The Red Sox Victory...Bigger Than It Seems

[Dave2112]

Here lie the New York Yankees...victims of thier own money.

And it's about time.

Perhaps baseball will finally follow in the footsteps of football and start to put some limits on the unreasonable spending by the top 3 or 4 teams in the league. (Yeah, I know the Yanks fans are going to point to the Sox' spending and revenue....but....well.....SHUT UP!!!! 😀 )

Ladies and gentlemen, let us not take the ALCS lightly this year. We have been witness to one of the great moments in sports history. Not only has no team in the history of baseball come back from a 3-0 deficit in the LCS...but out of the three sports that have "series-style" playoffs (Football is single-elimination), only two teams have ever accomplished this.

How many of us truly took the time last night to appreciate the great moment in history that we were witnessing? Forget who you were rooting for. Forget the stats, the runs, the hits, the errors. For those of us old enough to remember, or those of us vested enough in sports to be aware of...there have been few moments in history to match this. I remember sitting in front of my TV at the tender age of 12 and watching the US Hockey team defeat the Mighty Russians at the Lake Placid Olymics. I remember (as does my bro Ray) watching the highly improbable victory of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIV. And the "guarantee" victory of the New York Jets in Super Bowl III...that's something that's forever etched in the memories of fans forever. Let's not forget Ohio State's unbelievable overtime victory over a HEAVILY favored Miami State team only a few years ago.

Remember that feeling? We all had it last night. Yanks or Sox fan...or even those whose favorite teams were eliminated long ago...we were all one for a special moment.

There comes a moment maybe two or three times in one's life when you absolutley realize that you are watching history in the making, rather than realizing it only in the memory.

This was one of those times.

Screw the Curse. Screw the Empire. History unfolded, and it's something we can all tell our children that we were there to witness. So, thank you Boston for the incredible....

...just don't screw it up. 😀

 

[venray]

Oh now Dave you KNOW they'll scew it up...lol...(J/K Babe...🙄 )

You are right about it being an event in the history of sports. It may take another 20 years or so before it ever happens again. Glad we witnessed the Pats victory together, my brother...Glad we were around to witness this event as well.

(I also got to witness the Yanks beat the sox asses 19-8 in a bar full of Yankee fans whilst sharing a few cold ones with giantfan121262)

May the world series be every bit as exciting as the road getting there was for both these fine teams.



Ray

 

[Neutron]

GOOOOO Cards!!!!

Although if the Sox win I'll be almost equally happy!

Tron

 

[leafstk]

I'm pullin for the Sox for sure!! 😀 Though it would have been cool to see Clemons face his old team once again 😀

If the Sox can do it, SURELY the Maple Leafs can do it eventually! 😀

 

[Mitchell]

I think Cards-Sox should be a great series, and I dont think the importance of it is overestimated. It is just like when the Dbacks knocked off the Yankees in 2001. It was time. All good things and all dynasties have to come to an end, and this one did to. The Sox had such a frustrating history with the Yankees that a victory like this had to happen sometime, although in my wildest dreams I dont think I or anyone could have imagined this.
I feel that the Sox victory is also good because it can get boring to see the same team win and get to the World Series every year. Let someone else have a chance, and have fans in other cities sitting on the edge of their seats.
Now, the Sox have one more mile to go. Dare I say that I think with home field advantage, they should break the curse. The only series that I can recall in recent history where the team that had home field advantage didnt win were 1999 (Involving my Braves, of course, who always find a way to screw things up) and last year, when the Marlins took the deciding game in the Bronx. My call for this series is that it should be a fantastic series between two great teams, and that the Sox will win in seven games. Lord Myriads has been predicting a Sox World Championship for sometime now. Well, this lifelong baseball fan says that my gut tells me that the Tzar's prophecy will be done this year. Only my opinion.

Mitch

 

[Double T]

I must admit. I almost stopped watching when the Yanks were up 3-0. I figured "No team in history has done it, why should this be any different?", although, deep down, I hoped this would be the year history was made. Now the Red Sox, the first and only team to come back from a 3-0 deficit, have gained my utmost respect, regardless of how the series goes. I'm just glad I was there (in front of my T.V.) to witness it. The best team won, a job well done!

(Yes. I know. It rhymes.)

 

[giggleygirl25]

hmmmm if the Sox beat their "curse" can buffalo be far behind and stop being a drinking town with a football problem???😀

 

[leafstk]

LOL Giggley! 😀

 

[giantfan121262]

I have to admit. the Sox really showed me something. I am a BASEBALL fan and I have to admit, the sox really came thru were it counted. I really want to see the sox win this and eliminate the Curse. This will be right up there with the US beating the mighty Russians, the Mets beating the heavily favored Oroiles in '69, the yankees beating the Braves in '96 when the Braves were the team to beat and the Yankees were up and coming, or... even better... The Rangers winning the cup in 1994 and quieting the 1940 chants