Angels Take Swagger, Then Series From Red Sox

It took one hit to validate everything that we knew nights ago. It took one pitch to cripple something that was born years ago.

Vladimir Guerrero dumped a first-pitch fastball from Jonathan Papelbon into centerfield with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, knocking in two runs to give the Angels a 7-6 lead, and knocking out the Boston Red Sox for good.

All of the mystique, the aura, the mental edge, gone. The hex that the Red Sox supposedly held over the Angels after making them their personal October stepping stone in recent years? That went up in smoke, too.

It wasn’t so much that the Angels won this series that was surprising. The Angels are a resilient club that won 97 games in the re...

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