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Ted Williams claims Greatest Red Sox title

Print | Comments () Posted by Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff September 26, 2011 01:25 PM

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As expected, Ted Williams emerged as the champion of our Greatest Red Sox Ever tournament.

The final matchup came down to Williams and Carl Yastrzemski -- also as expected -- but Williams was the runaway winner by a vote of 2,495 to 514.

The real fun, like a good road trip, was in getting there, and our intention was for the contest to provide some interesting conversation-starters. The seedings and early round voting led to matchups like David Ortiz vs. Nomar Garciaparra, Carlton Fisk vs. Fred Lynn, and Luis Tiant vs. Dwight Evans.

Dewey made a surprising run to the Final Four, and he managed the only upset of a No. 1 seed, knocking out Roger Clemens in the third round before losing to Williams in the semifinals.

Stay tuned. More bracket-style contests are planned in the near future.

Check the final voting and review the tournament at the bracket page.