Into the gathering gloom of a long New England northeaster, White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko hit a towering fly ball to left field off Tim Wakefield to effectively eliminate the Red Sox from the postseason and give the White Sox a chance to end an eight-decade World Series drought. (Full article: 635 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

• $9.95 1 month archives pass
• $24.95 3 months archives pass
• $74.95 1 year archives pass