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Which team did the Boston Red Sox come back to defeat after trailing 3-0 in the 2004 American League Championship Series?
Answer
New York Yankees
The Red Sox rallied from a 3-0 series deficit against the Yankees, winning four straight games to become the first team in MLB history to overcome such a deficit in a postseason series.
💡 Did you know?
The 2004 Boston Red Sox broke an 86-year championship drought after trailing the Yankees 3-0 in playoffs; no MLB team had ever come back from 0-3 down.
Other options people guess
- Baltimore Orioles
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Topics
- baseball
- mlb
- red-sox
- world-series
- 2000s
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