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From the archives | Oct. 22

Reds erase Red Sox lead, win World Series

But what a year Boston had!

By Peter Gammons

 |  Globe Staff  

  October 23, 1975

Even as Reds’ reliever Will McEnaney polished off the bottom of that ninth without a threat, the 35,205 joined in chorus by the thousands that lined the Fens, stood and roared.

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