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Today In Dumb Mayoral Wagers
So you know those dumb mayoral bets made on every major sporting event, the ones supposed to show off the locally made products? Well, the Boston and Denver mayors made them this year ... and, as usual, they're dumb and full of corporate sponsorship....

Red Sox Think Outside The Bun
What they're saying out there in the power grid about Game 1 of the World Series ......

The Red Sox Officially Welcome You To The World Series
As counter indicators go, Rockies fans probably couldn't have had a worse one than seeing Eric Gagne in to finish the game. If Gagne's closing matters out these days, the Red Sox are clearly ahead by a lot....

World Series Game One, The Live Blog
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting live blogger Matt Sussman, taking you through Game 1 of the World Series, after the jump....

God, We Love The World Series
All right, well, we've all waited long enough: The World Series is finally starting tonight. All the storylines have been exhausted by this point. Probably just time to get going....

World Series Pants Party: Red Sox Vs. Rockies
You know all the major players and you're aware that it's a fight between good and evil, so it's time to figure out who's gonna win this darned thing....

What This Means For Us: Boston Red Sox
It's a long road to the World Series, and perhaps only the diehards truly understand how far their team had to come. We've asked two writers who lust for their favorite teams to describe what it means to be here, in the World Series. Now: The Boston Red Sox. Your author is Lockhart Steele....

What This Means For Us: Colorado Rockies
It's a long road to the World Series, and perhaps only the diehards truly understand how far their team had to come. We've asked two writers who lust for their favorite teams to describe what it means to be here, in the World Series. First up: The Colorado Rockies. Your author is Mark T.R. Donohue....

The Rockies Could Make Some Folks Some Cash
We kick off our World Series coverage in the first place many of you will be looking: The arena of gambling. We tend to think this series as rather tight, hardly some obvious mismatch ... but it appears Vegas disagrees....

The Last Day Of Unmitigated World Series Glee
We're just about 26 hours away from the start of the World Series, and we know that Red Sox fans are happy and that Rockies fans are happy. Understood....

The Pacers Really, Really Want You To Come To Their Games
It looks like it's gonna be a brutal year for the Indiana Pacers, so they're gonna need every tactic they can to try to sell tickets. We're not sure this online "ad" is gonna be much help....

The Rockies Are Gonna Try This Ticket Thing Again
As some had predicted, the Rockies had all kinds of issues selling their World Series tickets online yesterday. That's a problem, because, you know, they have a game at Coors on Saturday....


Take That, Papi
Because we wouldn't be Deadspin if we didn't post some disturbing, pseudo-bukkake-esque celebration photos, we give you your 2007 American League Champion Boston Red Sox version. We are still giggling that Ortiz had his goggles on in the dugout with two outs left to go....


Ready Or Not, Here Come The Red Sox
Say what you will about the sometimes unhealthy hold that the Boston Red Sox have on their fans ... but the picture above looks really, really fun....

For Your Sunday Viewing Pleasure, Minus The NFL ...
12:05 — Movie. Enemy of the State [Encore] 1:00 — NASCAR. Nextel Cup in Concord, N.C. [ESPN Classic] 1:00 — Movie. Gladiator [TBS] 1:00 — Bowling. Woman's U.S. Open [ESPN] 1:00 — Movie. U.S. Marshals [Spike] 1:00 — Movie. Dumb & Dumber [WGN] 1:00 — Spanish WWE. Raw [Telemundo] 1:00 — Movie. Beverly ...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while learning the intricacies of chess ... • MLB: Oh, there will be a Game 5; I'm absolutely sure. Indians 13, Sox 6. • College Football: Kentucky shocks No. 1 LSU; Oregon St. upsets No. 2 Cal. The anarchy! • Boxing: Holyfield's quest for a fifth heavyweight title ends ... now let's...