Thursday, October 21, 2004
"Red Sox, Come Back!"
Boston's win is not, however, the greatest upset in baseball history, as some people have said. Boston won 98 games this year to the Yankees' 101; the Red Sox victory can hardly be described as an upset.
And, despite what some think--if one believes in curses--the Curse has not been lifted. I thought the Curse prevented the Red Sox from winning the World Series, not beating the Yankees. The Sox have finished ahead of New York many times over the years, and advanced to the World Series without having to beat them in the playoffs. The Sox still have a World Series to play.
On to Game 7 in the Senior Circuit tonight, after Jim Edmonds' walk-off home run--the second in two NLCS games--beat Houston 6-4. With Roger Clemens going against Jeff Suppan, the pitching matchup seems to favor the Astros. But I just have this gut feeling Clemens won't have enough tonight. And the Cardinals' having won every single best-of-7 series in their history in which they trailed 3-games-to-2 points to a Cards win. It will be at least 5-0 Cardinals by the third inning, and St. Louis will hold on for a 9-6 win.
