Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Red Sox Nation Has Seen This Before

With the Jays having just completed a 3-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox, and the potential that the Yankees will move a mere 1.5 games out of first place (behind Boston) with a win tonight, this is a scenario that has played out many times before in the history of these two storied franchises.

However, as I recently pointed out to Bosox fan Boneman, it's just not the same anymore since Boston came back from a 3-0 series deficit in 2004 to beat the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, and then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals and take their first World Series title in nearly 90 years. I mean, if you're living in the present, it's still disheartening to see your team blow what was a 11-game lead (?) not that long ago, but you're also only three years past a world championship. So it's painful, but it's not painful!

4 comments:

Boneman8 said...

It's still damned painful...but, at least hockey has started again!

Kimota94 aka Matt aka AgileMan said...

On the bright side: the Yankees are 5.5 games up in the Wildcard, meaning that even if they pass by the Bosox, it'll still be up to someone else to catch Boston in order to keep them out of the playoffs. Looked at another way, the Red Sox have a 7.0 game lead (as far as making the playoffs) and there are only about 10 or 11 games left. So they're looking pretty good for post-season play in 2008.

Boneman8 said...

I want the AL East...which the Yankees have had since the 90's.

Boneman8 said...

But you're right...we DID win that Championship from the Wild Card spot. But still!