The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007) World Series Champions.

The Red Sox are a member and current champions of both Major League Baseball's American League Eastern Division and of the American League itself.

Since 1912, the Red Sox have made their home at Fenway Park.

The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Buffalo, New York in 1901.

After the move from Buffalo to Boston they were a dominant team, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903.

They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history.

Many attributed the phenomenon to the "Curse of the Bambino," said to have been caused by the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920.

The drought was ended and the "curse" reversed in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series Championship.

The Red Sox began their season by participating in the third Opening Day game in Major League Baseball history to be played in Japan, where they defeated the Oakland Athletics in the Tokyo Dome.

On May 19th, 2008, cancer survivor Jon Lester threw the 18th no-hitter in team history, beating the Kansas City Royals 7--0.

The surprise Tampa Bay Rays (formerly the Tampa Bay Devil Rays) took over the top of the division with a sweep over the Boston Red Sox in early July.

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