tavárez was the pitcher boston beat in game 1 of the 2004 world series.
who is the pitcher boston beat in game 1 of the 2004 world series?
tavárez
tavárez posted a 2.61 era in nine postseason games, but suffered breaks in his left ring finger and fifth metacarpal after punching a bullpen phone in the dugout following being removed from game 4 of the nlcs. he had allowed a solo home run to carlos beltrán, issued two walks, and hit a batter. tavárez played the rest of the 2004 postseason with a protective wrap in his glove, and when the glove was removed his hand was noticeably swollen. tavárez suffered the loss against the boston red sox in game 1 of the 2004 world series, giving up the game-winning home run to mark bellhorn in the eighth inning.
julián tavárez
this was the 18th appearance in the stanley cup finals for the bruins, and their first since , when they lost in five games to the edmonton oilers. it also allowed boston to join philadelphia as being the only cities to have had all of their teams play in each of the four major north american professional sports leagues' title rounds since 2000, following the patriots in super bowls xxxvi in 2002, xxxviii in 2004, xxxix in 2005, xlii in 2008, xlvi in 2012, and xlix in 2015, and winning all of them, except super bowl xlii and xlvi, the red sox winning world series titles in (ending the curse of the bambino), , , and , and the celtics in the nba finals in and and winning in 2008. in addition, boston beat out philadelphia for playing in all of the "big" league championship rounds in the shortest time in the new millennium, as it took 9 years for philadelphia to achieve this feat; boston needed only three years and eight months. the bruins would also play in the 2013 stanley cup finals, so from 2004 to 2015 all four boston major league teams have each reached the championship rounds at least twice and also won at least once during a decade from 2001 to 2011. following the 2011 stanley cup finals, "boston globe" columnist dan shaughnessy ranked all seven championships during the decade and ranked the bruins' 2011 stanley cup triumph as third, behind only the patriots winning super bowl xxxvi (second) and the red sox winning the 2004 world series (first.)
2011 stanley cup finals