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00:00There are many spiritual practices which have stood the test of time.
00:20Miracles, curses, sacrifices, angels, devils, feuds, sanctuaries.
00:30The quest to find the ultimate communion has defined every era of human civilization.
00:40One religion in particular has stood out amongst the annals of the history of this great land.
00:48I'm of course talking about the Boston Red Sox.
01:00The faithful, the downtrodden, the long-suffering.
01:07If you want to talk about curses, we wrote the book.
01:12Sacrifices, angels, devils, a cathedral.
01:17We have miracles, too.
01:19Tales you wouldn't believe.
01:21And the merry band of outsiders.
01:25Touching hands.
01:26The idiots that led us to the promised land.
01:29Reaching out.
01:31And we are here to tell you about how it all happened.
01:35Touching you.
01:40But first, we gotta go back.
01:43We gotta start at the beginning.
01:45Let there be light.
01:49We gotta go back.
01:51We gotta go back.
02:05Look at this.
02:06Looking at that guy, Gary.
02:09Yep.
02:103-0-6, take one.
02:12Swing and a ground ball.
02:13Stabbed by Polk.
02:14He has it.
02:15He underhands the first.
02:17And the Boston Red Sox are the world champions.
02:21For the first time in 86 years,
02:24the Red Sox have won baseball's world championship.
02:27Can you believe it?
02:29In 2004, when the Red Sox won that World Series,
02:34it established and it maintained
02:37that the Red Sox are the face of Boston.
02:42There's something about being of that generation,
02:47you know, being...
02:47I've lived to witness it.
02:50That was beyond special.
02:52I mean, that was a lifetime in the making.
02:55That's the coolest sports story, I think,
02:59in the history of sports.
03:02You couldn't script it better than that.
03:04And now, everything's different after that.
03:08Boston is now championship sports town.
03:11But when I grew up there,
03:13it was kind of like a sucker's town.
03:15Like, this is where losers go.
03:16This is Heartbreak Hotel.
03:17It's almost like a feeling I don't remember.
03:20It's like you're bringing this up.
03:21It's like this past,
03:21because there was such a profound shift in 2004 when we won.
03:25It felt like the whole world was upside down.
03:28Like, your entire identity had to be re-evaluated,
03:30because if you were from Boston,
03:32you were a born loser.
03:33That was kind of it.
03:35And then, it wasn't.
03:44As I've traveled and come to see other parts of the world,
03:48I realize how really small and tight in Boston is.
03:51And the neighborhoods are even more so.
03:55It's just such this mix of highbrow and lowbrow,
03:58best hospitals, best colleges,
04:01all that kind of stuff,
04:02within some of the toughest neighborhoods
04:04and scariest projects.
04:09Cambridge, where I lived and Ben and I grew up,
04:13was, to us, like this oasis.
04:16It was just a working-class place,
04:17and actually, the benefit of it was extremely diverse.
04:19You had cops, you had firemen,
04:22and then you had people that had academic jobs,
04:24or jobs around the university.
04:27The Boston I knew was very blue-collar.
04:30Everyone was into sports,
04:31and they were funny,
04:33and there was always somebody there
04:34that had a black eye,
04:35or a broken hand,
04:37or some sort of court case.
04:39I come to the bleachers
04:40because the people are unpretentious.
04:42They're here to have a good time
04:43and yell their hearts out for the Red Sox.
04:45And are you going to do the same?
04:46Hell yes!
04:47Who's going to win the pennant?
04:49We are!
04:52This city is to sports
04:53what Paris is to the arts.
04:57In Boston,
04:58everyone's always talking about sports.
05:00I can remember as early as back
05:01as being in, like, elementary school
05:03and hearing the nuns talk about
05:05the Red Sox and sports
05:07and, you know, your uncles
05:09and my brother and my dad.
05:11I was only doing what my dad did,
05:14and I feel like a lot of kids
05:15grew up with what their dad loved,
05:17having me watch Celtics games
05:18and Patriots games
05:19and Red Sox
05:20and telling me about the history
05:21of all these teams.
05:22I was a Red Sox fan
05:24from the time I was born.
05:26I grew up in Cambridge,
05:27Central Square.
05:28You could practically walk
05:29to Fenway Park.
05:31Fenway Park,
05:32that's the cathedral of Boston.
05:34That is the center of worship
05:36of that city.
05:38That is our holy sepulcher.
05:40That is the place that
05:41if you want to come to Boston
05:42and see anything,
05:44if there's anything there to see,
05:45it's Fenway Park.
05:46You know, every ballpark
05:47has, like, their interesting
05:48little thing.
05:49And we have this interesting
05:51giant thing,
05:53the green monster.
05:54It's just an agent of chaos
05:55that towers above the field.
05:59I think it was about 1985,
06:01and my dad took my brother and I,
06:04and I just remember staring
06:05dumbfounded at the green monster.
06:09I don't know if they won or lost.
06:10I really don't.
06:11It kind of doesn't matter
06:13because I was with my dad.
06:14I got good out here.
06:15Best in the bleachers.
06:16The hot dogs taste better
06:18in the bleachers than the gramps.
06:19You know it!
06:19Huh?
06:20You know it, Heidi!
06:21The real fans are here!
06:23When you walk in for the first time,
06:25it's the most beautiful field
06:26you've ever seen,
06:27and the grass is perfect,
06:29and there are no bad hops.
06:30It's like, it looks like,
06:31you know, heaven.
06:34I am not a baseball fan.
06:36I am a Red Sox fan.
06:38I am a fan of the team.
06:40I'm a fan of the park.
06:42I'm a fan of the spirit.
06:45I'm a fan of their fight.
06:47I am a Red Sox fan.
06:49Being a Red Sox fan means something.
06:52It means that every other Red Sox fan
06:55would look at you and know
06:57what you've been through, right?
06:59So it is a, it's a,
07:00it's a shared experience,
07:02and you wear a Red Sox hat,
07:04you know, I'd wear it proudly
07:05all over the world,
07:07announcing yourself as somebody
07:08who doesn't wear the hat
07:10because you won.
07:11You know what I mean?
07:12I'm not one of those douchebags
07:13who wears, puts on the hat
07:15of the winning team.
07:15Like, this is my team.
07:18When you grow up in a city
07:19that loves sports
07:21as much as we do in Boston,
07:22but you also grow up
07:24with an impending sense of doom,
07:26because of your love for that,
07:28that team, it impacts you.
07:30I think it impacts
07:31your outlook on life.
07:33There was a period of time
07:34during the 1970s,
07:36I'd gotten married.
07:37My husband had been
07:37a longtime Red Sox fan,
07:39but he thought that I was
07:40not being a rational fan
07:41because if they lost,
07:43I would be sad
07:44for most of the day.
07:45I couldn't read the newspapers
07:46when they lost.
07:51And he would say to me,
07:52you have a family,
07:53you have work that you love,
07:54what is the matter with you?
07:55And I couldn't explain it.
07:57It really had become
07:58a huge part of my personality.
08:02I think how I came to understand
08:04the ethos of Boston
08:05was through the ethos
08:06of the Red Sox,
08:07that there was just something
08:08thwarted and tragic about them.
08:11The Red Sox had a history
08:18of flirting with success.
08:21They didn't just live in the cellar.
08:23It wasn't just like,
08:24you know, the New York Jets
08:25who were just dog shit,
08:27year in, year out,
08:28and you're kind of,
08:28you knew it, right?
08:30Nonetheless, it was like,
08:32oh, we're always
08:33going to get our heart broken.
08:34The Red Sox litany of loss
08:37could have been written
08:39by Homer or Shakespeare.
08:41They were breathtaking.
08:45In 1946,
08:47the Red Sox lost to the Cardinals
08:49on a play where,
08:51you know, Slaughter made his,
08:53what they called his mad dash
08:54across home plate.
08:56Slaughter kept on going,
08:57rounding third base
08:58at full speed,
08:59scoring all the way from first.
09:01That becomes the first
09:05of, I believe,
09:07four straight
09:07World Series Game 7s
09:09that the Red Sox lose.
09:10The 67 team is the,
09:24what was called
09:24the impossible dream team.
09:26The 100-to-1 shot team
09:29that absolutely captivated this area.
09:32There was something about it,
09:33just the season
09:34just made me so proud
09:35to be a Red Sox fan.
09:38There's a drive
09:39by Conigliaro
09:40and it is out of here.
09:42What a bomb he is.
09:44Conigliaro hits a home run
09:46his first time
09:47at bat at Fenway Park.
09:49Tony Conigliaro
09:50was one of us.
09:51He was born in Boston.
09:53And then one August 9th,
09:56he gets hit
09:56by the Jack Hamilton pitch.
09:58It's like,
10:01not only is now
10:02the pennant in doubt,
10:03but this kid's career
10:04is in doubt.
10:05It was Shakespearean
10:07and it's misery
10:08the way it all played out.
10:10And then they ran
10:11into a freight train
10:12in the 67 World Series,
10:14particularly Bob Gibson,
10:15the St. Louis Cardinals,
10:16who ended up
10:17pitching Game 7
10:17and homered against them
10:19in Game 7.
10:21With one away in the fifth,
10:23Gibson hammers
10:23a long drive to center.
10:26The ball lands on a ledge
10:27just to the right
10:28of the flagpole.
10:29It's a home run.
10:32That's how you know
10:33you're in a Red Sox
10:34World Series defeat,
10:35is when the pitcher
10:36homers off of you
10:38in Game 7.
10:41The Red Sox found
10:43extra excruciating ways
10:46to lose these games,
10:47and they're already
10:47Game 7s.
10:48There's not supposed
10:49to be anything more
10:49excruciating than losing
10:50in a Game 7,
10:51and yet they come up
10:52with ways to make it worse.
10:57The Red Sox in 1975
11:05united the city.
11:08It was magic.
11:09My father,
11:10who was an immigrant,
11:11learned baseball that summer.
11:12My mother had a crush
11:14on Carlton Fisk.
11:15Red Sox mania
11:16swept my household,
11:18and I would say
11:19it was certainly
11:19the first time
11:20that I got to understand
11:22how much the Red Sox
11:23meant to the city
11:24and to my family
11:25specifically.
11:26I have very vivid
11:28memories of coming
11:29home at night,
11:31walking the streets
11:32of my neighborhood,
11:33and you could hear
11:34the beginnings
11:35of the ballgame
11:36coming through
11:37everybody's windows.
11:38And Fisk will lead it off,
11:39has a single
11:40and has walked twice.
11:41He's been on base
11:42three times.
11:43Actually was safe on a...
11:44But I can still remember
11:45the sixth game
11:45as one of the single
11:46greatest feelings
11:48of my life,
11:49being a little kid
11:50and watching Carlton Fisk
11:51hit that home run
11:52and then wave it fair,
11:53wave it fair.
11:54Here it goes!
11:55It's a long drive
11:56if it stays fair.
11:58Home run!
12:01Red Sox win it
12:02seven to six
12:03in 12 innings.
12:04And I can still
12:05see my kitchen
12:06in Dorchester
12:07and my brothers
12:08and my father
12:09erupting.
12:11That's
12:12spiritual.
12:14That's mythic.
12:16Those are the moments
12:16that are supposed
12:17to make you feel
12:17like God is on your side.
12:19And instead,
12:20it's almost like
12:21they're just
12:21setting you up
12:22to knock you over.
12:23Reds need one more out
12:25and they're a champs.
12:26Because the next game
12:27ended in disappointment.
12:29Top of the ninth inning,
12:29he put the Reds ahead.
12:31And the hard, hard ball.
12:33Should be all over.
12:35Geronimo's under.
12:36And Cincinnati
12:37has won
12:38the world championship.
12:39And I always thought
12:40it was sort of
12:40an apt description
12:41of this franchise
12:43that their
12:44most joyful moment
12:46came in a series
12:48that they wound up losing.
12:49I was probably
12:50a little too young
12:51to be as fully immersed
12:53as everyone else
12:53in my family,
12:54but by the time
12:551978 rolled along,
12:57I was all in.
13:07The 78 team,
13:08these guys were such
13:09superheroes to us.
13:12Such a great team.
13:14The Red Sox
13:14had done so well
13:15all year long.
13:17And then they just
13:18started losing.
13:19They started losing
13:19and losing and losing.
13:21And then had to have
13:23that one-off
13:23against the Yanks.
13:25Bill Rizzotto,
13:26this is something
13:27I've never been through.
13:28You've never been through.
13:29A one-game playoff
13:30to decide the American League
13:32Eastern Division champion.
13:33It's a shame
13:34it has to come down.
13:35I feel like
13:36by the time
13:36they had to go into
13:37a one-off World Series,
13:39their slide had been so epic.
13:40They weren't going to win.
13:42The count's one and one.
13:44Two outs and two on,
13:45the Red Sox lead
13:46at 2-0
13:46in the seventh inning
13:48here at Fenway.
13:49All of the Red Sox' losses
13:50always seem to have
13:51an extra dash of narrative
13:53that really pours
13:54salt in the wounds.
13:55It's never going to be,
13:56you know,
13:57the big Yankee slugger
13:58who hits the home run.
13:59It's going to be
13:59Bucky Dent.
14:01Deep the roof!
14:03Yastrzyski
14:04will not get his home run!
14:05A three-run
14:08home run
14:08for Bucky Dent.
14:09The Yankees now
14:10hit it by a score
14:113-2.
14:13How did Bucky fucking Dent
14:14do this?
14:15Bucky fucking Dent.
14:16Bucky fucking Dent.
14:18And it was less
14:19of Bucky Dent
14:20who used the corked
14:21fucking bat,
14:22by the way.
14:24It was,
14:25I didn't believe
14:26we were going to lose,
14:27especially with Yastrzyski out.
14:29Two outs,
14:30two on.
14:30Yankees leading 5-4
14:32in the bottom half
14:32of the ninth inning
14:33here at Fenway Park.
14:34When it came to that
14:36ninth inning,
14:37I noticed my parents
14:38and how much my mom
14:41was like,
14:42come on, Yaz,
14:43come on,
14:44like,
14:44she knew him personally,
14:46like he was my uncle
14:47or something.
14:49When Yaz hit that pop-up,
14:50my parents knew,
14:52you know,
14:52there was a gasp
14:53that came over the kitchen.
14:55He'll squeeze it
14:56and my heart broke,
15:03but it broke for them,
15:04which I think
15:05at that young age
15:07makes it break even more.
15:12And we were so good,
15:13and then to have it end
15:15so disastrously
15:16and so embarrassingly,
15:17that was almost worse
15:18for me than 1986.
15:30In 1986,
15:31there was enthusiasm
15:33about the Red Sox,
15:34and nobody was more
15:36enthusiastic about them
15:37than I was.
15:38I had spent
15:42that whole season
15:43getting my dad
15:44fired up
15:45and getting him
15:46to believe again,
15:47and now he believed again.
15:50We think
15:52if only I'd done
15:54something different,
15:56this all would have
15:57turned out different.
15:58And never
15:59has that
16:01feeling
16:03happened to me
16:04more than
16:05in game six.
16:06Hi, everybody.
16:07I'm Vin Scully,
16:08and welcome to game six.
16:10The last time
16:10the Boston Red Sox
16:11won a World Series,
16:12the Doughboys
16:13were dug in the trenches
16:14of France,
16:15Mademoiselle Armentier,
16:17and finally,
16:17Johnny came marching home.
16:19In 1986,
16:21I had just turned
16:22seven years old.
16:24We were living in Norton.
16:25My brother and I
16:26shared a bedroom,
16:27and I just remember
16:28being woken up
16:29very in a rush.
16:31You know,
16:31my dad was frantic.
16:33He's waking me up.
16:33He's waking my brother up.
16:34He's saying,
16:35the Red Sox are going to
16:36win the game.
16:36I'm in the World Series
16:37and you need to come down.
16:38I want you down here.
16:39And so, you know,
16:40half asleep,
16:40we stumbled downstairs.
16:43And, you know,
16:44my dad is,
16:45I remember watching him.
16:46He's just,
16:47he's like a little kid
16:48at Christmas.
16:48He's on the verge of tears.
16:49He's waiting for it to happen.
16:51And the Mets are down
16:52to their last out.
16:54And they get a hit.
16:57The Mets get another hit.
16:59Now a run comes in.
17:01Here comes Mitchell
17:02to score the tied run.
17:04I looked at my dad
17:06and could tell
17:06that something terrible
17:08was on the horizon.
17:10Five-five
17:11in a delirious
17:1210-minute.
17:13Can you believe
17:14this ball game is shaking?
17:15I was watching
17:17the sixth game
17:19with a buddy of mine.
17:20We were sitting there.
17:22We're so close to Joy.
17:25And he turned to me
17:26and he said,
17:27we're going to win
17:28the World Series.
17:29And I went,
17:29three and two
17:31to Mookie Wilson.
17:33Little roller
17:34up long first.
17:35Behind the bag.
17:37It gets through Buckner.
17:38Here comes Knight
17:40and the Mets win it.
17:45This can't be happening.
17:46You watched it
17:47like a slow motion car crash.
17:48For whatever reason,
18:01my friends asked me
18:02to go out with them
18:03that night.
18:04And
18:05I didn't stay home
18:07and watch with my dad.
18:09By the time I got
18:10to the front door,
18:12it had all unfolded.
18:14And I walked
18:15in the front door
18:16and
18:19my dad was still
18:25sitting there.
18:27And
18:27oh, man.
18:32He said,
18:33you'll be watching
18:34Game 7 alone.
18:35Good night.
18:37And
18:37it wasn't
18:41because he was mad at me
18:42for going out.
18:44It's just
18:45his heart
18:45got broken again.
18:57I can recall
18:58that night,
19:00probably not going
19:02to bed until
19:02after 3 a.m.,
19:05listening to
19:05Eddie Edelman
19:06on talk radio
19:07who was sort of
19:08talking us through it.
19:10W-H-T-H.
19:11Eddie,
19:11the pain.
19:12And I'm still shaking.
19:13Nightmare of nightmares.
19:14This has made me
19:15physically ill.
19:16Eddie,
19:17this is it.
19:17They ripped out
19:18my soul tonight,
19:19Eddie,
19:19and I haven't got
19:20any more to give.
19:20Just got that sinking
19:21feeling.
19:22It feels like something
19:23died inside of me.
19:25It's probably the
19:25darkest day
19:26in Boston baseball history.
19:28You felt that
19:29it was cursed.
19:30You felt that
19:30nothing could happen
19:31that was going to work.
19:32And it was,
19:33it was devastating.
19:34I was 14 years old.
19:35I remember crying
19:36in my room
19:37at home,
19:38tears
19:39over 26 baseball players
19:41I never met
19:42and didn't know.
19:43It is
19:44as cruel
19:45a defeat
19:46as I think
19:47baseball has
19:47ever delivered.
19:49After that happened,
19:50I thought they'll
19:50never win one.
19:51Not in my lifetime.
19:53Once again,
19:54Red Sox's destiny
19:55had its little joke.
19:56And we are left
19:57to wonder
19:58through another
19:58long winter
19:59whether in our
20:00heart of hearts
20:01such splendid misery
20:02is not really
20:03even more beguiling
20:04than a mere
20:05championship
20:05might have been.
20:08When you see it
20:09not just
20:09as an isolated
20:11horrific
20:12tragic incident
20:13in itself
20:13but as the
20:14culmination
20:15of
20:16you know
20:17half a dozen
20:18incidents
20:18just like it
20:19before that
20:19how could you
20:22not come away
20:22with the notion
20:23that your team
20:23is cursed?
20:29When things
20:30don't go your way
20:31and you attempt
20:34to control it
20:34and all your
20:35efforts fail
20:36we humans
20:38as a species
20:39seem to have
20:40an urge
20:41to blame
20:44things
20:45that
20:48are embedded
20:49in some level
20:50of mystery.
21:01when Babe Ruth
21:04arrived
21:04in Boston
21:06as a teenager
21:06on July 11th
21:081914
21:09he had taken
21:11a night train
21:11from Baltimore.
21:16Within
21:17a couple
21:18of seasons
21:19it was recognized
21:20that he was
21:21the best
21:21left-handed
21:22starting pitcher
21:23in baseball
21:23and soon
21:25after that
21:26became the
21:26greatest slugger
21:27in baseball.
21:28it was like
21:30Beethoven
21:30and Cezanne
21:31were the same
21:32person
21:32and it all
21:34started here.
21:361919 was one
21:38of the darker
21:38years in
21:38Boston's history.
21:40I imagine
21:41if you lived
21:41in Boston
21:42in 1919
21:42you would feel
21:43like the end
21:44of the world
21:45was coming
21:45that something
21:46biblical
21:46was afoot.
21:49In January
21:49of 1919
21:50there's a huge
21:52molasses tank
21:53the molasses
21:54that supplied
21:54rum manufacturers
21:55along the eastern
21:56seaboard
21:57and it was
22:00unseasonably
22:02warm
22:02one January
22:03and so
22:04the tank
22:05holding it
22:05expanded
22:06and then
22:07exploded.
22:16All this
22:17hot molasses
22:17goes rolling
22:18down the streets
22:19of the north end
22:20does an ungodly
22:24amount of damage
22:24knocks out
22:25railroad trestles
22:26just fills
22:27the streets.
22:29At the same
22:30time
22:31the influenza
22:32epidemic
22:33began
22:33in the fall
22:34of 1918
22:35with great
22:36loss of life
22:37it continued
22:39on into
22:401919
22:40so there's
22:42this idea
22:42there's dangers
22:43from both
22:44within and
22:45without.
22:45so in
22:48Boston
22:48it's just
22:48kind of
22:49a terrible
22:50dark
22:51foreboding
22:51time
22:52and then
22:53things turn
22:55on the Sox
22:55too
22:55this is of
22:56course
22:56the backdrop
22:56in which
22:57Babe Ruth
22:58gets exiled.
22:59In 1918
23:00when the Red Sox
23:03were winning
23:03the third world
23:04championship
23:05that Ruth
23:05had been a part
23:06of
23:06he was tired
23:08of pitching
23:08he really
23:09didn't want
23:09to be a pitcher
23:10he felt
23:13and he knew
23:13that his future
23:14would be as
23:15an outfielder
23:16as a slugger
23:17as a player
23:17who was getting
23:18at bats
23:18every day.
23:21Ruth Long
23:22had a very
23:22temperamental
23:23relationship
23:24with the Red Sox
23:25and Harry Frisee
23:26who was the
23:26owner.
23:28At the end
23:29of 1918
23:30having won
23:30the World Series
23:31for the Red Sox
23:32and feeling
23:33generally
23:33underappreciated
23:34Harry Frisee
23:35wanted to get
23:37him out of town.
23:38He was becoming
23:39a problem
23:39for the team
23:40he was
23:41carousing
23:42drinking
23:43falling asleep
23:44in brothels
23:45so even though
23:46they were on
23:47the top
23:47of the mountain
23:47and the best
23:48team in all
23:49of baseball
23:49it was starting
23:50to fall apart
23:51but 1919
23:53that was when
23:54the deal
23:55to sell him
23:55to the Yankees
23:56for $125,000
23:57was put into motion
23:58and that's when
23:59the curse began.
24:07I do believe
24:08that there's
24:09some type
24:09of higher power
24:11that's making
24:12people suffer
24:13for giving up
24:14the greatest
24:15player in the
24:16history of baseball.
24:17How else
24:17do you explain
24:1886 years
24:19between World Series
24:20championships?
24:22Nobody's that
24:22consistently bad
24:23for 86 years.
24:24There has to be
24:25another reason
24:26that's beyond
24:27your control.
24:27if you have
24:31many great
24:32players
24:33and none
24:34of it ever
24:35clicks
24:35we're susceptible
24:37to say
24:38there's got to
24:38be a curse
24:39and so you
24:40start looking
24:40you comb
24:41the rubble
24:42brush it aside
24:44oh there
24:44it is
24:45they traded
24:47Babe Ruth
24:48to whom
24:49the Yankees
24:50dooming
24:51the Boston Red Sox
24:52to a century
24:53of losses
24:54misery
24:57is quite
24:59a binding
24:59force
25:00among peoples
25:01many religions
25:03orbit
25:04misery
25:04Judaism
25:05Catholicism
25:06misery
25:07is a
25:08feature
25:09it is a
25:10central
25:11organizing
25:12principle
25:12and so
25:14if being
25:17human
25:17means
25:18yep
25:19we are
25:20closer to
25:21one another
25:21because
25:23we share
25:25the same
25:26misery
25:26if that
25:28means
25:28you're
25:28better
25:29fans
25:29fine
25:32it was
25:35the one
25:35bridge
25:36that connected
25:37the old
25:38line
25:38Protestants
25:39to the
25:40many Irish
25:42Catholics
25:42because
25:43suffering
25:43is
25:44common
25:44ground
25:45and
25:46the fact
25:47that
25:47sports
25:47became
25:48a
25:49manifestation
25:49of that
25:50was almost
25:51perfect here
25:52because it
25:52gave us
25:53a calming
25:54topic to
25:55discuss
25:56and complain
25:57about
25:58this
26:05this idea
26:05that we
26:06would
26:06always
26:07fail
26:08often
26:08by a
26:09very
26:09small
26:09margin
26:10but that
26:10failure
26:11was almost
26:12part of
26:13the sensibility
26:13of this
26:14place
26:14that is
26:15the only
26:16thing you
26:16could be
26:16sure
26:16as a
26:17New
26:17Englander
26:18is
26:18everything
26:19as it
26:20was
26:20was going
26:21to get
26:21worse
26:21266-1100
26:30is the
26:30number
26:30here on
26:31WHDH
26:32you are
26:33next
26:33but you
26:34know what
26:34it never
26:34means
26:35never
26:35yeah
26:36I know
26:36what never
26:37means
26:37sure
26:37I know
26:37what never
26:37means
26:38that means
26:38you'll never
26:39win it
26:39they are
26:39the biggest
26:40bunch
26:40of losers
26:41ever
26:41they will
26:42never win it
26:42you sort
26:54of had a
26:55sense
26:55of like
26:55well
26:55this team
26:56is cursed
26:56it's been
26:57you know
26:57it might as
26:58well have
26:58been a
26:59thousand
26:59years
26:59since they
27:00won the
27:00World Series
27:01this was
27:01a team
27:02that was
27:02going to
27:02break
27:02your heart
27:03and it
27:04kind of
27:04felt like
27:04a city
27:04that was
27:05going to
27:05break
27:05your heart
27:05it felt
27:08like a
27:08city
27:08where
27:09people
27:09struggled
27:10and worked
27:10hard
27:11and didn't
27:12get a
27:12fair shake
27:13and a
27:14lot of
27:14times
27:15sort
27:15of
27:15ended
27:15up
27:16the
27:16worst
27:16for
27:16it
27:16if
27:19you
27:19get
27:20your
27:21ass
27:21kicked
27:21brutally
27:22enough
27:22times
27:23it
27:24starts
27:24to
27:24reflect
27:24in
27:25your
27:25personality
27:25it
27:26was
27:26almost
27:27like
27:27a
27:27psychological
27:28condition
27:28that
27:29comes
27:29up
27:29as
27:29much
27:29out
27:30of
27:30the
27:30history
27:31of
27:31the
27:31place
27:32you
27:34had
27:34a
27:35place
27:35with
27:35a
27:35sense
27:36of
27:36importance
27:37I
27:37think
27:37probably
27:38inherited
27:38from
27:39the
27:39Mayflower
27:40think
27:41of
27:41the
27:41people
27:41who
27:41survived
27:42those
27:42early
27:43days
27:43they
27:44had
27:44to
27:44just
27:45have
27:45a
27:45stubborn
27:45belief
27:45that
27:46somehow
27:46things
27:46would
27:47get
27:47better
27:47that
27:47the
27:47winter
27:48would
27:48end
27:48and
27:48the
27:49spring
27:49would
27:49come
27:49have
27:51ever been
27:51to
27:51Plymouth
27:51Rock
27:52you want
27:52to talk
27:52about
27:53knowing
27:53disappointment
27:54it's
27:55nothing
27:55you like
27:57look down
27:57at it
27:58like oh
27:58okay
27:58so
28:02that's
28:02reflected
28:03in being
28:03a
28:03Red Sox
28:04fan
28:04it's
28:04just
28:05that
28:05feeling
28:05of
28:05like
28:05don't
28:05get
28:06your
28:06hopes
28:06up
28:06because
28:06it's
28:07just
28:07a
28:07rock
28:07it's
28:08like
28:08Charlie
28:09Brown
28:09kicking
28:09the
28:10football
28:10you know
28:11you
28:11think
28:12this
28:12time
28:13Lucy's
28:13going to
28:14hold
28:14the
28:14ball
28:14down
28:14and
28:14I'm
28:14going to
28:15kick
28:15it
28:15and
28:15the
28:17ball
28:17keeps
28:18getting
28:18pulled
28:18away
28:18we
28:19still
28:20were
28:20kind
28:20of
28:20unabashedly
28:21optimistic
28:22there's
28:23a sign
28:23out there
28:24I read
28:24on the
28:24way
28:25the
28:28Yankee
28:47success
28:48record
28:48is
28:50extraordinary
28:50they
28:52were
28:52participants
28:54in like
28:55a third
28:56of all
28:56world
28:56series
28:57ever
28:57played
28:58there's
28:59nothing
28:59like
29:00it
29:00anywhere
29:01ever
29:02you know
29:03the
29:04Yankees
29:04were the
29:04team
29:05with their
29:05fucking
29:05rings
29:06and their
29:06bullshit
29:07and they're
29:07spending
29:08all their
29:08money
29:08and their
29:09fucking
29:09haircuts
29:10and high
29:11hatting
29:11everybody
29:12man do
29:13I hate
29:13the Yankees
29:14I'm telling
29:14you it
29:15burns
29:15inconveniently
29:16hot
29:17in me
29:17still
29:18I do
29:19not
29:19fuck
29:19with that
29:20team
29:20and those
29:21people
29:21they had
29:22everybody
29:22they paid
29:23all the
29:23money
29:24and we
29:24just
29:25couldn't
29:26get
29:27them
29:27but when
29:33they came
29:34out in
29:342003
29:35it just
29:36felt like
29:37God
29:37you know
29:38maybe this
29:38was going
29:38to happen
29:39they really
29:44had a team
29:44I mean
29:45they had
29:45Pedro
29:45if you give
29:46me three rings
29:47with somebody
29:48else
29:48and one
29:48with Boston
29:49I'll take
29:49one
29:49with Boston
29:50and we
29:50had our
29:51teams
29:51and we
29:52had
29:52man
29:53we got
29:54everything
29:55we could
29:57possibly
29:57want
29:58lined up
30:00for us
30:00to finally
30:01beat the
30:01Yankees
30:02you could
30:03really see
30:04once the
30:05season gets
30:05going
30:06that this
30:07is a
30:07ball club
30:08that's
30:09that's
30:09built
30:09to win
30:10baseball
30:11games
30:11you believed
30:13in the
30:13possibility
30:14of tomorrow
30:15the Red Sox
30:16move on
30:17to play
30:17the Yankees
30:18and so
30:19when the
30:19playoffs
30:20rolled around
30:202003
30:21it really
30:22was like
30:23they were
30:23going to
30:23do it
30:23to them
30:24game
30:29game
30:29seven
30:30Red Sox
30:30Yankees
30:31Clemens
30:31Martinez
30:32this might
30:33be the
30:33most
30:34highly
30:34anticipated
30:35non-world
30:36series
30:36game
30:37in recent
30:37baseball
30:38history
30:38you don't
30:39have to
30:39be from
30:39the
30:40northeast
30:40you don't
30:40have to
30:41have some
30:41provincialism
30:42and be
30:42rooting
30:43for one
30:43of these
30:43two
30:44teams
30:44to
30:44find
30:45the
30:45drama
30:46and
30:46the
30:47potential
30:47for a
30:47real
30:48classic
30:48in this
30:48one
30:48tonight
30:49the
30:50greatest
30:50pitcher
30:51in the
30:51game
30:51is
30:52on
30:52our
30:52team
30:53he doesn't
30:54care about
30:54the curse
30:55of the
30:55Bambino
30:55we don't
30:56have to
30:57care about
30:57it anymore
30:58let's
30:58go
30:59Red Sox
31:00players
31:01bouncing
31:01back and
31:02forth
31:02on their
31:02feet
31:03you don't
31:04think
31:04there's
31:04some
31:04adrenaline
31:05flowing
31:06some
31:06nerves
31:06going
31:07but I
31:07remember
31:08being
31:08excited
31:09and my
31:09dad
31:10saying
31:10just
31:11wait
31:11and I
31:13was so
31:14mad at
31:14him
31:14I was
31:15like
31:15what do
31:15you
31:15mean
31:15just
31:16wait
31:16they
31:16hurt
31:17you
31:17they're
31:17not
31:17going
31:17to
31:17hurt
31:18me
31:18and
31:19he
31:19was
31:19like
31:19just
31:19wait
31:20which
31:20is a
31:21brutal
31:21thing
31:21to say
31:22to a
31:22child
31:22with
31:22hope
31:23one of
31:35the
31:35things
31:35we
31:36learned
31:36is that
31:37the opposing
31:37batting
31:38average
31:38against
31:38Pedro
31:39from
31:39pitches
31:39one
31:39to
31:40100
31:40was
31:41two
31:42something
31:42but
31:43from
31:43pitch
31:43100
31:44and
31:44beyond
31:44everybody's
31:45tie
31:45Cobb
31:45here
31:45comes
31:46Brady
31:46Little
31:46jogging
31:47out
31:47to
31:47the
31:47mound
31:48I
31:57think
31:58at
31:58the
31:58time
31:58I
32:00really
32:00started
32:00to
32:01wonder
32:02about
32:03Brady
32:04Little's
32:04decision
32:04and
32:19then
32:31all
32:35fucking
32:35hell
32:36broke
32:36loose
32:37Aaron
32:38Boone
32:39batting
32:39for the
32:39first
32:40time
32:40tonight
32:40he
32:42has
32:42been
32:42quiet
32:43in
32:43the
32:43series
32:44Bill
32:46Miller
32:46almost
32:46on the
32:47bag
32:47at
32:47third
32:48Miller
32:48a lot
32:49wide
32:49of
32:49the
32:49line
32:49at
32:49first
32:50the
32:50pitch
32:50a long
32:51drive
32:51to
32:51left
32:51down
32:52the
32:52line
32:52deep
32:53toward
32:53the
32:53corner
32:53if it's
32:54fair
32:54it's
32:54gone
32:55and it
32:56is
32:56gone
32:57a home
32:58run
32:58the New York
32:59Yankees
32:59have won
33:00the pennant
33:00and
33:02the hands
33:03have made
33:03him
33:04down
33:04great
33:04with
33:04baseball
33:05fans
33:06another
33:07very
33:08cool
33:09and
33:10unbelievable
33:11ending
33:11fucking
33:16Boone
33:16man
33:16fucking
33:17Boone
33:17that
33:18fucking
33:19goon
33:19Aaron
33:20Boone
33:20Aaron
33:21fucking
33:21Boone
33:22that
33:23just
33:23that
33:23just
33:24killed
33:24it
33:24Aaron
33:25fucking
33:25Boone
33:26like
33:26of
33:27all
33:27Aaron
33:29fucking
33:30Boone
33:30it's
33:31like
33:31fuck
33:32these
33:32guys
33:32fuck
33:34these
33:34guys
33:34it
33:34felt
33:35like
33:35we
33:35really
33:35had
33:35a
33:36chance
33:36and
33:36and
33:37then
33:38it
33:38was
33:38just
33:39devastating
33:39it
33:39was
33:40the
33:40second
33:40time
33:40I
33:41ever
33:41remember
33:41crying
33:42over
33:42sporting
33:42events
33:43and
33:44I
33:44was
33:45in
33:45my
33:45thirties
33:45that
33:46that
33:46was
33:46the
33:46year
33:46that
33:47you
33:47know
33:47I
33:48had
33:48all
33:48of
33:48my
33:48teenage
33:49children
33:49in
33:49front
33:50of
33:50the
33:50TV
33:50and
33:51I
33:51turned
33:52around
33:52from
33:52the
33:52TV
33:53and
33:53I
33:53said
33:54to
33:54my
33:54crying
33:55children
33:55I
33:56said
33:56okay
33:57now
33:58you're
33:58Red Sox
33:58fans
33:59you
34:05can't
34:05disregard
34:05the
34:06force
34:07that
34:08almost
34:09winning
34:09has
34:11on
34:12the
34:13depressed
34:13state
34:14of a
34:16century
34:16of losses
34:17but the
34:18hopeful
34:18state
34:19of maybe
34:20next year
34:21is our
34:21year
34:22oh
34:26four
34:26I was right
34:26back in it
34:27I was right
34:28back ready
34:28to believe
34:29and
34:29what a
34:30stupid
34:31what a
34:32stupid
34:32thing
34:33but it's
34:34sports
34:35fandom
34:35that is
34:36the
34:36religion
34:37of it
34:37all
34:38is like
34:38I
34:38there
34:39nothing
34:39could
34:40stop
34:40me
34:40from
34:41believing
34:41obviously
34:42when the
34:43Red Sox
34:43didn't win
34:44in 03
34:44Theo Epstein
34:46sat down
34:47with his
34:47crew
34:47and he
34:48said
34:48okay
34:48what do
34:48we need
34:49to do
34:49to take
34:50the team
34:51from here
34:51to here
34:52one was
34:53to go
34:53out and
34:54get
34:54Curt
34:54Schilling
34:54to bolster
34:55the starting
34:56rotation
34:56in 2003
34:58I was with
34:58the Arizona
34:59Diamondbacks
34:59we'd won
35:00the World
35:00Series
35:002001
35:01and the
35:02Diamondbacks
35:02were having
35:03to move
35:03a contract
35:03they had
35:04heavily
35:04mortgaged
35:05the future
35:05to win
35:06in 01
35:06and they
35:07came to
35:07me
35:08and asked
35:09me
35:09about
35:09a deal
35:10so I
35:11said I
35:12would
35:12listen
35:12and I
35:13was going
35:14to go
35:14to Boston
35:14or I
35:15was going
35:15to become
35:15a Yankee
35:16and the
35:16decision
35:17in my
35:18mind
35:18was
35:18do I
35:19go to
35:20New York
35:20and at
35:21the time
35:21help them
35:21win
35:2227
35:2228
35:23and 29
35:23or to
35:24go to
35:24Boston
35:25and help
35:25them do
35:26something
35:26that no
35:26one alive
35:27has ever
35:27seen
35:28and that
35:30was just
35:30way sexier
35:31to me
35:32ESPN.com's
35:33Jason Stark
35:34reporting
35:34the Red Sox
35:35and Schilling
35:35have reached
35:36an agreement
35:37on a two-year
35:38contract extension
35:39which will
35:39facilitate
35:40his trade
35:41to Boston
35:42and the first
35:44day of spring
35:44training
35:44when I walked
35:45out on the
35:45field
35:46and saw
35:47that many
35:47people
35:48in Fort
35:49Myers
35:49Florida
35:50I was like
35:51okay
35:52this is
35:52very
35:53very
35:53different
35:54the fans
35:56lives
35:58are directly
35:59and daily
36:00impacted
36:01by the
36:01outcome
36:01of the
36:02Red Sox
36:02game
36:02in a
36:03meaningful
36:04tangible
36:04way
36:05and if
36:05you can't
36:06handle
36:06that
36:06you can't
36:07play
36:07there
36:07I'm good
36:08with that
36:09Schilling
36:12was a
36:13dominant
36:13pitcher
36:13in baseball
36:14at that
36:14point
36:14so when
36:15we got
36:15him
36:16and we
36:17had
36:17Pedro
36:18and that
36:20must have
36:20had
36:20everybody
36:21in the
36:21American
36:22League
36:22very
36:22nervous
36:23and in
36:23classic
36:23Boston
36:24fashion
36:24everybody
36:25was like
36:26you know
36:27desperate to
36:28sign A-Rod
36:28and instead
36:29the Yankees
36:29got fucking
36:30A-Rod
36:30like they had
36:31so many good
36:32players
36:32they had
36:32to move
36:33A-Rod
36:33to third
36:34it's like
36:36we went
36:36from desperate
36:37to have him
36:38play shortstop
36:38for us
36:39to like
36:39you know
36:40that guy's
36:42dead to me
36:42it was a
36:46Red Sox
36:46town man
36:47yeah
36:47the Patriots
36:48were playing
36:49and they
36:49were great
36:49but our
36:51heart
36:51was the
36:52Red Sox
36:52and something
36:54about this
36:54group of
36:54players
36:55they just
36:55seemed
36:56different
36:57the 2004
37:02Red Sox
37:03they called
37:03themselves
37:03the idiots
37:04and
37:05I
37:06totally
37:07love that
37:08because
37:08the only
37:10way you're
37:11going to
37:11succeed
37:12in the
37:13face of
37:13failure
37:14and everybody
37:14pulling up
37:15all the
37:15times you
37:16failed
37:16before
37:17that's
37:17not us
37:18that's
37:19not
37:19now
37:19Kevin
37:20Millar
37:21really came
37:22up with
37:23everything
37:23with our
37:24team
37:24whether it's
37:24cowboy up
37:25or we're
37:26just a bunch
37:26of idiots
37:27we were
37:27we were
37:28a bunch
37:28of idiots
37:28they were
37:33loud
37:34they were
37:34fun
37:35the pine
37:36tar
37:36was so
37:37thick
37:38it would
37:38cover up
37:38a bee
37:39on their
37:39batting
37:39helmets
37:40they were
37:40messy
37:41hairy
37:41long
37:42beards
37:43they were
37:44the antithesis
37:45of the
37:45Yankees
37:45so it was
37:46always strange
37:47to me
37:47when people
37:47were like
37:47oh I'm a
37:48Yankee fan
37:48I'm like
37:49really
37:49what's
37:49your favorite
37:49thing
37:50the way
37:50they tie
37:51their
37:51ties
37:52like what a
37:52snooze fest
37:53pitch
37:54strike three
37:56called
37:56it's all
37:57over
37:57the Red Sox
37:58for the
37:58second year
37:59in a row
37:59are headed
38:00to postseason
38:01play
38:01it is fall
38:05the hay is in
38:05the barn
38:06and the Red Sox
38:06are in the
38:07playoffs
38:07the anticipation
38:08and hope
38:09of a World Series
38:09title surpassed
38:11only by the
38:12apprehension
38:12and dread
38:13of all that
38:13can and has
38:15and no doubt
38:15will go wrong
38:16again
38:16like lighthouses
38:18maple syrup
38:18and quaint
38:19colonial inns
38:19baseball cynicism
38:21contributing to
38:22New England's
38:22charm
38:22since 1918
38:24these two cities
38:28simmering with
38:29enthusiasm
38:30and anticipation
38:31almost knowing
38:32that the Yankees
38:33and the Red Sox
38:34would meet
38:35to determine
38:36who represents
38:37the American League
38:37in the World Series
38:39a lot of people
38:40in the sports media
38:40thought the Red Sox
38:41were going to win
38:41this one
38:42they might have even
38:43been considered
38:44the favorite
38:44and the Sox
38:46had Kurt Schilling
38:47the guy that they
38:48had brought in
38:48for just this scenario
38:50the problem is
38:51that Kurt Schilling
38:51had hurt his ankle
38:52in the playoff run
38:54leading up to this
38:54I knew
38:56going into game one
38:58I was not going to
38:59be able to hold
39:00the tendon in place
39:01here's the pitch
39:02and swing and a line
39:03drive
39:04looped in a left
39:04center field
39:05Manny coming out
39:06he can't get it
39:06gets by him
39:07Damon grabs it
39:08in the edge of the track
39:09Matt Sui on his way
39:10to second
39:11Sheffield
39:11has scored
39:12it is 1-0
39:14New York
39:15that pitch was down
39:16their way
39:16disaster
39:17right out of the gate
39:19deja vu
39:21same old Red Sox
39:22the curse is back
39:23Matt Sui
39:26swing and a drive
39:27to right field
39:28this ball is
39:29against the wall
39:30Jeter scores
39:31Rodriguez coming home
39:33Sheffield around third
39:34he's winged
39:35here's the throw
39:36to the plate
39:37it is offline
39:37a three-run double
39:39for Matt Sui
39:40and the Yankees
39:41lead 5-0
39:43I would say
39:44probably the lowest
39:44point in my career
39:45postgame
39:46because I just
39:48crapped the bed
39:49in the one game
39:51I was brought there
39:52to pitch
39:52In 2004
39:59I went to game two
40:01in Yankee Stadium
40:03and for some reason
40:04was ushered up
40:07into Steinbrenner's
40:08office
40:08before the game
40:10and on his wall
40:12was this framed
40:15it was like a picture
40:16with Babe Ruth
40:17what I remember the most
40:18was on the bottom
40:19there were four
40:21checks
40:22for $25,000 each
40:25and they were the original
40:28checks that were written
40:29and I really
40:32contemplated
40:33taking the thing
40:35and just running
40:37this will be the most
40:43important start to date
40:44for Pedro Martinez
40:45in a Boston Red Sox
40:46uniform
40:47he's pitching for a
40:48contract next year
40:49and with the status
40:50of Curt Schilling
40:51unknown
40:51for the rest of this
40:53series
40:53even more pressure
40:54seems to be on the
40:55right-hander
40:56as he takes on the
40:57Yankees here tonight
40:58I had my Red Sox
41:00hat on
41:00and I walked in
41:02and people were
41:04looking at me
41:04with kind of a mixture
41:05of pity
41:06and kindness
41:09they were like
41:10oh
41:10you wore your hat
41:12and I was more
41:14offended by that
41:14than anything
41:15I'm like
41:16they don't even
41:17perceive us
41:17as a threat
41:18game two was close
41:19close enough
41:20that Mo Rivera
41:21the Yankees
41:22historic closer
41:24surely the greatest
41:25closer who ever lived
41:26was called upon
41:27to finish off
41:28those games
41:29and in the first
41:32two games
41:32Rivera
41:33more than anyone
41:34else
41:35made the Sox fans
41:37feel like
41:37that if the game
41:38got to the ninth inning
41:39and the Yankees
41:41were up
41:41it was gonna be over
41:42and the Sox
41:43didn't have a chance
41:44when Mariano
41:47came out
41:48in the ninth inning
41:49I'd never been
41:50in Yankee Stadium
41:51when they played
41:53Enter Sandman
41:54but every town
41:57has these
41:57fucking
41:57terrible towels
41:59or these
41:59gimmicky
42:00fucking
42:01stupid things
42:02and Boston
42:03you're like
42:03fuck these guys
42:04and then the
42:05bullpen door
42:06opened right
42:07when Lars
42:07kicks in
42:08on the drums
42:09and he just
42:14walks out
42:16and I was
42:21looking at it
42:21and I was like
42:22that is really
42:24impressive
42:25like that is
42:25terrifying
42:26I hate these guys
42:28so much
42:28and that
42:28that might be
42:29one of the
42:29coolest things
42:30I've ever seen
42:31in sports
42:31it was
42:32it was
42:33awesome
42:34game over
42:40this is not good
42:44like Pedro
42:45and Kurt
42:45like that
42:45that's
42:46those are the
42:48games we want
42:48to win
42:49so now
42:52the Red Sox
42:53are down
42:532-0
42:54the season
42:55feels like
42:56it's slipping
42:56away again
42:57but at least
42:58they get to go
42:59back to Boston
43:00they aren't
43:02married yet
43:03but the Red Sox
43:03have some
43:04digging to do
43:05down 2 games
43:05to none
43:06and possibly
43:06losing their
43:07age for the
43:08season
43:08the first 2
43:09games of this
43:10American League
43:10Championship Series
43:11has been nothing
43:12but trouble
43:12for the Red Sox
43:13I mean you
43:15couldn't play
43:16a full game
43:17against the Yankees
43:18without really
43:19recognizing the
43:20intensity
43:20like you knew
43:21there was something
43:22a little extra
43:22special here
43:23it felt like
43:23a heavyweight
43:24boxing match
43:24and so when
43:25they said
43:26Bronson you're
43:26going to start
43:26game 3
43:27you know
43:27that was amazing
43:28for me
43:29being a guy
43:29who felt like
43:30he was finally
43:31an established
43:31major league player
43:32on one of the
43:33biggest ball clubs
43:34in the game
43:34and I was going
43:35to pitch
43:35you know
43:36under the lights
43:36with the whole
43:37world watching
43:38like everything
43:39about it
43:39was legendary
43:40game 3
43:41of the 2004
43:42American League
43:43Championship Series
43:44making way 2 games
43:46I was just going to
43:50go out there
43:51and try to give us
43:51a chance to win
43:52try to get deep
43:52in the ball game
43:53is there a way
43:54you can manufacture
43:55six innings for
43:55these guys
43:56five innings
43:56five and a third
43:57can you just get
43:58to the bullpen
43:59and give us a chance
44:00to win
44:01and you know
44:01it just didn't go
44:02my way that day
44:03and really quickly
44:04you realize like
44:04hey this is going
44:06to be a blowout
44:06tonight
44:06could it get worse
44:25than what happened
44:26in 03
44:27it seemed to be
44:30not only were
44:32the Yankees
44:33beating the Sox again
44:34now they were
44:35kind of humiliating them
44:36now they were
44:37rubbing their faces
44:38in it
44:38here's the pitch
44:40swing and a drive
44:42to center field
44:43deep
44:43back goes Damon
44:44on the track
44:44at the wall
44:45he leaps
44:47and can't make
44:47the play
44:48it's off the bend
44:48out
44:49swing and a high
44:50drive to deep
44:51right center
44:51back by the triangle
44:53Nixon on the go
44:54near the bullpen
44:55is gone
44:55it's probably
44:58more than anything
44:59a bit of a
44:59sadness in a way
45:01that night
45:01you put yourself
45:02in a position
45:02that you might
45:03not be able
45:04to dig out of
45:05and it felt like
45:05okay this series
45:07might be over
45:08they gave up
45:1519 runs
45:16and I love
45:17that we got
45:17smoked 19
45:18to whatever
45:1919 to 8
45:20it almost said
45:201918
45:21it's just like
45:22ESPN is just
45:23wedging that in
45:23wherever they could
45:24I was like
45:26happy
45:26if they're gonna
45:27lose
45:28just do this
45:28just get swept
45:30two behind the
45:31air
45:31put me out
45:31of my misery
45:32don't fucking
45:33go all the way
45:33to game 7
45:34and then have
45:36some other
45:36new legendary
45:37way that you
45:38lose
45:39right
45:39it was like
45:41a mercy killing
45:41but I'll never
45:43forget
45:44when the game
45:44was over
45:45we were at
45:45that game
45:46some old guy
45:47stood up
45:48and he started
45:49yelling
45:49year after
45:51year after
45:52year
45:52and people
45:53started echoing
45:54it
45:54and then you
45:54felt connected
45:55and it was
45:59just that moment
45:59of you realizing
46:00how crazy we are
46:01to love this team
46:02so much
46:02because it's
46:03going to happen
46:03all over again
46:04there are some
46:09Red Sox fans
46:10who will sit there
46:10and tell you
46:10that they believed
46:11the entire time
46:12that they knew
46:13it was possible
46:14that they never
46:15stopped believing
46:16fuck that
46:17I stopped believing
46:18I absolutely
46:20100%
46:21stopped believing
46:22in no universe
46:24did I think
46:26that a comeback
46:27of that magnitude
46:28was going to be
46:29capable
46:29so when people say
46:30oh you gave up hope
46:31yeah I gave up hope
46:32100% gave up hope
46:34I went home that night
46:36and we said
46:37what are we going to do
46:38for the team
46:38my ex-wife and I
46:40came up with an idea
46:41we ripped a king size
46:43sheet off the bed
46:44and we marked it up
46:46with a can of red paint
46:47in all caps
46:50and said
46:50we believe in the idiots
46:51we do believe
46:56in the idiots
46:57then when Park is killed
47:01then when he's seen
47:02it is occupied
47:03as the Red Sox
47:05and Yankees
47:05meet in the fourth game
47:06of the American League
47:07Championship Series
47:08Red Sox trying
47:10to save off
47:10elimination
47:11New York leads
47:12the best of seven series
47:13three games to none
47:15while the series
47:17isn't over
47:17the outlook in Boston
47:19remains
47:19to say that confidence
47:23was not high
47:23in Fenway Park
47:25that night
47:26is the understatement
47:28of the century
47:29it felt like
47:31it was probably over
47:32but there's
47:33the disease comes
47:34with this kind
47:35of eternal flame
47:36of hope
47:37that doesn't ever
47:37quite die out
47:38at any given moment
47:40you don't have to win
47:41four games
47:42because that seems
47:44impossible
47:44you just have to win
47:46one game
47:47four times in a row
47:49this was a nail-biting
47:52kind of game
47:53the Yankees went up
47:54on a big blast
47:55by Alex Rodriguez
47:56for most of the game
48:09it didn't look like
48:10the Red Sox
48:11were going to change
48:11much of anything
48:12his third home run
48:14of the postseason
48:15if the Red Sox are to keep
48:26their season alive
48:27they'll have the rally
48:28against the best closer
48:29in baseball
48:30Mariano Rivera
48:31they're in exactly
48:32the situation
48:33that they thought
48:34they could not possibly
48:34afford to be in
48:36which is
48:37the series is on the line
48:39you've only got
48:40three outs left
48:41and it's Mariano Rivera
48:43the Terminator
48:46on the mound
48:47for the Yankees
48:48yeah he's been
48:53our dragon slayer
48:54yeah every time
48:55this guy comes out
48:55on the mound
48:56I'm scared
48:56every time
48:57because he just
48:58seems like Vader
48:59he's just unbeatable
49:02but then there was
49:06something about that
49:07that made me feel
49:08no he's beatable
49:10I just feel like
49:11we're in the right place
49:12here
49:12and you got the sense
49:17like
49:17that they kind of
49:19had something to prove
49:19that they didn't like
49:21getting run out of town
49:22their own place
49:23and
49:24and then
49:26everything
49:26just started to change
49:28three and one
49:30to Kevin Millar
49:31and you've never heard
49:4435,000 people go so nuts
49:48over a walk
49:49Dave Roberts
49:50will pinch run
49:51and see what happens here
49:54Dave Roberts was literally
49:56there for one purpose
49:57he was on the playoff roster
49:58for one purpose
49:59and that was to steal a base
50:00if they ever should happen
50:01to need it
50:02every single person
50:03in the world knew
50:04he was going to steal
50:05that's to me
50:06the amazing thing
50:07that he did
50:07every single person knew
50:09also every single person
50:11knew that Mariano
50:12was going to throw
50:12a cut fastball
50:13because that's the only
50:14pitch he threw
50:14so he's going to steal
50:16on a fastball
50:17on a 94
50:1895 mile an hour
50:19fastball
50:19and he's got to do this
50:21or else
50:22our season's over
50:23their backs
50:24against the wall
50:25they have nothing to lose
50:26all the pressure
50:26is on the Yankees
50:27so everybody
50:29in the Red Sox
50:30dugout is loose
50:31long pause
50:34he holds the ball
50:34steps off
50:35throws to first
50:36Roberts dies
50:36back with a hand tag
50:38and if you watch
50:40the replay
50:40of the battle
50:41between Rivera
50:44and Roberts
50:45it's one of those
50:46little micro wars
50:47within baseball
50:48that makes baseball
50:49so exciting
50:49Rivera actually
50:51throws over
50:52to pick off Roberts
50:53twice
50:53and one time
50:54he nearly gets him
50:55he comes so close
50:57to the point
50:58where Roberts
50:58sort of hops up
50:59on his feet
50:59and goes
50:59ooh
51:00you could just feel it
51:02if not now
51:04when
51:04the human
51:06mind
51:07doesn't appear
51:08to be wired
51:09to have a native
51:11understanding
51:12of probability
51:12and statistics
51:13we think we can
51:15influence the rolls
51:16of dice
51:17by blowing on them
51:18we are victims
51:20of the inability
51:22of our brains
51:23to think rationally
51:25about probability
51:27and yet
51:28it's sort of part
51:30of human nature
51:31to want to believe
51:32maybe things
51:33would pan out
51:33for me one time
51:34that's why
51:35that's why everybody
51:35you know
51:36played the lottery
51:36you knew it was
51:38a fool's bet
51:39but people want
51:40to make that bet
51:41nonetheless
51:41and so for the
51:42Red Sox
51:43for the first time
51:44it started to feel
51:46like
51:46maybe it was
51:49our time
51:50there you go
51:51the other time
51:53we'll see you
51:54in the next two
51:55we'll see you
51:56we'll see you
51:56in the next two
51:57we'll see you
51:57in the next two
51:58we'll see you
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