The Red Sox had emerged victorious from one of the greatest pennant races ever and didn't have enough left for a spectacularly good Cardinal team.

Gibson was brilliant, pitching three complete game victories, added a home run in the clincher and walked away as the clear MVP. Lou Brock stole the Red Sox blind, swiping seven bases.

The Red Sox tried, sending Lonborg to the hill in game 7 on short rest, but no pitcher in history could have beaten Gibson that day.

Before my time. What's often overlooked in the history of the Red Sox from 1918-2003 is, that even though they were favored to beat St. Louis in '46, in 67, they ran into one of the, if not THE, best N.L. single season teams of the 60's...and in 75 and 86 they certainly ran into the best teams of the decade in the N.L. The year before this, they had finished 9th out of 10 teams. They barely beat out the Tigers, White Sox, and Twins, and though Yaz and Lonborg were phenomenal that year, the rest of the club was mostly young guys like Scott, Reggie Smith, and Petrocelli who hadn't reached their peak,and, other than Lonborg, the pitching was merely so-so. They ran into Gibson, Flood, McCarver, Briles, Cepeda, and the rest of a team that was clearly a much better one, and took them to seven, making this a very good Series, if not a truly historic one.