What else is there to say? The dreaded prospect of being down 3 and 0 in a best of seven contest is no longer an insurmountable obstacle. No matter what happens in the World Series, the Red Sox have already given their fans a triumph they can hang their hats on for quite some time. I would absolutely have killed for a television image of Steinbrenner when the final out was recorded. Being near Mt. St Helens was a cakewalk…indeed, probably preferable…insofar as the Yankee management is concerned.
Hëll can start handing out the collection basket, for it will most certainly be paid.
Is anyone going to get ANY work done in Boston today? Or for the coming week?
PAD
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I wish Seinfeld were still on the air, if only for this moment…
My husband told me “The Sox are making history!” Since I don’t usually follow sports, and he was soooo excited, I didn’t have the heart to tell him I already knew because of this blog. Congrats to all Sox fans.
To quote Tim Wakefield from the post-game celebration, presumably in response to Boston being in the Series and to all of New England; “Break out the defibulators!”.
As Paul Estin pointed out; “The cool thing is, if the Sox had merely beaten the Yankees, then Yankees fans could say ‘oh, you beat us *once*, big deal’… but winning it this way means I can reply ‘Greatest. Choke. Ever!'”
It’s notable that first pitch recipient (from Bucky Bleepin’ Dent) and originator of the statement “It ain’t over till it’s over” Yogi Berra left after the 7th inning.
My own two comments:
Lessee. Boston last won the World Series in 1918. It’s now 2004. A certain interesting number of years later…if they’re not out there already, I want a cut of t-shirt rights for “86 the Curse!”
The Yankees are Pedro’s daddy…but fortunately he has 24 step-brothers.
Game 7. In Fenway. On Halloween two days before Election Day.
(Of course, one now has to consider whether they can staple Schilling ankle twice in the next 10 days, and if not, well, Arroyo-Lowe-Wakefield against frequent Series opponents Cardinals with their bats this year isn’t exactly getting my hopes up)
I have to admit, I’m hoping for a Houston/Boston series, because it would mirror the Presidential election.
A better question would be, will there be anyone in Boston who won’t get laid tonight?
And naturally, for this once-in-a-lifetime event, I’m in Orlando. Figures.
(Actually, I’m sure there would be one person not getting laid in Boston. That creepy pseudo-comic Seinfeld. That makes me feel better.)
Whoo Hoo! What a great feeling provided last night. I don’t know if any work will be getting done, but let’s get the celebrating done quickly and refocus on the real prize, we are four wins away from the title. Eyes on the prize people. The Curse isn’t lifted until we win the Series!
DEREK LOWE BESTRIDES YANKEE STADIUM LIKE A COLOSSUS.
Sorry, that’s all I got: Ecstasy and sheer delerium has sapped my wit.
Mark
I couldn’t even watch the game after the 2nd inning I was so keyed up about them blowing that big lead. I wound up listening to the game on the radio while I did some other things, including some drawing. It was like some kind of dream to comeback like this and to do it against the Yankees? I know that there are still 4 wins left before the real celebration can begin, but this tastes oh, so sweet. I’m just glad the Series doesn’t begin until Saturday so I can get some sleep for a few days!
I’m probably one of the few here who are less thrilled for the Red Sox than I am thrilled that the Yankees choked.
Gawd, I hate the Yankees.
I don’t hate the Yankees, but I was glad that someone else from the AL got to the World Series. It’s too much of a broken record the last few years: Yankees, Yankees, Yankees. I’m glad for the change.
And of course, with all the records and noteworthy things the Yankees have done, I think it’s a wonderful irony that they also now have the distinction of being the first team to blow a 3-0 lead. 🙂
I’m happy Boston won, but now how long before Kerry compares his campaign to the Sox?
PAD: Is anyone going to get ANY work done in Boston today? Or for the coming week?
Eh. Why should today be different from any other week? [I’m unemployed; I get to say that. :)]
TYG: if they’re not out there already, I want a cut of t-shirt rights for “86 the Curse!”
CafePress is your friend. Run some off quickly…
I think his subject says it best
Lou and I stayed up until the final out last night. We were at a game, and started listening on the way home, since someone told us they were up 6-1 in the 4th. As I said in my subject,…
As a long-suffering Chicago baseball fan (neither the Cubs nor the White Sox have been to a World Series in my lifetime, much less won one), I always root for the BoSox whenever they make the playoffs–hëll, SOMEbody has to break their curse! Congrats to them, their fans and the city of Boston for making a cynic believe the impossible is, indeed, possible.
Hey! Has anyone seen Steinbrenner since last night? I imagine he’s either running around punching holes in walls and kicking small animals, having a nervious breakdown, or he’s recovering from explosure of the head (even though “explosure” isn’t a real word, it’s one of those non-words that sounds like it should be).
If Boston wins the World Series, can the Cubs (or White Sox, for that matter) be far behind?
Adoresixtyfour: BELIEVE me: the feeling is mutual here in Boston. We are utterly simpatico with the Cubbies.
Mark
So much Yankee hating. Don’t you people realize that they haven’t won the World Series since 2000.
Besides the Curse is still alive. Huston will win tonight, and go to the World Series for the first time ever and beat the Sox.
Here’s my conspiracy theory as to why the curse is still alive. Two words: Roger Clemens. It has been 86 years since the Sox won the series, and what year was it that Clemens won the MVP with the Red Sox? Yep, 1986. 1986 was also the last time the Sox were in the series, and they lost then too.
So with Clemens on the Astros, he will carry on the legacy of the curse.
Go STROS!!!
Peace,
Doug
I was in NY giving a talk on Tuesday night. I explained to the fifty or sixty people in attendance that they weren’t missing anything by leaving the house during Game 6, because a Game 7 was virtually assured.
I didn’t have the heart to tell them that our ALCS victory was also a lock. They would have thought I was being arrogant, or that I had analyzed both rosters’ performance and concluded that the Yankees’ pitching wasn’t going to get the job done. Nope, I knew the Sox would win because as a lifelong Bostonian, I know what God’s purpose for the team is.
Remember: _last_ year, we played this same team — our mitochondrial rivals — to a heartbreaking loss in Game 7. Been there, done that. Losing in Game 7 wouldn’t be a letdown at all; if anything, we’d be proud to have battled all the way back from a three-to-zip deficit.
So no. The point of the Sox is to keep raising hopes; to keep renewing and justifying our endless faith in the team. They _could_ have done it by losing the ALCS in a 4-0 sweep. But once they won Game 4, the only solution was to win the Pennant and then lose the World Series.
The poor Yankees never had a chance. None at all. If I had any business sense at all, I would have had 5,000 “The Choke’s On YOU!” tee shirts printed up on Monday, ready for sale today.
Sorry.
I’d like a TX-MA matchup to parallel Bush-Kerry. However, the ‘Stros aren’t going to Boston. The Cardinals are.
I like the ’86 the Curse’ idea,
But the Catch-22 is that it’s been 22 years since the Cardinals won the World Series.
I mean, we have a relief pitcher who can pitch two shutout innings, even with broken fingers.
Go Cards!
Yeah, my heart belongs for St. Louis.
But my Soul is rooting for the Sox.
But, y’know, what if Boston, like, *wins* the Series?
then what?
I saw somebody mention this on another message board, but I think the Sox are going to have some serious problems when they play in a NL park. No DH. Pappi will be sitting on the bench those games, and he was a big part of their offense.
Peace,
Doug
I understand how everyone in Boston and all Yankee haters are making a big deal out of this. And it is a big deal. But people fail to remember that during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s Boston routinely beat up on the Yankees and finished far ahead of them. When Boston finished 9 games ahead of the Yankees in 86, I doubt people put much stock in a curse. And I somehow doubt that curse extended to Boston losing to I believe Oakland during the eckersely-Mcguire-Canseco years.
I know its pent up frustration that has Boston fans going nuts, but Boston has had plenty of opportunities to win something that has NOT had anything to do with the Yankees many many times.
With that being said, forget about the ghost of Babe Ruth…I’m going to be looking for the ghost of Mookie Wilson 🙂
Mike
OT – where’s the “whaddya think” MadroX #2 thread?
Tom Galloway: [i]Lessee. Boston last won the World Series in 1918. It’s now 2004. A certain interesting number of years later…if they’re not out there already, I want a cut of t-shirt rights for “86 the Curse!”[/i]
I’m not a big baseball follower, but this is just one shy of 87, which down here in Oz is regarded as the “Devil’s Number” in cricket. So, if that’s anything to go by, it might not happen this year for the Red Sox, but strange things could happen next year…
In the year 2004, the word “Boston” is spelled
D-E-S-T-I-N-Y
Thus it is written. Thus it shall come to pass. (With apologies to Yul Brynner)
“Adoresixtyfour: BELIEVE me: the feeling is mutual here in Boston. We are utterly simpatico with the Cubbies.”
Good to know, Mark. And since Cub fans loathe the Cardinals, you just KNOW we’re rooting for your Sox!
I’m not a baseball fan. Leastwise, I don’t follow the sport.
But when I was… about 8, my father took me to a Sox game. He taught me how to keep score, he bought me a hot dog, he was civil to my mom (They were divorced most of my life). They didn’t win that night, but my dad didn’t mind at all, he was a die hard fan. He never turned his back on the team he routed for.
Twenty five years later, he still watched every game, or at least listened on the radio.
He passed away in July, I think he would have liked to watch them win. I hope he is watching them now.