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Sox Therapy — Where Thinking Red Sox Fans Obsess about the Sox Monday, October 19, 2020The Perfect Post-Season - World SeriesWell, we reach the end of our series. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. With no baseball during the first four months of the season and then the Sox playing “baseball” for two months a little look back at some fun seemed like a good exercise. The timing of this ending is fitting as my youth baseball coaching for this year will also be ending this week. I guess it’s time to move on. A few random comments; - I only go back as far as 1986 here. No 1975. I was five years old so while I’ve seen the highlights (my mother’s favorite player was always Fisk) I don’t really have firsthand memories though I’d love to hear from those of you who do. World Series Game One – 2004 – Cardinals 9 at Sox 11 – “And now the team that defied history”…I think that’s what Carl Beane said after concluding the Cardinal introductions, it was something like that anyway. What came next I don’t know. The roar at Fenway was deafening as they went through the introductions. Third base coach Dale Sveum had a good natured wry smile as he was booed, the world shook for Curt Schilling and it was a party. When Ortiz homered in the first it was on. From there, the game being played in raw, windy conditions, was hardly a masterpiece with Manny Ramirez making errors on successive plays (and the Sox committing four in all) before Mark Bellhorn rang the Pesky Pole for the 11-9 win. Just going to a World Series game was a dream come true and it lived up to its billing. My father through some connections and by virtue of being Cuban had gotten to know Luis Tiant and we got a picture with Luis before the game. Then the pomp and circumstance, the out of town scoreboard showing the complete absence of other games…I am one lucky dude. World Series Game Six - 2013 - Cardinals 1 at Sox 6 - This is it. This is why I paid thousands of dollars for season tickets. I was there. I got the privilege of being in Fenway Park at Koji Uehara struck out Matt Carpenter to close down the World Series title. The game itself was generally uneventful as these things go. Shane Victorino did his post-season bases loaded thing rattling a three run double off the wall. I was momentarily confused when the home plate umpire pointed to the plate before calling Jonny Gomes safe, I thought he’d been called out when the ump pointed. When I realized he was safe, oh was that heavenly. Then Stephen Drew joined brother JD with a memorable post-season homer and the Sox built the lead. In the 7th the Cardinals rallied and John Farrell came to get John Lackey but left him in for one more batter. I couldn’t believe it and literally screamed “NO GRADY!” but after a walk Junichi Tazawa capped a dominant post-season of his own by inducing a grounder to the right side. When Brandon Workman worked a 1-2-3 8th the noise level grew further and we roared. The Sox batted in the bottom of the 8th but none of us gave a damn. My father and I stood and cheered as Koji entered and then we waited. No one sat, fly ball to left, one out, I marked it dutifully in my scorebook….fly ball to left, two outs…come on, come on, foul ball, another foul ball..SWING AND A MISS!!! We stayed probably an hour after the game. I remember the Cardinal family section in the roof boxes (or whatever they’re called now) down the left field line emptying out immediately but every other seat was occupied. The fireworks caused the smoke to roll in over the ball park which after the events of the previous April was a bit unsettling but in the end, what a wonderful and magical day. Jose Is An Absurd Balladeer
Posted: October 19, 2020 at 06:23 PM | 5 comment(s)
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1. karlmagnus Posted: October 20, 2020 at 11:59 AM (#5984042)Thank you for a wonderful almost-perfect season! Very enjoyable!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Edit: I just noticed the editor's note above.
I only saw part of Game 6 in 1975. I was eight. My parents sent me to bed after the seventh or so, very dejected.
The next day, I woke up to see a handwritten sign from my dad on my bedroom wall. "Carbo homer in the 8th ties it. Fisk wins it in the 12th. Game 7 tonight." I shrieked and jumped out of bed to hear the details.
Yeah, when I started doing this my goal was to put in as many personal memories as I could. Seeing the Sox win a World Series in person, I meant that's it as a baseball fan isn't it? The only thing that could have been better was if it was a game 7.
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