Final Score: New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 5 (Game 7~~~ Live Thread)

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[CurlyBill]

Baseball is boring about 95% of the time.

This isn't, but that has a lot to do with the "curse" and the crap surrounding it. If the Yankees win, the ratings will drop off for the WS.

[finnman69]

The Yankees are pulling a Reggie Miller on Spike Lee moment.

[woodyinscc]

Sorianno could do some major damage here!

[HitmanLV]

What's that in the Red Sox throat?

Ahrmmmm.....arhmmmm.....ahrmmmmm.....

[Azzurri]

If the Yanks get that 6th run in this inning, it's Soyanara Red Sox. Rivera will strike out the side in the 9th.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

All he needs is a solid single.

[Dan from Michigan]

$%*$% Ben Affleck. He's a girly man crying in his beer.

[SamAdams76]

These teams have played 19 times in the regular season. New York won 10 and Boston won 9. They are tied 3-3 in this series. This is about as evenly matched as two teams can get.

Both the Red Sox and Yankees have exactly 29 runs in this series. I think that whoever gets the 30th run gets to the World Series.

[William McKinley]

Post of the night:

To: All

I can see Babe Ruth, up in heaven right now, talking to a billy goat, saying, "Oh yeah, watch this."

1,227 posted on 10/16/2003 10:41 PM EDT by Pylon

That was after the 7th.

[Prodigal Son]

Even more ironic would be if he managed to draw a walk...

[Cosmo]

WHAT A CATCH!

[handhfan]

YES!! They retired it!! Whew. We NEED to get insurance runs! NO EXTRA INNINGS!!

[demlosers]

Soriano unlucky makes the out!!

[doug from upland]

the Legend of the Curse

In 1918 the Red Sox won their 5th World Series, the most by any club at that time. One of the stars of the Boston championship franchise was a young pitcher by the name of George Herman Ruth, aka The Babe or The Bambino.

In 1920, however, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee needed money to finance his girlfriend's play, so he sold Babe Ruth's contract to Colonel Jacob Ruppert's New York Yankees for $100,000 (plus a loan collateralized by Fenway Park).

Since then, the Yankees, who had never won a World Championship before acquiring Ruth, have gone on to win 26, and are arguably one of the greatest success stories in the history of sport.

Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox have appeared in only four World Series since 1918, losing each one in game seven. Many consider Boston's performance after the departure of Babe Ruth to be attributable to "The Curse of the Bambino."

[hoagy62]

Tied going into the 9th! Good Gosh Almighty!!!

[Semper911]

A very nice play to escape the inning.

Now for some ninth inning drama...

[Cboldt]

I REALLY REALLY hope the Sox know what they are doing.... Grrr....

Letting Pedro stay in was a mistake. Yanks strand a few -- fair trade.

C'mon SOX! Here's a drink to your health .....

[GETMAIN]

amen.

[F16Fighter]

DRAT!!!