Definitions

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  • proper noun US, baseball The Boston Red Sox, an American baseball team.

Etymologies

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From red and sox (obsolete form of socks) - the footwear worn by the members of the team

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Examples

  • Elsewhere in the Red Sox/Yankee border war, I asked on Facebook at "Len Berman's Top 5" if the Yankees are the "Evil Empire" for their spending ways according to the Red Sox, what do you call the Red Sox after their two big deals this week?

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Elsewhere in the Red Sox/Yankee border war, I asked on Facebook at "Len Berman's Top 5" if the Yankees are the "Evil Empire" for their spending ways according to the Red Sox, what do you call the Red Sox after their two big deals this week?

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Elsewhere in the Red Sox/Yankee border war, I asked on Facebook at "Len Berman's Top 5" if the Yankees are the "Evil Empire" for their spending ways according to the Red Sox, what do you call the Red Sox after their two big deals this week?

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Elsewhere in the Red Sox/Yankee border war, I asked on Facebook at "Len Berman's Top 5" if the Yankees are the "Evil Empire" for their spending ways according to the Red Sox, what do you call the Red Sox after their two big deals this week?

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Elsewhere in the Red Sox/Yankee border war, I asked on Facebook at "Len Berman's Top 5" if the Yankees are the "Evil Empire" for their spending ways according to the Red Sox, what do you call the Red Sox after their two big deals this week?

    Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories Len Berman 2010

  • Lucy asked me the other day to write the definitive Red Sox post, encompassing my feelings about this year and what it's like to be a long-term Red Sox fan now that everyone has gotten on the Red Sox Nation bandwagon.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Becca 2007

  • When you call the Red Sox "idiots," you mean it as a compliment.

    NEWSMAKERS 2007

  • Lucy asked me the other day to write the definitive Red Sox post, encompassing my feelings about this year and what it's like to be a long-term Red Sox fan now that everyone has gotten on the Red Sox Nation bandwagon.

    Before Game 5 Becca 2007

  • When I got the call the Red Sox were interested, I really was excited about it.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2010

  • You also have to look at the terribly misguided Coakley campaign to see how the Democrats allowed this to happen in deep blue Massachusetts: And irrespective of politics: How can you call Red Sox legend Curt Schilling a Yankee fan?

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

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