2007 World Series
2007 World Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 24–28 | |||||||||
Venue | Fenway Park (Boston) Coors Field (Colorado) | |||||||||
MVP | Mike Lowell (Boston) | |||||||||
Umpires | Ed Montague (crew chief), Laz Díaz, Ted Barrett, Chuck Meriwether, Mike Everitt, Mike Reilly[1] | |||||||||
Hall of Famers | Red Sox: David Ortiz Rockies: Todd Helton | |||||||||
Broadcast | ||||||||||
Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox) Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||
Radio | ESPN WRKO (BOS) KOA (COL) | |||||||||
Radio announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan Joe Castiglione and Glenn Geffner (WRKO) Jeff Kingery and Jack Corrigan (KOA) | |||||||||
ALCS | Boston Red Sox over Cleveland Indians (4–3) | |||||||||
NLCS | Colorado Rockies over Arizona Diamondbacks (4–0) | |||||||||
World Series program | ||||||||||
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The 2007 World Series was the
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 AL Championship Series, 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 NL 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. This fate would again be suffered by the 2012 Detroit Tigers, being swept by the San Francisco Giants in the World Series after sweeping the New York Yankees in the ALCS. As of 2023, this remains the most recent time an American League team has swept a National League team in the World Series.
Background
This was the fourth time since the beginning of interleague play in 1997 that a World Series matchup would be a rematch from the regular season. The Rockies beat the Red Sox 2-1 in a three game series at Fenway Park from June 12–14.
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
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.Per the 2006 Collective Bargaining Agreement,
Ticket controversy
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On October 17, 2007, a week before the first game of the World Series, the Colorado Rockies announced that tickets would be made available to the general public via online sales only, despite prior arrangements to sell the tickets at local retail outlets.[4] Five days later, California-based ticket vendor Paciolan, Inc., the sole contractor authorized by the Colorado Rockies to distribute tickets, was forced to suspend sales after less than an hour due to an exorbitant number of purchase attempts.[5]
The Rockies organization said that they were the victims of a denial-of-service attack.[6] The FBI started its own investigation into these claims.[7] Ticket sales resumed the next day, with all three home games selling out within 2+1⁄2 hours.
The Red Sox also relied primarily on online sales to sell the game tickets, although some Fenway Park tickets were sold on the phone and at the box office. The Sox held a random drawing for the right to buy post season tickets on October 15, and winners bought tickets at a private online sale. Street prices were lower in Boston this time than in 2004: the average price, according to StubHub, was about $1500 in 2007, down about $300 from three years previously.[8] Some Sox fans found that it was cheaper to travel to Denver to see World Series games than to pay the street price for Boston game tickets.[9]
Summary
Boston won the series, 4–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 24 | Colorado Rockies – 1, Boston Red Sox – 13 | Fenway Park | 3:30 | 36,733[10] |
2 | October 25 | Colorado Rockies – 1, Boston Red Sox – 2 | Fenway Park | 3:39 | 36,370[11] |
3 | October 27 | Boston Red Sox – 10, Colorado Rockies – 5 | Coors Field | 4:19 | 49,983[12] |
4 | October 28 | Boston Red Sox – 4, Colorado Rockies – 3 | Coors Field | 3:35 | 50,041[13] |
Matchups
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Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Boston | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 13 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Josh Beckett (1–0) LP: Jeff Francis (0–1) Home runs: COL: None BOS: Dustin Pedroia (1) Attendance: 36,733 Boxscore |
The Red Sox cruised to a blowout win in Game 1 behind
Boston Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski threw the ceremonial first pitch,[14] as he had done before Game 1 in 2004. Rookie Dustin Pedroia led off the Sox' first inning with a home run over the Green Monster in Fenway Park off of Jeff Francis. Pedroia's homer was only the second lead-off home run to start a World Series (the only other one was hit by Baltimore's Don Buford in 1969). Kevin Youkilis then doubled to right, moved to third on David Ortiz's groundout, and scored on Manny Ramirez's single. After Mike Lowell flew out, Jason Varitek singled before J. D. Drew doubled to score Ramirez and make it 3-0 Red Sox.
The Rockies got on the board in the second when Garrett Atkins doubled with one out off Beckett and scored on Troy Tulowitzki's double one out later, but the Red Sox got that run back off of Francis when Youkilis walked with two outs and scored on Ortiz's double. In the fourth, the Red Sox loaded the bases with two outs on a single, double, and intentional walk when Varitek's two-run double put them up 6–1.
They put the game out of reach with seven runs in the fifth. Julio Lugo hit a leadoff single off of reliever Franklin Morales before Jacoby Ellsbury bunted into a forceout at second. After Pedroia popped out, a balk moved Ellsbury to second before he scored on Youkilis's double. Ortiz's double and Ramirez's single scored a run each. The Red Sox loaded the bases on a double and walk before Drew's single scored another run. Ryan Speier relieved Morales and walked all three batters he faced to force in three more Boston runs. Matt Herges relieved Speier and got Youkilis to fly out to right to end the inning.
Though Herges and two relievers held Boston scoreless for the rest of the game, the Red Sox finished with 13 runs, the most ever in a World Series Game 1, and tied another record with nine
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Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Curt Schilling (1–0) LP: Ubaldo Jiménez (0–1) Sv: Jonathan Papelbon (1) Attendance: 36,730 Boxscore |
The
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Game 3
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0) LP: Josh Fogg (0–1) Sv: Jonathan Papelbon (2) Home runs: BOS: None COL: Matt Holliday (1) Attendance: 49,983 Boxscore |
This was the first World Series game ever played in Colorado. At 4 hours 19 minutes, it became the longest nine-inning game in World Series history. Game 3 was also the 600th World Series game ever played. Starting pitcher
The Red Sox continued to set World Series records during Game 3:
- Ellsbury (four hits) and Pedroia (three) combined to score three runs and drive in four, while being the first rookies to bat 1–2 in a World Series lineup.
- Ellsbury became the third rookie in Series history with four hits in a game, joining Joe Garagiolaof the Cardinals (Game 4, 1946).
- Matsuzaka became the first Japanese pitcher to start and win a World Series game. The only pitchers in Red Sox history, other than Matsuzaka, to have two RBI and be the winning pitcher were Babe Ruth in 1918 and Cy Young in 1903.
- The Red Sox' 16 doubles tied a World Series record, set by the 1982 Champion Cardinals. The Red Sox would break the record in Game 4, finishing with 18.
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Game 4
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jon Lester (1–0) LP: Aaron Cook (0–1) Sv: Jonathan Papelbon (3) Home runs: BOS: Mike Lowell (1), Bobby Kielty (1) COL: Brad Hawpe (1), Garrett Atkins (1) Attendance: 50,041 Boxscore |
The Red Sox struck early. Rookie
There was controversy in the top of the eighth when Fox's broadcast announced that Alex Rodriguez would be opting out of his contract with the Yankees to become a free agent.[16] Commissioner Bud Selig made it clear during the World Series that an embargo had been placed on all Major League Baseball stories until the sport's top event had come to an end. Rodriguez and his agent Scott Boras would later apologize for the incident.[17]
The Rockies became the third team in Series history (the 1937 Yankees and 1966 Orioles were the others) not to commit an error in a World Series of any length. They were the first team to do so while losing the World Series.
Composite line score
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2007 World Series (4–0): Boston Red Sox (A.L.) beat Colorado Rockies (N.L.).
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston Red Sox | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 47 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Rockies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 173,127 Average attendance: 43,282 Winning player's share: $308,236 Losing player's share: $233,505[18] |
Series Statistics
Boston Red Sox
Batting
Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage
Player | GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | Reference |
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Jason Varitek | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .400 | [19] |
Kevin Youkilis | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .417 | .444 | [20] |
Dustin Pedroia | 4 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .278 | .350 | .500 | [21] |
Mike Lowell | 4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .400 | .500 | .800 | [22] |
Julio Lugo | 4 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .385 | .500 | .462 | [23] |
Manny Ramirez | 4 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .313 | [24] |
Jacoby Ellsbury | 4 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .438 | .500 | .688 | [25] |
J. D. Drew | 4 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .412 | .467 | [26] |
David Ortiz | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .333 | .412 | .533 | [27] |
Coco Crisp | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | [28] |
Eric Hinske | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | [29] |
Bobby Kielty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | [30] |
Alex Cora | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ─ | ─ | ─ | [31] |
Daisuke Matsuzaka | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | [32] |
Jon Lester | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | [33] |
Pitching
Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average
Player | G | GS | IP | H | BB | R | ER | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | Reference |
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Josh Beckett | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | [34] |
Daisuke Matsuzaka | 1 | 1 | 5+1⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | [35] |
Jon Lester | 1 | 1 | 5+2⁄3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [36] |
Curt Schilling | 1 | 1 | 5+1⁄3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | [37] |
Jonathan Paplebon | 3 | 0 | 4+1⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | [38] |
Hideki Okajima | 3 | 0 | 3+2⁄3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | [39] |
Mike Timlin | 3 | 0 | 2+1⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | [40] |
Manny Delcarmen | 2 | 0 | 1+1⁄3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | [41] |
Éric Gagné | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [42] |
Javier López | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ─ | [43] |
Colorado Rockies
Batting
Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage
Player | GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | AVG | OBP | SLG | Reference |
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Yorvit Torrealba | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | [44] |
Todd Helton | 4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .412 | .467 | [45] |
Kazuo Matsui | 4 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .353 | [46] |
Garrett Atkins | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .154 | .353 | .462 | [47] |
Troy Tulowitzki | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .333 | .385 | [48] |
Matt Holliday | 4 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .471 | [49] |
Ryan Spilborghs | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | [50] |
Brad Hawpe | 4 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .294 | .563 | [51] |
Willy Taveras | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | [52] |
Cory Sullivan | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | [53] |
Seth Smith | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | [54] |
Jeff Baker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | [55] |
Jamey Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | [56] |
Aaron Cook | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | [57] |
Franklin Morales | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | [58] |
Pitching
Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average
Player | G | GS | IP | H | BB | R | ER | SO | W | L | SV | ERA | Reference |
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Aaron Cook | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | [59] |
Franklin Morales | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | [60] |
Ubaldo Jiménez | 1 | 1 | 4+2⁄3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 | [61] |
Jeff Francis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | [62] |
Brian Fuentes | 3 | 0 | 3+2⁄3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | [63] |
Matt Herges | 3 | 0 | 3+1⁄3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [64] |
Jeremy Affeldt | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [65] |
Josh Fogg | 1 | 1 | 2+2⁄3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20.25 | [66] |
LaTroy Hawkins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | [67] |
Manny Corpas | 2 | 0 | 1+2⁄3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | [68] |
Ryan Speier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ─ | [69] |
Celebration
While the celebratory crowd at
The Red Sox World Series win in 2007 continued the success of Boston-area teams in recent years.[72] The Celtics won their 17th championship, their first championship since 1986, the last time the Red Sox lost in the World Series, 7+1⁄2 months later. Furthermore, the New England Patriots had victories in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the Boston Bruins in 2011, and the Red Sox three years earlier in 2004 and six years later in 2013 and five years after that in 2018.
Broadcasting
The World Series was televised by Fox in the United States, with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver as booth announcers. The starting time for each television broadcast was 8:00 pm EDT (6:00 pm MDT). The series broke with the recent tradition of starting the World Series on a Saturday, as Major League Baseball had become convinced that weekend games drew lower television ratings. Prior to this season, every World Series since 1985 had opened on a Saturday, with the exception of the 1990 World Series. This was the first World Series to start on a Wednesday since 1968.
On radio, the Series was broadcast nationally by ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan announcing. Locally, Joe Castiglione and Glenn Geffner called the Series for the Red Sox on WRKO in Boston, while Jack Corrigan and Jeff Kingery called it for the Rockies on KOA in Denver. Per contractual obligation, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts.
Aftermath
Red Sox
As previously mentioned, the Red Sox won two more World Series titles in 2013 and 2018. Both of those titles were managed by two members of the 2007 club. Pitching coach
The Red Sox finished as a wild-card team in the 2008 season, winning 95 games. They were defeated in the ALCS by the Tampa Bay Rays in seven games. The Red Sox again qualified as a 95-win wild-card team in 2009, but lost 3–0 to the Los Angeles Angels in the ALDS. In both 2010 and 2011, the Red Sox missed the postseason despite winning 89 and 90 games, respectively. The 2011 season saw the Red Sox hold a nine-game lead in the wild card heading to September, only to lose 13 of their final 20 games to miss the playoffs. This led to the dismissal of skipper Terry Francona.
Rockies
After making the World Series in 2007, the Rockies proceeded to appear in the playoffs only three times in the next 15 seasons. In 2009, the Rockies won a wild-card berth after winning 92 games, but in a rematch of the 2007 NLDS, the Rockies lost in four games to the Philadelphia Phillies. During that season, the Rockies fired Clint Hurdle and replaced him with Jim Tracy. The Rockies never finished higher than third place in the NL West between 2010 and 2017, though in the latter season, they returned to postseason play as a second wild-card team. There, the Rockies lost in the Wild Card Game to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The following season, the Rockies made consecutive postseason appearances for the first time in team history, winning the Wild Card Game against the Chicago Cubs, but losing in the NLDS to the Milwaukee Brewers 3–0.
After managing the Rockies, Hurdle was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2011, and in 2013, ended a major North American professional sports record 20-year drought without a winning season. The Pirates proceeded to make the postseason three consecutive years under Hurdle, winning the 2013 National League Wild Card Game during that span.
Three members of the 2007 Rockies went on to win a World Series ring with other teams. Outfielder Matt Holliday won in 2011 with the St. Louis Cardinals, pitcher Jeremy Affeldt won in 2010, 2012 and 2014 with the San Francisco Giants, and pitcher Franklin Morales won in 2013 with the Red Sox, and in 2015 with the Kansas City Royals.
See also
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External links
- 2007 World Series at Baseball Almanac
- 2007 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
- The 2007 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet