Boy, I wonder how stale that Yankee champagne is going to get. Remember the Sox putting the World Series logo at Fenway before Game 7 was over last year? Caple says the Yankees raised a “Mission Accomplished” banner above their dugout after Game 3. Ooh. Them baseball gods don’t like it when you toy with fate.
The funny thing about this year’s Sox is, I have total serenity. 3-0 down? No worries. Bottom of the 9th against Rivera? Meh. Pedro in the 7th? Ah, couple of runs, keep the home fans happy. Anyone can step up on this team. Injured pitchers whose very ability to pitch is written off. Bellhorn and Damon, giant vortices of hitting prior to Games 6 and 7. Derek Lowe, pulling a John Burkett. Timlin starts off weak and comes up big. Wakefield finds the knuckler. You just knew it once Game 4 was won that this was how it would end.