CURSE REVERSAL WATCH:
ALCS Game 4: Red Sox 3, Yankees 2 (Series tied, 2-2, Game 5 Tuesday 4:00 PM)
NLCS: Idle Monday (CHC leads series 3-2, Game 6 Tuesday 7:00 PM)
Magic Number for Red Sox-Cubs World Series: 3
Red Sox win Game 4 on home runs and the dominant knuckleball (?) of Tim Wakefield; you can always tell whether or not the Yankees or winning or losing by the sounds emanating from local bars, or from the mouths of headphone-clad treadmill runners at the gym.
Speaking of which, David Brooks rules. Applying his "comic sociology" formula to Yanks-Sox, he out-writes Krugman for the fifth Tuesday in a row; at least PK actually goes a whole column without mentioning Dubya for the first time probably since before the war. In Afghanistan, I mean.
Anyway, the result means that regardless of the outcome of Game 5, the series will definitely head back to New York for a Game 6 on Wednesday. And we all know how much the Boston fans love Game 6s in New York!
UPDATE: The Friendster member known as "Yankees Suck" has this to say:
The Sox are winning, Boston is happy, yet I have yet to makeout with anyone after any of the games. I'm Yankees Suck for Gods sake. Where is my love? (I think I am drunk on tonight's win.)Posted by Stephen Silver at October 14, 2003 10:20 AM