Greatest series, Greatest choke...
After watching the '95 Mariners series against the Yankees, I wondered if I would ever see a series as exciting. While I am certainly not a huge Red Sox fan, I became one in this series, if only to root against the Yanks. While it's never the same when your team isn't involved, I have to say this series is every bit the equal of that '95 classic.
Did the Yanks choke, or did the Red Sox pull a miracle?
I don't think there is any question, they choked big time. As in quite possibly the biggest choke in the history of professional sports. Forget Greg Norman on the greens of Augusta... this was the biggest collective choke we will likely ever see again.
What makes it a choke is simple- over the years we have been told these Yankees are not just a bunch of baseball players (highly paid, I might add). They are heroes. They are warriors. They are a team filled with so much character they could will themselves to do anything that was required.
That is what the NY media and their fans told us. It's not our payroll that gets us to the playoffs every year, we were told. It's about who we are as a team.
And yet, 'The Jeter' couldn't get the big hit. Bernie couldn't turn back the clock. And remember when baseball people were telling George, "we don't need hitting, we need pitching!" were the words ever truer?
So now the Yankees have a depleted farm system, a ton of bad contracts and an offseason of discontent. Will this have an impact on the Mariners?
You bet. Now we just have to figure out what Mt. Steinbrenner has in store for all baseball fans before the first pitch in '05.
After watching the '95 Mariners series against the Yankees, I wondered if I would ever see a series as exciting. While I am certainly not a huge Red Sox fan, I became one in this series, if only to root against the Yanks. While it's never the same when your team isn't involved, I have to say this series is every bit the equal of that '95 classic.
Did the Yanks choke, or did the Red Sox pull a miracle?
I don't think there is any question, they choked big time. As in quite possibly the biggest choke in the history of professional sports. Forget Greg Norman on the greens of Augusta... this was the biggest collective choke we will likely ever see again.
What makes it a choke is simple- over the years we have been told these Yankees are not just a bunch of baseball players (highly paid, I might add). They are heroes. They are warriors. They are a team filled with so much character they could will themselves to do anything that was required.
That is what the NY media and their fans told us. It's not our payroll that gets us to the playoffs every year, we were told. It's about who we are as a team.
And yet, 'The Jeter' couldn't get the big hit. Bernie couldn't turn back the clock. And remember when baseball people were telling George, "we don't need hitting, we need pitching!" were the words ever truer?
So now the Yankees have a depleted farm system, a ton of bad contracts and an offseason of discontent. Will this have an impact on the Mariners?
You bet. Now we just have to figure out what Mt. Steinbrenner has in store for all baseball fans before the first pitch in '05.
posted by Tom at
11:56 AM
