Third Base, Fenway Park, 2004 World Series
date: label: date made
content: 2004
name: label: Affiliation
content: Boston Red Sox
notes: label: Description
content: Third base, used at Fenway Park, Boston, in the second Game of the 2004 World Series
label: Description
content: In 2004, the Boston Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals four games to none to win their first World Series since 1918. The victory erased Boston's long standing championship draught, superstitiously attributed to "The Curse of the Bambino:" a jinx purportedly brought about by the Red Sox's 1918 trade of Babe Ruth (1895-1948) to the rival New York Yankees, where Ruth became one of the sport's greatest players.
label: Description
content: The 2004 Red Sox qualified for the American League playoffs as a wildcard with a 98-64 record. After defeating the Anaheim Angels in the first round, they became the first Major League playoff team to win a playoff series after losing the first three games, besting the Yankees in the American League Championship Series.
label: Description
content: Managed by Terry Francona, the Red Sox were led to victory by pitchers Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling and the bat of World Series MVP outfielder Manny Ramirez. Game two was held in Boston at historic Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox since 1912. Boston won the game handily, 6-2, with Schilling earning the victory.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Taiwan
label: used at
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Fenway Park
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: level of sport
content: Major League
label: related event
content: World Series
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0113.02
label: accession number
content: 2009.0113
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0113.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: base
label: Object Name
content: baseball base
label: Object Name
content: base, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polyurethane (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 20 in x 3 in; 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm x 7.62 cm