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Wednesday, October 27, 2004 |
Congratulations, Red Sox
A sweep. Congratulations, guys. Now the Yankees fans can find something else besides "1918" to jeer at the Sox with.
Update: A few thoughts:
- The Curse is really, truly over, and Sox Suck will have to find something else to do with themselves. Bambino's Curse will have to get a new name.
- Is Curt Schilling now a bigger name than Ted Williams at the Hub? How symbolic is that bloody sock? How important was it to sweep and prevent the Sox from having to make a tough decision about Curt's bloody ankle for a possible game 6?
- Despite the tussles in the first two games, the last two seemed like anticlimax. None of the Cards' mighty hitters could find their swings; they seemed more like a midseason interleague series than the World Series. With their team so obviously lost at the plate, St. Louis crowd was never a factor. It almost felt like the baseball gods were cursing the Sox again, not by making them lose -- but by making their victory completely forgettable. This was even duller than last year's Yankees/Marlins Series.
- Lady Luck: all, and I do mean all, the breaks seemingly went the Sox' way this time. Whether it was yesterday's boneheaded baserunning mistakes by the Cards or today's miscalled strike three against John Mabry (it was actually a foul, as only the umpire thought it a strike), the Sox' good fortune came in bushel baskets.
- Which team will take a chance on Lowe in the offseason? Will it be the Sox? What about Pedro? How much and for how long?
- I wish I could find the reference -- something I read today, but can't find it now -- but no team with Kenny Lofton has ever won the World Series. Now, with the Curse of A-Rod that's two, count 'em, two, curses on the Yankees -- and none on the Red Sox. Man, this curse stuff could get interesting. With the Yankees approaching another 80's-style meltdown, the Sox could become -- shudder -- the dominant team in the AL East for a couple years, at least.
Update: thanks to the miracle of Mozilla's history sidebar, the author of the Curse of Kenny Lofton can be identified as Tom Verducci at Sports Illustrated.
- Speaking of curses, could the Cubs maybe, possibly, breathe a little sigh of relief that another team with a curse on them got theirs lifted the year after it looked like they were just the same old Charlie Browns in Boston uniforms?
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