The Shorter the Better?

The 2007 World Series was the fourth World Series in a row that took fewer than 6 games. The previous time, and the only other time, that there were 4 straight World Series completed in fewer than six games was in the years 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916. Oddly, the Red Sox won two of those World Series as well (1915 and 1916). And the Boston Braves won the only World Series they would ever win as a Boston team in that same sequence (1914). Between 1918 and 2004, the Red Sox played in four World Series, all of them nice long seven-game thrillers and they lost every one. The Red Sox should never sponsor the Boston Marathon.