To come through when everybody thinks you won't win a championship and to still win that championship is very rewarding," Lowell said.
Lester (1-0), who underwent chemotherapy less than a year ago to cure cancer that threatened his baseball career, hurled 5 2/3 scoreless innings before being removed for Manny Delcarmen, who recorded the final out in the sixth inning. "I'm ecstatic for him," Lowell said of Lester. "I don't think too many people expected him to be in that situation, and against a very good hitting team in a tough park to pitch in. He did an excellent job. I know we all know the story of what he's had to overcome. He's got a bright future, and not only that, he's a great person."
Both Delcarmen and Hideki Okajima faltered a bit and let Colorado back into the game but Jonathan Papelbon restored order and closed things out for the Red Sox with a five-out save.
Both Delcarmen and Hideki Okajima faltered a bit and let Colorado back into the game but Jonathan Papelbon restored order and closed things out for the Red Sox with a five-out save.
Aaron Cook (0-1) was the hard-luck loser. The starter pitched well, allowing three runs on six hits in six innings but picked up the loss. Down 3-0 and with their season slowly circling the drain, Hawpe finally put the Rockies on the scoreboard in the home-half of the seventh when he 
caught up to a Delcarmen fastball and deposited it into the stands in right to make it 3-1.
caught up to a Delcarmen fastball and deposited it into the stands in right to make it 3-1. A batter later pinch-hitter Cory Sullivan slapped a single up the middle and Red Sox manager Terry Francona had seen enough of Delcarmen, summoning veteran right-hander Mike Timlin.
Timlin rose to the occasion. The 41-year-old Texas native got both Kazuo Matsui and Troy Tulowitzki swinging to silence the crowd and swing the momentum back to Boston.
Brian Fuentes started the eighth for Colorado and left a fastball up to Kielty, a pinch hitter. The veteran crushed the mistake deep over the fence in left to give Boston a 4-1 edge.
That run proved to be huge as the Rockies refused to give up. Todd Helton managed a one-out single off Okajima in the eighth and Atkins followed by crushing a two-run homer off the Japanese star to draw Colorado within a run, 4-3.
Francona then called upon his star closer, Papelbon, for a five-out save. The flame-thrower 
didn't disappoint. Jamey Carroll did drive Jacoby Ellsbury back to the wall with a line drive to left with one out in the ninth but the Red Sox's star rookie raced back to make the grab.
Papelbon then blew away pinch-hitter Seth Smith to end it and secure Boston its seventh world championship in franchise history. "I couldn't breathe the last inning," Francona said. "It doesn't feel like that. You're fighting so hard to get through that game, and so many guys had to dig deep. There will be a time when we can sit back and enjoy it, but not when you're playing. It's so hard."
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didn't disappoint. Jamey Carroll did drive Jacoby Ellsbury back to the wall with a line drive to left with one out in the ninth but the Red Sox's star rookie raced back to make the grab.Papelbon then blew away pinch-hitter Seth Smith to end it and secure Boston its seventh world championship in franchise history. "I couldn't breathe the last inning," Francona said. "It doesn't feel like that. You're fighting so hard to get through that game, and so many guys had to dig deep. There will be a time when we can sit back and enjoy it, but not when you're playing. It's so hard."
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Other fun tid-bits
The New York Yankees were the last team to sweep consecutive World Series appearances, taking eight straight games over the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves during the 1998 and 1999 Fall Classics.
Meanwhile, Colorado is just the second team in World Series history to be swept in its first trip to the Fall Classic. In 2005, the Houston Astros made their first World Series appearance and were whitewashed in four games by the Chicago White Sox.
The 22 previous teams that took a 3-0 World Series lead all went on to win, including the 2004 Red Sox, who swept the St. Louis Cardinals to end their 86- year title drought...Three-time Grammy winner Trisha Yearwood sang the National Anthem...Lester earned his first career postseason victory, the fourth straight Boston Red Sox starter to win a game of this World Series. The win is Lester's first since September 7...Kielty became the 32nd player in World Series history to homer in his first World Series at-bat...The Red Sox outscored the Rockies, 29-10, in this series.
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