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Most likely Massachusetts did not invent baseball, although interestingly, the game's immediate forerunner was known as "town ball" or "the Massachusetts game". The state was, however, the site of the first World Series, played between the Boston Pilgrims (later known as the Red Sox) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1903. The Red Sox rose to power during this period with Denton True "Cy" Young as their star pitcher. The team's current stadium, Fenway Park, opened in 1912 with a game against the NY Highlanders who later became known as the NY Yankees. The Red Sox won the season opener in 11 innings and went on to

1986 were unable to win a World Series for the next 86 years. The curse was dramatically broken in 2004, when the Sox made history by coming back from an 0-3 deficit against the NY Yankees in the ALCS and continuing on to defeat the St. Cardinals in four straight games to win the World Series.

By the way, another Boston team, the Braves won the 1914 World Series in Fenway Park when their own field, Braves Park, was under construction. The Braves moved to Milwaukee in 1953 and subsequently to Atlanta.