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Can the Red Sox do it???
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- J.D.
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Can the Red Sox do it???
There are only two teams in professional sports history that have come from behind 0-3 to win the series.
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders.
But then again, why not them??
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders.
But then again, why not them??
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Re: Can the Red Sox do it???
Because they are the Red Sox and they always choke?J.D. wrote:There are only two teams in professional sports history that have come from behind 0-3 to win the series.
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders.
But then again, why not them??
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I sure hope so, but to play right into the whole "Curse" thing, how tragic would it be for the Red Sox to fight to get to Game 7 after being down 0-3 and then have some freakish choke play or bad umpire call deny them entry into the World Series?
I hope I am wrong because I hate the Yankees more than anything and they need to go down.
I hope I am wrong because I hate the Yankees more than anything and they need to go down.
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Look at it this way. Sure only 2 teams have come back from 0-3. But only 5 teams in the NHL have forced a game 7 after being down 0-3. So if you insist on looking at NHL numbers, the Sox have a 40% chance of winning the series having made it this far. That's a better chance than any player had getting a hit during the regular season during any one at-bat.
I look at it this way. If someone told me two weeks ago there would be a game 7 in this series, I would have agreed. It's not that crazy. If you told me Boston would win it in 7, I might make a joke about the end of the world, but again, it's not that crazy with the team they have. On the other hand, if someone told me the Yankees would lead 3-0 at some point, I would think them a deluded Yankee fan. So as it turns out, the more suprising (to me) thing has already happened, the 3-0 series lead. Game 7 is really what I was expecting in the first place.
I look at it this way. If someone told me two weeks ago there would be a game 7 in this series, I would have agreed. It's not that crazy. If you told me Boston would win it in 7, I might make a joke about the end of the world, but again, it's not that crazy with the team they have. On the other hand, if someone told me the Yankees would lead 3-0 at some point, I would think them a deluded Yankee fan. So as it turns out, the more suprising (to me) thing has already happened, the 3-0 series lead. Game 7 is really what I was expecting in the first place.
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Oh man, I am so nervous. The last few games weren't that bad since they always had to win another anyways. But now it's a 1-game series. Pitching today is going to be like Russian roulette: which pitcher blows up first?
I know the history, the tradition, and the fact that the entire season hinges on one game with the "come from behind" Yankees. I'm a nervous wreck and the game doesn't start for six more hours!
I know the history, the tradition, and the fact that the entire season hinges on one game with the "come from behind" Yankees. I'm a nervous wreck and the game doesn't start for six more hours!
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I hear you. My guts have been churning all day. I'm proud the Sox came back regardless. But I want so badly to have the thrill of seeing the dejected Yankees at the end of this game.Koz wrote:Oh man, I am so nervous. The last few games weren't that bad since they always had to win another anyways. But now it's a 1-game series. Pitching today is going to be like Russian roulette: which pitcher blows up first?
I know the history, the tradition, and the fact that the entire season hinges on one game with the "come from behind" Yankees. I'm a nervous wreck and the game doesn't start for six more hours!
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Curses by design, and thus curses properly labelled as such, or curses by factual extraction/deduction, and thus labelled such in hindsight?rrmorton wrote:ICurses don't exist...
As the poet wrote:
'Twas an eventide of merriment, til the brackish witch awoke
and voiced a hex upon my brood to pierce with vocal stroke
and socks dyed red now soaked with tears were shod by Paul Revere
His eighty-six year midnight ride shall find its respite here.
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