Finally “Rivals”?

For a long time the national media was calling New York-Boston a great “rivalry”, but seeing the word “rival” only meant you were probably living in Boston or at least outside of New York.  The Red Sox were not rivals - they were fodder.

Tonight the Red Sox finally beat the Yankees in a game that probably meant one thousand times more to the city of Boston than New York (and each team’s players as well if you were watching).  While each franchise’s history will probably never be close to equal in terms of success, even a century from now, the Red Sox have finally stepped up and beat the Yankees when it mattered, something they haven’t done in a long, long time.

The Curse is not broken yet.  They still have a World Series to go against either the Cards or the Stros, with St Louis probably being the tougher team on paper, but Houston having the more compelling storyline with Roger Clemens coming back to Boston to pitch against them in the World Series.  If the Sox don’t win the World Series Boston fans will probably still be elated from the Yankees win, but that will fade quickly and the Curse will still be spoken of.

Either way, congrats to the Boston Red Sox.

Posted by David M Singer on Oct 21, 2004 at 02:10 AM

Comments:

  1. another curse-ish storyline that hasn’t been mentioned too much - if Francona wins the WS, this will be yet another ex Philly coach going somewhere else and winning a championship - Vermeil, Brown, Gruden - arrrgh!

    Posted by Van on Oct 21, 2004 at 12:10 PM
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