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Revision as of 00:04, 4 June 2005
The 2005 Boston Red Sox Season comes on the heels of their 2004 World Series championship. Not only did the Red Sox win the series after a decades-long drought by sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals in 4 games, they beat the New York Yankees 4 to 3 in the ALCS after falling to 0 and 3. This is a relatively unheard of feat in sports. In preseason polls the Sox were picked first or second in the league, along with the Yankees.
2005 Schedule
Major League Baseball has weighted Boston's schedule slightly, in line with its post-season success in 2004. The schedule is created with the assistance of detailed forecasts of each team's relative success in the 2005 season, which are partially independent of the results of the 2004 season. The weighting in the Bosox' schedule can be seen in Major League ball's choice of Atlanta and St. Louis as interleague foes, and also perhaps in the numbers in the non-divisional list below.
Home Division
In their division, the AL East, the Red Sox have the following games:
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays -19-
- Yankees -19-
- Baltimore Orioles -19-
- Toronto Blue Jays -19-
This gives the Red Sox 76 divisional matches.
Interleague
In interleague play the Red Sox face:
- Atlanta Braves -3-
- St. Louis Cardinals -3-
- Chicago Cubs -3-
- Cincinnati Reds -3-
- Pittsburgh Pirates -3-
- Philadelphia Phillies -3-
for 3 games apiece giving 18 IL games.
American League
In non-divisional league play the Red Sox have at least 6 games against each AL team.
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California -10-
- Oakland A's -10-
- Detroit Tigers -10-
- Texas Rangers -9-
- Chicago White Sox -7-
- Minnesota Twins -6-
- Seattle Seahawks -6-
- Cleveland Indians -6-
- Kansas City Royals -6-
There are 70 games with non-divisional opponents.
Not Scheduled
The Red Sox have no games against the following National League teams: Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants or the new Washington Nationals.