End of the Curse
The Red Sox just beat the Yankees to proceed to their first World
Series since 1986. In the process, they also became the first
baseball team to come back from a 0-3 deficit in postseason play.
I was a little surprised that the 0-3 statistic stood for such a long
time. I looked up historical results for the Japan Series
(equivalent of the World Series in Japan), and it’s happened three
times since the 1950s. I suppose numbers like that take on a life
of their own after a while. The newspaper headlines after game
three more or less treated the series as over. On the other hand,
the Red Sox have been dealing with even worse jinxes, it probably
didn’t matter that much. I really salute the players. The
managing wasn’t all that great. Leaving Varitek in with Wakefield
pitching in game five was really scary, and I really don’t understand
why Pedro was on the mound – it just got the Yankees fans back into the
game and makes winning the World Series tougher. Anyway, insomnia
in New England will continue for another while…
