HEARTBREAK AGAIN YANKEES BEAT RED SOX, 6-5, ON 11TH-INNING HOMER TO CAPTURE AL PENNANT

The Boston Globe | 17 October 2003 | Dan Shaughnessy

[HitmanLV]

26 WS championships and counting........</>

Funny you should mention, along similar lines I was talking with a friend when they gave Torre the AL trophy, and we were laughing "Look, when you have 40 of these it really isn't a big deal anymore." Hahaha!

[RightWingNilla]

No. The Yankees have a huge fan base throughout the country, and the ratings range from above average to way above average anytime they're in the Series, no matter who they're playing. And, of course, a lot of people will be tuning in hoping to see them lose.

This is untrue. The years from 1998-2000 brought some of the WS worst ratings ever.

Plus the Marlins are in it. No one cares.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

knew it, eh?

Yes. He knew it. He said so in an interview last night after the game:

"When we were down and Walker made that great play at 2nd... where the ball hit the mound...I started to get a bad feeling. We needed something."

I saw him say it. He knew the Yanks were on the ropes and sucking wind.

It's all moot anyway since there seems to be another plane of existence that harbors some fairly nasty ghosts who seem to hate the Red Sox.

[Mr. Mojo]

I just did some research, and it appears you're both correct.

I sit corrected.

[Mr. Mojo]

Torre "knowing the Red Sox had the Yankees beat" and him saying that he "had a bad feeling" are two different things.

But you're right, it's a moot point.

The Curse lives.

[RightWingNilla]

Now the Yankees have won 5 of the last 6 pennants. I think it's time for a salary cap.

There is a major parity problem we can all agree. But the problem isn't all Steinbrenner. The flip side is that many of the owners of these smaller market teams just do not care enough to spend any money.

[Doc On The Bay]

LOL!!

How Tragically True!

And Yet--at SOME point in the near future, You Insufferable Yankee Sycophants will be UTTERLY HUMILIATED, TOTALLY DEVASTATED.

When a "Just GOD" annihilates Yankee Fandom, I Sincerely Believe that the Long-Suffering Members of "Red Sox Nation" will THOROUGHLY OUTCLASS your "EVIL EMPIRE" Supporters.

But Then, there are SO FEW of "US" who believe that the 'SOX will EVER defeat the Yankees.

"Hope is Eternal."

Doc

[Gforce11]

Omg, that was soooo funny! ROFLLMAO.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Perhaps "walk off homer" can be be replaced by "Boonedoggle."

[NYCVirago]

There is a major parity problem we can all agree. But the problem isn't all Steinbrenner. The flip side is that many of the owners of these smaller market teams just do not care enough to spend any money.

It's not just that -- they take the money they receive from revenue sharing and keep it for themselves. I don't blame Steinbrenner for being angry -- whatever you think about him, at least he spends the money he earns on the team. Too many of the small market teams are welfare queens living high off the hog from the Yankees' money.

[cherry]

most stadiums were half empty this summer....I don't see how baseball can survive if so few people are going to games...

even the Mariners were down....

I am originally from Binghamton New York and I have to tell you I am beginning to hate the Yanks....

anybody can buy players....

why should the other team owners invest in a high priced player when Stenbrenner can buy 5x that many, at mid-season...???

look at the Texas Rangers....many, many empty seats yet Alex R. sitting there with his $240 million dollar contract....but they still finished last in their division...what good did getting a "great" pretty boy player get them....

[rs79bm]

Apology excepted. Go Marlins!

[Malcolm]

Except for my hometown Braves, I wanted to see a BoSox/Cubs Series. The one I didn't want to see was the Yanks/Marlins. I will watch tonight anyway, but just think how good a Boston/Chicago matchup would have been. The entire country would have tuned in for that one....