Memories of 2004

So the amazing 2004 regular season ends. Such memories: the Trade, the OC’s redeye walkoff homer, Pokey goes vertical, Mientkiewicz goes horizontal, Bellhorn with the walkoff hit, way more Cesar Crespo than anyone should be subject to, All-American Manny, Schilling in too long, Pedro in too long, Manny and Ortiz going back to back, Yankees get trashed 22-0, “where is Roger? In the shower” redux at the All-Star Game, Pedro on the Wheaties box, flatlining through July and exploding through August, the How the West Was Won sweep of Anaheim and Oakland that made everyone a believer, Kevin “Three-Finger” Brown gets shelled, the Fight, “we don’t throw at .260 hitters”, and Mariano Rivera calls Bill Mueller daddy. What a long strange trip it’s been. And it’s still going on.