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Former Red Sox felt a kinship seeing team finally win

Legends of previous clubs remembered by new champions

By John Powers

 |  Globe Staff  

  October 31, 2004

A champagne-drenched Johnny Pesky was the stand-in for all of the Red Sox who’d gotten to the World Series and fell short. For Ted Williams, Jim Lonborg, Carl Yastrzemski and for Bill Buckner.

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