I doubt anyone, red sox fan or not, cares more about those 4 world series games against the cardinals than they did about that ALCS. Same can probably said for 2005 and the NLCS.
Hell, I don't even remember the 2007 world series, only the ALCS, and for a time forgot we even played the Rockies. The freakin Rockies.
The world series may have been it 25 years ago and before, but the postseason has expanded and had way better series than the actual world series.