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Red Sox' Anguish and Yankees' Mystique Dissolve in Game 7.
The New York Times ^ | 10-21-04 | Tyler Kepner

Posted on 10/21/2004 3:44:18 AM PDT by Beckwith

With a barrage of four home runs, the Red Sox eliminated the Yankees with a 10-3 victory in Game 7 of the A.L.C.S.

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They had been reliable caretakers of a cosmic curse, feasting for decades on the gift that kept on giving: Babe Ruth, purchased from the Boston Red Sox in 1920, and all the championship karma he brought with him.

The rules were very simple. The Yankees won and their rivals lost, often painfully, eternal justice for the worst trade in baseball history. The Red Sox still have not won a World Series in 86 years. But they got there last night, playing the Babe's game in the house that he built.

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1 posted on 10/21/2004 3:44:19 AM PDT by Beckwith
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To: Beckwith

I loved referencing "The New York Times".


2 posted on 10/21/2004 3:44:49 AM PDT by Beckwith (John Kerry, sign the Form 180 - petition at http://www.SignForm180.com)
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To: Beckwith

So depending on the outcome of the NLCS we could have a Massachusetts vs. Texas World Series. How cool is that?


3 posted on 10/21/2004 3:46:18 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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To: Beckwith

Heh, this win should provide a little consolation for the Bostonians as their presidential candidate tanks... ;-)


4 posted on 10/21/2004 3:47:56 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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To: Beckwith

WHO'S YOUR DADDY!


5 posted on 10/21/2004 3:50:11 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: Non-Sequitur
So depending on the outcome of the NLCS we could have a Massachusetts vs. Texas World Series. How cool is that?

Pats first win in a Superbowl was against ST. LOUIS RAMS.

The Cardinals are from where??? Think about that!

6 posted on 10/21/2004 3:53:58 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: Beckwith

The Curse has nothing to do with the Yankees beating or not beating the Red Sox. They definitely beat the Yanks, and the Yanks definitely played poorly, with their bullpen, starting pitching, and hitting all failing. But that doesn't break the curse. If the Sox win the WS, then the curse is broken. Otherwise, much ado about nothing.


7 posted on 10/21/2004 3:57:26 AM PDT by Huck ("Winners don't need to hijack airplanes. Winners have an air force." --P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Non-Sequitur

I only hope that it will be after the election, because the Sox will trounce the Astros.


8 posted on 10/21/2004 4:06:33 AM PDT by Voice in your head ("The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage." - Thucydides)
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To: Huck

The Dark Empire still took a major blow last night. That alone counts for something.


9 posted on 10/21/2004 4:07:40 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (John Kerry is a hunter like my name is Mohommad.)
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To: Beckwith

In some weird way, for the Sawks, the WS is almost anti-climatic. I hope the "Strps win the NL..facing Clemens will get Boston's attention//


10 posted on 10/21/2004 4:10:08 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: ken5050

I'm an original fan of the original Astros from nine years old, but as a 26-year Red Sox season ticket holder, if it comes to it, I will root for my adopted team.


11 posted on 10/21/2004 4:14:06 AM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: WestVirginiaRebel
The Dark Empire still took a major blow last night. That alone counts for something.

I loved seeing that CHEATER A-ROT sitting there in disgust for the thought he went over to the darkside because of his brazon greediness!

12 posted on 10/21/2004 4:16:53 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: Huck

Boogaboogabooga!! I ain't through yet!

13 posted on 10/21/2004 4:17:40 AM PDT by Ol' Sox (Issa u Akbar)
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To: Beckwith

Yankee haters will have fun looking at the NY pitching situation for next year:

Mussina (38?, in decline)
Lieber (OK, I guess, no great shakes)
Brown (40, hee hee)
Vazquez (hee hee)
and uhhh.... Loaiza?

And there's absolutely nothing on the farm. And middle relief needs an overhaul as well (Quatrill, Heredia, possibly Gordon as well).

George will have to buy at least 2-3 top starters, at least 2 top middle relievers (definitely a big lefty), and break the bank at $150 million for Carlos Beltran.

Yankee fans, get ready for $40 parking and $12 beers on top of your $100 tickets.


14 posted on 10/21/2004 4:23:00 AM PDT by Jhensy
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To: Huck
The Curse has nothing to do with the Yankees beating or not beating the Red Sox.

No, officially, but HISTORY was made against the Sox arch rivals. In MLB, no team has EVER come back from a 0-3 deficit and won a series!

The Sox win is without a doubt one of the GREATEST, if not THE GREATEST wins in sports history! That comes very close to surpressing the "curse."

Some think this is better than the WS, but the point is the Sox crushed the arrogant, prickish, greedy "Ywankers!"

15 posted on 10/21/2004 4:27:18 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: Ol' Sox

Where's a guy get a drink in this town and why does it hurt when I pee?


16 posted on 10/21/2004 4:28:04 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Huck

Yankees pink slip list:

Torre
Brown - idiot punched the wall and let his team down
Gordon - choke artist
Heredia - sux
Clark - sux
Giambi - useless
Williams - old
El Duque - old


17 posted on 10/21/2004 4:31:40 AM PDT by frog_jerk_2004
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To: Jhensy
and break the bank at $150 million for Carlos Beltran.

Did you notice A-ROT sitting there just wishing HE was on the winning team instead follow the advice of his greedy-assed agent...He was regreting that move last night, BIG TIME!

This needs to happen more often to the Wankees so it shows eventhough $$$ may be able to buy great players, it does NOT buy championships, or a GREAT team!

18 posted on 10/21/2004 4:35:38 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Words Mean Things...)
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To: sirchtruth
"WHO'S YOUR DADDY!"

I about fell of the couch, hearing that chanted by the fans. ;)

19 posted on 10/21/2004 4:39:34 AM PDT by G.Mason (A war mongering, UN hating, military industrial complex loving, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
So depending on the outcome of the NLCS we could have a Massachusetts vs. Texas World Series. How cool is that?

There's even one possible scenerio where Clemens could be playing game 7 in Boston on Halloween! (that should scare the Babe's ghost away)

20 posted on 10/21/2004 4:42:51 AM PDT by grania ("Won't get fooled again")
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