tony la russa was the manager boston beat in the 2004 world series.
tony la russa was the manager boston beat in the 2004 world series.
who is the manager boston beat in the 2004 world series?
tony la russa
the 2001 world series was the first world series to end in november, due to the week-long delay in the regular season after the september 11 attacks. game 4 had begun on oct. 31 but went into extra innings and ended early on the morning of nov. 1, the first time the series had been played in november. yankee shortstop derek jeter won the game with a 12th inning walk-off home run and was dubbed "mr. november" by elements of the media echoing the media's designation of reggie jackson as "mr. october" for his slugging achievements during the 1977 world series. the boston red sox broke their 86-year drought, known as the curse of the bambino, defeating the yankees in the 2004 alcs after losing the first three games, and then defeating the st. louis cardinals in the 2004 world series. with the 2006 world series victory by the st. louis cardinals, tony la russa became the second manager to a win a world series in both the american and national leagues.
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this was the 18th appearance in the stanley cup finals for the bruins, and their first since , when they lost in five games to the edmonton oilers. it also allowed boston to join philadelphia as being the only cities to have had all of their teams play in each of the four major north american professional sports leagues' title rounds since 2000, following the patriots in super bowls xxxvi in 2002, xxxviii in 2004, xxxix in 2005, xlii in 2008, xlvi in 2012, and xlix in 2015, and winning all of them, except super bowl xlii and xlvi, the red sox winning world series titles in (ending the curse of the bambino), , , and , and the celtics in the nba finals in and and winning in 2008. in addition, boston beat out philadelphia for playing in all of the "big" league championship rounds in the shortest time in the new millennium, as it took 9 years for philadelphia to achieve this feat; boston needed only three years and eight months. the bruins would also play in the 2013 stanley cup finals, so from 2004 to 2015 all four boston major league teams have each reached the championship rounds at least twice and also won at least once during a decade from 2001 to 2011. following the 2011 stanley cup finals, "boston globe" columnist dan shaughnessy ranked all seven championships during the decade and ranked the bruins' 2011 stanley cup triumph as third, behind only the patriots winning super bowl xxxvi (second) and the red sox winning the 2004 world series (first.)
2011 stanley cup finals