Loyal Red Sox fans in the DC area and around America are celebrating this morning, along with the fans in Boston who are marking that accomplishment in their home field for the first time since 1918.!  This city deserves this great joy after the tragedy of the Boston Marathon bombing!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!

“…more than six months after the terrorist attack and subsequent manhunt that briefly paralyzed Boston, the message … jubilant Red Sox fans converged on the marathon finish line on Boylston Street — the site of the attacks — to celebrate their team’s World Series win over St. Louis, some even bending down to kiss the pavement.”  Boston Globe says, “It was a moment that defined what this World Series championship meant: the crowning achievement of a team’s rise from the ashes of last year’s lost season, and a city’s rise from its darkest hours last April.”

What is the World Series? Wikipedia says: The World Series is the annual championship series of North American-based Major League Baseball (MLB), played since 1903 between the American League (AL) and National League (NL) team champions. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner’s Trophy.[

It is played each Fall and is a very important sports championship event for baseball fans in  America …as advertisers have said “…as American as hot dogs, baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet”.

What is baseball? To understand the game of baseball and its importance to many Americans click here for an article on Baseball in America: A History.