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Oakland, California
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Oakland /ˈoʊklənd/ is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. The city was incorporated in 1852, Oaklands territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. Its land served as a resource when its hillside oak and redwood timber were logged to build San Francisco. In the late 1860s, Oakland was selected as the terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many San Francisco citizens moved to Oakland, enlarging the citys population, increasing its housing stock and it continued to grow in the 20th century with its busy port, shipyards, and a thriving automobile manufacturing industry. Oakland is known for its sustainability practices, including a top-ranking for usage of electricity from renewable resources, in addition, due to a steady influx of immigrants during the 20th century, along with thousands of African-American war-industry workers who relocated from the Deep South during the 1940s. Oakland is the most ethnically diverse city in the country. The earliest known inhabitants were the Huchiun Indians, who lived there for thousands of years, the Huchiun belonged to a linguistic grouping later called the Ohlone. In Oakland, they were concentrated around Lake Merritt and Temescal Creek, in 1772, the area that later became Oakland was claimed, with the rest of California, by Spanish settlers for the King of Spain. In the early 19th century, the Spanish crown granted the East Bay area to Luis María Peralta for his Rancho San Antonio, the grant was confirmed by the successor Mexican republic upon its independence from Spain. Upon his death in 1842, Peralta divided his land among his four sons, Most of Oakland fell within the shares given to Antonio Maria and Vicente. The portion of the parcel that is now Oakland was called encinal—Spanish for oak grove—due to the oak forest that covered the area. In 1851, three men—Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew Moon—began developing what is now downtown Oakland, on May 4,1852, the Town of Oakland incorporated. Two years later, on March 25,1854, Oakland re-incorporated as the City of Oakland, with Horace Carpentier elected the first mayor, the city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, a number of horsecar and cable car lines were constructed in Oakland during the latter half of the 19th century. The first electric streetcar set out from Oakland to Berkeley in 1891, at the time of incorporation, Oakland consisted of the territory that lay south of todays major intersection of San Pablo Avenue, Broadway, and Fourteenth Street. The city gradually annexed farmlands and settlements to the east and the north, Oaklands rise to industrial prominence, and its subsequent need for a seaport, led to the digging of a shipping and tidal channel in 1902. This resulted in the town of Alameda being made an island
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Marco Scutaro
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Marcos Scutaro, better known as Marco Scutaro, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. Scutaro made his MLB debut with the New York Mets in 2002, since then, he has also played for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants. Scutaro was named the most valuable player of the 2012 National League Championship Series while with the Giants, Scutaro was one of the primary subjects of the 2005 documentary A Player to be Named Later. Scutaro was born in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela and he began playing baseball at age six. Scutaro originally signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent on July 26,1994. As a teenager, Scutaro considered fellow Venezuelan Omar Vizquel his favorite player, Scutaro was in the 2005 documentary film A Player To Be Named Later which followed various players from Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, for one season. He was waived at the start of the 2002 season by the Brewers who needed to make room for Nelson Figueroa on its roster, Scutaro was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets on April 5,2002. He batted.336 with 20 doubles,7 home runs,25 runs batted in and 39 runs scored in 79 games with the Tides and he was also selected to the International League squad for the Triple-A All-Star Game that summer. Scutaros first promotion to the majors came on July 19 when the Mets recalled him from the Norfolk Tides to replace the injured Joe McEwing. Scutaro introduced himself to Mets manager Bobby Valentine that afternoon while the latter was eating lunch at the hotel in Cincinnati where the team was staying, Valentine reciprocated the greeting without knowing who Scutaro was. After completing his meal, Valentine inquired about why Scutaro was lingering, I just got called up, Scutaro responded. Scutaro was again selected off waivers, this time by the Oakland Athletics, Scutaro landed a starting second baseman position after Mark Ellis had a season-ending shoulder injury during 2004 spring training. In 2004, Scutaro reached career highs in batting average, runs batted in, runs, hits, doubles, at bats and he played multiple positions, including second base, shortstop, third base, and left field. Because of his Italian heritage, Scutaro was given the option of playing for either Italy or Venezuela in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and he chose to play for Venezuela as a utility infielder. He again represented Venezuela in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic, Venezuela won the bronze medal in 2009, but in 2013 earned an early exit after a loss to Puerto Rico 6–3. However, Venezuela won against newcomers Spain to earn a qualification for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. On November 18,2007, Scutaro was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league pitchers Kristian Bell, shortly after Ecksteins return, Eckstein and Blue Jays teammate Aaron Hill collided trying to catch a fly ball. Hill suffered from symptoms, and Scutaro filled in at second base
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Oakland Athletics
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The Oakland Athletics are an American professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics compete in Major League Baseball as a club of the American League West division. The club plays its games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum. The club has won nine World Series championships, the third most of all current Major League Baseball teams, the Athletics 2017 season will be the teams 50th season in Oakland. One of the American Leagues eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Philadelphia and they won three World Series championships from 1910 to 1913 and two in a row in 1929 and 1930. The teams owner and manager for its first 50 years was Connie Mack and Hall of Fame players included Chief Bender, Frank Home Run Baker, Jimmie Foxx, the team left Philadelphia for Kansas City in 1955 and became the Kansas City Athletics before moving to Oakland in 1968. They won three World Championships in a row from 1972 to 1974, led by players including Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, ace reliever Rollie Fingers, after being sold by Finley to Walter A. Haas, Jr. The film Moneyball, and the book on which it is based, the As made their Bay Area debut on Wednesday, April 17,1968, with a 4-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at the Coliseum, in front of an opening-night crowd of 50,164. The Athletics name originated in the term Athletic Club for local gentlemens clubs—dates to 1860 when an amateur team, the team later turned professional through 1875, becoming a charter member of the National League in 1876, but were expelled from the N. L. after one season. A later version of the Athletics played in the American Association from 1882–1891, McGraw and Mack had known each other for years, and McGraw accepted it graciously. By 1909, the As were wearing an elephant logo on their sweaters, over the years the elephant has appeared in several different colors. In 1963, when the As were located in Kansas City and this is rumored to have been done by Finley in order to appeal to fans from the region who were predominantly Democrats at the time. Since 1988, the Athletics 21st season in Oakland, an illustration of an elephant has adorned the sleeve of the As home. Beginning in the mid 1980s, the on-field costumed incarnation of the As elephant mascot went by the name Harry Elephante, in 1997, he took his current form, Stomper. Through the seasons, the Athletics uniforms have usually paid homage to their forebears to some extent. Until 1954, when the uniforms had Athletics spelled out in script across the front, furthermore, neither Philadelphia nor the letter P ever appeared on the uniform or cap. The typical Philadelphia uniform had only a script A on the left front, in the early days of the American League, the standings listed the club as Athletic rather than Philadelphia, in keeping with the old tradition. Eventually, the city came to be used for the team
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Billy Beane
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William Lamar Billy Beane III is an American former professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Prior to his front office career, he played in MLB as an outfielder between 1984 and 1989 for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and he joined the Athletics front office as a scout in 1990. He was named manager after the 1997 season, and promoted to executive vice president after the 2015 season. A first round pick in the MLB draft by the Mets, Beanes playing career failed to meet the expectations of scouts, in his front office career, Beane has applied statistical analysis to players, which has led teams to reconsider how they evaluate players. He is the subject of Michael Lewis 2003 book on economics, Moneyball. Beane grew up in Mayport, Florida and San Diego, California and his father, a naval officer, taught him how to pitch. Beane attended Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego, where he excelled at baseball, football, the high school coach added Beane to the varsity baseball team for the last game of his freshman season. Beane batted.501 during his sophomore and junior years of high school, in his senior season, his batting average dropped to.300. Despite the decrease in batting average, scouts were enamored with Beanes talent, Beane gave up football to avoid an injury that could prematurely end his baseball career. The New York Mets, who had the first overall selection of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft, were enamored with Beanes talent, after visiting the Mets clubhouse, Beane decided to sign with the Mets for a $125,000 signing bonus. Beane notes his decision to sign with the Mets instead of going to Stanford as the decision he would ever make in his life about money. Beane struggled in his first season, batting.210 and he was unable to make the adjustments that were necessary when playing tougher competition. The Mets promoted Beane to the Lynchburg Mets of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 1981, after a solid season, he was promoted to the Jackson Mets of the Class AA Texas League in 1982. While Strawberry was the leagues most valuable player, Beane batted.220, Beane began questioning himself, while his new roommate, Lenny Dykstra, succeeded with unwavering confidence and superior mental focus. Beane remained in Jackson until 1984, when he received his first promotion to MLB, in 1985, Beane spent most of the season with the Tidewater Tides of the Class AAA International League, getting called up to the 1985 Mets for eight games. He batted.284 for the Tides in 1985, leading the team with 19 home runs and 77 runs batted in. Following the season, the Mets traded Beane with Joe Klink and Bill Latham to the Minnesota Twins for Tim Teufel and Pat Crosby, a minor league player
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Mark Kotsay
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Mark Steven Kotsay is an American professional baseball coach and a former outfielder. In 2016, he served as the coach for the Oakland Athletics. During his active career, he appeared in 1,914 games for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, Athletics, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers. Born in Whittier, but raised in Santa Fe Springs California, Kotsay spent the summer of 1994 playing for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League. In 1995, Kotsay won the Golden Spikes Award and was the Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series, in addition to being an outfielder, Kotsay was a closer in college, he pitched the final five outs to clinch his teams CWS title. Kotsay was a choice as an All-American in 1995 and 1996. Kotsay was selected by the Florida Marlins as the 9th pick of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft, Kotsay appeared in 14 games for the Florida Marlins in 1997 before taking over as the teams center fielder in 1998. He was moved to field after Gary Sheffield was traded. As a rookie, he led all National League outfielders with 20 assists, in 2000, he led all right fielders with 13 assists. At the plate, Kotsay was an average hitter during these years, hitting around.280 with occasional power, Kotsay was traded in 2001, barely a week before Opening Day, to the San Diego Padres as part of a deal for Matt Clement and Eric Owens. Moved back to field, Kotsay improved his hitting. This can be attributed to the fact that few chose to run on Kotsay. Over the next two seasons, however, Kotsay was defensively back on form, leading all National League center fielders in that category, Kotsay hit.291 with a.807 OPS in 2001 and.292 with a.810 OPS in 2002. After his batting average slipped to.266 with a.726 OPS in 2003, Kotsay was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long, with Oakland in 2004, Kotsay batted a career best.314 hitting second in the As lineup. Displaying his customary strong arm afield, he led American League center fielders with 11 assists, on July 9,2005, the Athletics announced that Kotsay and the team had come to terms on a three-year, $29 million contract extension. The extension kept Kotsay under contract with the Athletics through the 2008 season, news of the contract extension ended speculation that Kotsay would be traded to a team in need of a starting center fielder, such as the New York Yankees. On Mothers Day, May 14,2006, Kotsay was one of more than 50 hitters who brandished a pink bat to benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation and he was one of a handful of players to hit a pink bat home run. The 2006 season marked Kotsays first-ever appearance in a postseason game, Kotsay underwent back surgery during spring training 2007, and missed the first two months of the 2007 campaign
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Joe Blanton
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Joseph Matthew Blanton is an American professional pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, after playing college baseball for the University of Kentucky, Blanton was drafted by the Athletics. While pitching for the Phillies in the 2008 World Series, Blanton hit a home run, Joe Blanton was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but grew up in Chalybeate, Kentucky. He graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School in 1999 and he pitched three seasons for the University of Kentucky, with a 13–12 record from 2000 to 2002, and led the Southeastern Conference with 133 strikeouts in his final season, finishing with a 4.59 ERA. The Oakland Athletics selected Blanton in the first round, with the 24th overall selection, of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft, This draft was chronicled by Michael Lewis in his book, Moneyball. In 2003, while pitching for the Kane County Cougars and the Midland RockHounds, the next season, he helped the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats win the Pacific Coast League Championship with an 11–8 record and a 4.19 ERA. He struck out 143 batters in 176 innings, tossing one complete game in 26 starts, Joe Blanton made his debut on September 21,2004, against the Texas Rangers. He made three appearances and pitched eight innings and he posted a 5.63 ERA, but did not get a decision in any of his games. In 2005, Blanton joined the rotation that had lost pitchers Mark Mulder. He made his first start on April 8 against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, pitching five innings, after losing his first five decisions, he picked up his first win when he worked seven innings against the Toronto Blue Jays on June 4. Blanton was third on the team in innings pitched, but still exceeded 200 innings in his first full season. He posted a 12–12 record with a 3.53 ERA in 33 starts and his ERA was best among all rookies with 100 or more innings pitched. He also tied the Oakland rookie record for most wins in a season with 12 and his first career complete game came as a 1–0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 24,2005, he was the only rookie to post two complete games in 2005. Blantons high loss total was attributed to poor run support, as the As only posted six runs total in all twelve of his losses combined, while posting 62 runs in his 12 wins. Blanton was also named the American League Rookie of the Month for June, as he tied with teammate Dan Haren for the AL lead in wins and finished third in ERA in June. In 2006, Blantons ERA rose over a point to 4.82 and gave up the fifth highest number of hits in the American League. However, he had four more wins than the year, posting a 16–12 record, striking out 107 batters. He pitched his first career complete game shutout against the Kansas City Royals on May 31
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Octavio Dotel
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Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He was a member of the Houston Astros for 5 seasons, Dotel made his MLB debut on June 26,1999, for the New York Mets and lost. His first MLB win came July 1,1999, against the Florida Marlins and he ended the season as the winning pitcher in the 1999 National League Championship Series game five against the Atlanta Braves. He was voted Player of the Week for the week of July 25,1999, Dotel won the 2011 World Series as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. Dotel graduated from Liceo Cansino Afuera in the Dominican Republic and was signed by the New York Mets as a free agent in 1993. He played for their minor league affiliate in the Dominican Summer League through 1994, on December 23,1999, Dotel was traded by the Mets with Roger Cedeño and minor leaguer Kyle Kessel to the Houston Astros for Mike Hampton and Derek Bell. In 2000 Dotel amassed three wins in 16 games started as well as 16 saves as his role converted from starter to relief pitcher for the Astros and this season marked the first time in National League history that a pitcher had over 15 starts and 15 saves. In 2001, Dotel again began the season as a starter, Dotel had an excellent season in 2002, he led all relievers with 118 strikeouts, helping secure a well-reputed bullpen for the Astros at that time. After the 2003 season, Wagner was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, Dotel served as closer for the Athletics and finished the 2004 season with a career-high 36 saves. Dotel began 2005 as closer for the Athletics again, but had a rough start and he underwent Tommy John surgery on June 1, ending his season after just 15 games. Dotel signed a deal with the New York Yankees in December 2005. He missed the first four months of the 2006 season, recovering from his Tommy John surgery, Dotel had a setback after developing tendinitis in his elbow while on a rehab assignment with the Trenton Thunder. This pushed his return into August as he went through minor league assignment with the Columbus Clippers. Dotel pitched his first game in a Yankees uniform on August 16, coming into the game in the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles and he finished the season playing in 14 games with no record and an ERA of 10.80. Dotel became an agent at the end of the 2006 MLB season. On December 8,2006, he agreed to a contract with the Kansas City Royals for $5 million. On July 31,2007 the Royals traded Dotel to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for pitcher Kyle Davies and he made his Braves debut on August 1, throwing a scoreless ninth inning in a 12–3 rout of the Astros. On August 10, Dotel was placed on the disabled list with a shoulder strain
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Rich Harden
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James Richard Rich Harden is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher. He has pitched for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Harden attended Claremont Secondary School in Victoria, British Columbia. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 38th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, but instead attended Central Arizona College, while there he played baseball alongside future MLB All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler. He led all Division I Junior College pitchers with 127 strikeouts in 2001, Harden was drafted by the Athletics in the 17th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft, and signed by the team on May 28,2001, shortly after graduating. He also struck out 102 batters in 85 innings and his combined 2002 stats were 12–6,2.93 ERA,187 strikeouts and 75 walks in 153 innings. Harden began the 2003 season with Midland, and in 2 games, he had a 2–0 record and pitched 13 perfect innings and he was then promoted to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats of the Pacific Coast League, where he pitched very well. In 16 games,14 of which he started, Harden went 9–4 with an ERA of 3.15. Overall, Harden finished with a combined 11–4 record,2.74 ERA,107 strikeouts and 35 walks in 102 innings in the Minor leagues during the 2003 season and he was then promoted to the Oakland Athletics in July 2003. Harden made his league debut on July 21,2003. He held the Royals to only one run on four hits in seven innings, through Hardens first five starts, he had a 3–1 record, with an ERA of 1.69. In his next two, he allowed six runs in four innings against the Toronto Blue Jays on August 21 and he finished the season with a 5–4 record with an ERA of 4.46. Harden pitched in two games in relief with the Athletics in their Division Series matchup with the Red Sox, in his playoff debut on October 1, Harden earned the win, pitching a scoreless inning. However in his appearance, he pitched only one-third of an inning. Harden began the 2004 season with the Sacramento River Cats, coming out of spring training as the As 5th starter, but the Athletics had two off days in the first eight days of the season, and they optioned him down to get a start in the minor leagues. He pitched in one game, losing 5–3 to the Edmonton Trappers, the Athletics called him up on April 10, and he put together a very solid season with an 11–7 record and an ERA of 3.99. Harden compiled an 8–2 record and an ERA of 3.49 after the All-Star break and he ranked 8th in the AL with 167 strikeouts, and was tied for 7th with 81 walks. Harden allowed just 16 home runs in 189.2 innings, an average of 0.76 per nine innings and he threw the fastest fastball of all major league starters, averaging 94.3 miles per hour. In 2005, Harden began the season with the Athletics, but was sidelined with an oblique injury, Harden came back and pitched a two-hit game against the Texas Rangers on July 14, in which he allowed no runs for 7+ innings
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Tim Hudson
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Timothy Adam Hudson is an American former professional baseball pitcher of Major League Baseball. With the Giants, he won the 2014 World Series over the Kansas City Royals, during his 17-season career, Hudson established himself as one of baseballs most consistent pitchers and until 2014 had never had a season where he suffered more losses than wins. Hudson was also named an All-Star four times, twice with Oakland, once with Atlanta, before retiring in 2015, Hudson was the winningest active Major League pitcher, as well as one of four active pitchers with at least 200 career wins. With a win against the Oakland As on July 26,2015, he has won a game against every team in the majors, the 15th pitcher to do so. Hudson is one of twenty-one pitchers in Major League history to win at least 200 games, of those twenty-one, fourteen are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Hudson attended Glenwood School in Phenix City, Alabama where in his season he led the team to the 1993 AISA state championship. He finished his school career with a 12–1 record and a 1.78 ERA. Despite his record, Hudson was considered undersized by scouts at 60 tall and 160 pounds and was not drafted nor was he offered a scholarship to a major college, Hudson decided to attend a local two-year college, Chattahoochee Valley Community College. In 1994, his year at CVCC, he earned First-team All American honors while leading his team to the AJCCC Division II championship. He also led CVCC team in batting average, home runs, RBI, wins, strikeouts, as a sophomore, he was named Second-team All American and set a school and conference record with 117 strikeouts which also led the nation. As a hitter, Hudson batted.345 with 5 home runs and his sophomore season ERA of 1.95 was the team and conference best. Prior to his year, Hudson transferred to Auburn University where he would play two seasons. He is still at or near the top of school records. In 1997, he played all 65 games for the Tigers while both pitching and playing outfield and that season, he hit.396 with 18 home runs and 95 RBI. As a pitcher, he finished 15–2 with a 2.97 ERA to earn SEC Player of the Year, tim was the first player to be named First Team All-SEC at two positions in the same year. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft, Hudson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics twice, in the 35th round of the 1994 MLB Draft and again in the 6th round of the 1997 MLB draft, signing in 1997. He made his Major League debut with a five inning start on June 8,1999 against the San Diego Padres and he recorded his first career win in his next start, on June 13 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He allowed only one run in seven innings of the 9–3 victory, in his rookie season, Hudson had an 11–2 mark and finished 5th in the AL Rookie of the Year vote
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2004 Boston Red Sox season
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The 2004 Boston Red Sox season was the 104th season in the franchises Major League Baseball history. Managed by Terry Francona, the Red Sox finished with a 98–64 record, the Red Sox qualified for the postseason as the AL wild card, swept the Anaheim Angels in the ALDS, and faced the Yankees in the ALCS for the second straight year. The Red Sox then swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, november 28,2003, Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa, and Michael Goss were traded by the Red Sox to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Curt Schilling. December 16,2003, Mark Bellhorn was acquired by the Red Sox from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal, december 22,2003, Gabe Kapler was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox. During the 2003–04 off season, the Red Sox acquired a starting ace pitcher, Curt Schilling, as well as a closer, many visitors at their Spring training at Fort Myers, Florida were very enthusiastic about the 2004 Red Sox team. Expectations once again ran high that 2004 would finally be the year that the Red Sox ended their championship drought. The regular season started well in April, but through midseason the team struggled due to injuries, inconsistency and defensive woes, and fell more than eight games behind New York. A bright point came on July 24, when the Red Sox overcame a deficit as Bill Mueller hit a game-winning home run to right-center off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. The game also featured the infamous brawl between Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez and Red Sox catcher and captain Jason Varitek, in a separate transaction, the Red Sox also traded AAA outfielder Henri Stanley to the Los Angeles Dodgers for center fielder Dave Roberts. The team played its games at Fenway Park, before a regular season total attendance of 2,837,294 fans. Note, Pos = position, G = Games played, AB = At bats, H = Hits, the Red Sox blew out the Angels 9–3 in Game 1, scoring 7 of those runs in the fourth inning. However, the Sox 2003 off season prize pickup Curt Schilling suffered a tendon when he was hit by a line drive. The injury was exacerbated when Schilling fielded a ball rolling down the first base line, the second game, pitched by Pedro Martínez, stayed close until Boston scored four in the ninth to win 8–3. In game three, what looked to be a blowout turned out to be a nail-biter, as Vladimir Guerrero hit a grand slam off Mike Timlin in the top of the inning to tie it at six. However, David Ortiz, who was noted for his hitting, delivered in the 10th inning with a game winning two-run homer, off Jarrod Washburn. The Red Sox advanced to a rematch in the 2004 American League Championship Series against their bitter rivals, despite high hopes that the Red Sox would finally vanquish their nemesis from the Bronx, the series started disastrously for them. Curt Schilling pitched with the tendon sheath in his right ankle he had suffered in Game 1 of the Division Series against Anaheim. Yankee starter Mike Mussina had six innings, and held an 8–0 lead
