No, not that game (being played at Madison Square Garden) but Game 3 of the 2007 World Series. What makes it so important is that it's the point in the proceedings where we'll find out if this is going to be a series, or a series! With Boston up 2-0 and the next (up to) three games in Colorado, either the Rockies will (finally) flex their muscles and make things very interesting, or the Red Sox will go up 3-0 and virtually assure their second championship in four years. Clearly I'm rooting for the home team tonight, as I suspect most fans are who have no affiliation with either team.
Some of us still recall 2001's version, after all, in which Arizona won Games 1 and 2 at home fairly handily (9-1 and 4-0), before heading to New York where the Yankees took what looked like a stranglehold on the title, winning all three. Back to Arizona it went for a blowout Diamondback victory (15-2), setting up one of the great Game 7s in recent World Series history. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the 9th, and facing the safest bet to ever wear the title of 'closer' - Mariano Rivera - the hometown Diamondbacks did the unthinkable and unseated the three-time defending World Series Champions from New York.
That was the last time that we had a World Series where every game was won by the home team. Could this year be a repeat? As of right now, it still could be!
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