Love that dirty water ...
Boston wins at home.
And it only took 5 hours, 49 minutes this time, the longest game in baseball postseason history. It felt like 5 years and 49 days, which on top of that 12-inning epic that ended Monday morning should extend the Red Sox's championship drought to about 100 years.
To follow up on Rob's point, this has been merely a draining, exasperating tease for those of us who either profess loyalty to the Sox or despise the Yankees, or both. Nobody's come back from 3-0 to win a playoff series -- unless you're talking hockey -- so taking the series back to the Bronx for Game 6 is admirable, but it's only setting up Red Sox Nation for more heartbreak.
If Curt Schilling were of sound mind AND body, it would be a whole different series, but he's got a bad ankle and his team has too much bad karma. Tonight, it ends. In approximately 5 hours and 480 pitches. And that means extra caffeine Wednesday morning.
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I just happen to like the Red Sox Because they are the underdogs. You just might be in for a rude awakening.I fight w/ my brother and everyone at work but I can take the heat. If you can't then get out of the kitchen!!!
Posted on October 19, 2004 2:27 PM
Sybil, you've got me all wrong. I'm a Phillies fan first, but the Sox are a close second. And it's the agony I've endured since 1986 -- I was too young to truly appreciate the pain of Bucky Dent's homer in '78 -- that makes me so skeptical. Please don't imply I'm a Yankees fan. That's just rude.
On the other hand, Schilling looks good through 5 innings, the pitch count's low, the game's moving along and the Sox are up 4-0. Maybe my prediction will be proven blissfully wrong.
Posted on October 19, 2004 10:24 PM