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If you're searching for a reason for hope, in case we run out soon, consider the wee hours of last Thursday morning in the Bronx after baseball's most bitter rivalry had finally played itself out. The riot police were at the ready as partisans of each side descended in red and blue waves on the venerable Yankee Tavern to carouse or console. And against all odds, the spirit was genial. Defeated Yankee fans bought Red Sox fans a drink--no gloating, no fighting, no riots, just a moment to capture the memory before they moved on. Reported by Perry Bacon Jr. with Kerry, Matthew Cooper, Viveca Novak and Eric Roston/Washington, Rita Healy/Denver, Elizabeth Kauffman/Nashville, Laura A. Locke/San Francisco, Nathan Thornburgh/ Philadelphia, Leslie Whitaker/ Chicago and Stacy J. Willis/Las Vegas