October 12, 2003

CURSE REVERSAL WATCH: ALCS Game

CURSE REVERSAL WATCH:
ALCS Game 3: Yankees 4, Red Sox 3 (NYY leads series, 2-1)
NLCS Game 5: Marlins 4, Cubs 0 (CHC leads series, 3-2)
Magic Number for Red Sox-Cubs World Series: 4

LIKE CATS AND DOGS: Game 3 of the Boston-New York series was the most surreal baseball game in years, maybe decades. With Clemens pitching in Boston against Pedro we didn't get the Sox blowout like their 1999 Game 3 meeting, but rather a trading of beanballs and other physicality that led to a physical confrontation between Martinez and 72-year-old Yankee bench coach Don Zimmer, a battle in which Pedro was giving away about 100 pounds, as well as 40 years. Zimmer was all right- and no one was ejected from the game, but if the series goes to a Game 7 in Yankee Stadium, watch Pedro get booed as no man has ever been booed before. But look on the bright side, Sox fans: now that Martinez has assaulted the beloved old Yankee codger, that Boston nightmare of Pedro eventually wearing pinstripes has become just a little less likely.
As if that wasn't enough, there was another incident in the 9th inning, in which a man who first appeared to be a fan seemed to jump into the Yankees' bullpen, after which the entire said bullpen put the boots to him. But the man turned out to be a Fenway groundskeeper, who was supposed to be in the bullpen, and had made the mistake of rooting too loudly for the Sox. So Boston police reacted by arresting Karim Garcia and Jeff Nelson on assault charges- just a couple hours after Garcia had been beaned by Pedro!The police in Boston are allowed to arrest Yankees and keep them from playing? Why didn't they think of this 50 years ago?
Damn, I can't wait for Sports Guy's column about all this Monday...

UPDATE: The Game 5 loss represented the first time the Cubs have been shut out in a postseason game since? 1918. Against? The Red Sox. And the winning pitcher for Boston in that game? You guessed it, Babe Ruth.

Posted by Stephen Silver at October 12, 2003 06:29 AM
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