<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2006 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> 2008 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 2006 </Td> <Td> World Series </Td> <Td> 2008 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season . The 103rd edition of the World Series, it was a best - of - seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games . It was the Rockies' first appearance in a World Series . The Red Sox's victory was their second World Series championship in four seasons and their seventh overall; it also marked the third sweep in four years by the AL champions . The series began on Wednesday, October 24 and ended on Sunday, October 28 . </P> <P> Terry Francona became the second Red Sox manager to win two World Series titles, following Bill Carrigan, who won the 1915 and 1916 World Series . Including the last three games of the AL Championship Series, the Red Sox outscored their opposition 59--15 over their final seven games . Francona also became the first manager to win his first 8 World Series games . The Rockies, meanwhile, became the first NL team to get swept in a World Series after sweeping the League Championship Series, and just the second team ever to suffer such a fate, following the Oakland Athletics in 1990 . </P>

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