Today's the Day that Changed It All
Today in 2004 was the day that changed it all. The greatest comeback in American sports history, reversing the fortunes of the Red Sox against America's most well-funded (and rather immoral) sports team and leading the underdogs to their first World Series pennant in 86 years.
Coming back from 8.5 games behind, a deficit we have never repeated since for the last two years we've lead the Yankees and at the very least kept pace with the Yankees with their near-unlimited resources and a penchant for disregarding the rules of baseball. This win changed it all, and no one can deny this game changed the face of American baseball.
The event lead to some unfortunate events, but was overshadowed by the beauty and power that only the victory of an underdog and battle of good versus evil can achieve. At home, it single-handedly redeemed the years of disappointments for one of American sport's largest and most passionate fanbase. In New England it transformed a region downtrodden and bitter, into a place still figuring out what to do about winning it all one more time. It created such a national sensation that pervaded even national television - even in commercials. Even two years later, almost, people are still talking about it and commemorating. That's the beauty of baseball it stays with you.
REMEMBER.
(Yup, that's my Church.)
Coming back from 8.5 games behind, a deficit we have never repeated since for the last two years we've lead the Yankees and at the very least kept pace with the Yankees with their near-unlimited resources and a penchant for disregarding the rules of baseball. This win changed it all, and no one can deny this game changed the face of American baseball.
The event lead to some unfortunate events, but was overshadowed by the beauty and power that only the victory of an underdog and battle of good versus evil can achieve. At home, it single-handedly redeemed the years of disappointments for one of American sport's largest and most passionate fanbase. In New England it transformed a region downtrodden and bitter, into a place still figuring out what to do about winning it all one more time. It created such a national sensation that pervaded even national television - even in commercials. Even two years later, almost, people are still talking about it and commemorating. That's the beauty of baseball it stays with you.
REMEMBER.
(Yup, that's my Church.)