Last Red Sox trip to Yankee Stadium
Posted on August 26, 2008
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Tonight is the start of the last trip the Boston Red Sox will ever make to Yankee Stadium (assuming that both teams don’t play each other in the playoffs.) Most of the major sports outlets are making a huge deal about the occasion but I could personally care less. Maybe once the season is over and I’m convinced that the Yankees won’t come back from the dead to make the playoffs, I might stop and think about all the history that happened there.
A lot of blogs are making top 10 lists of games in Yankee Stadium or Red Sox/Yankee rivalry moments. If you’re a Red Sox fan there aren’t enough good memories to talk about.
For the first 18 years of my life, I got excited when the Red Sox took 1 game out of a 3 game series in New York. Unfortunately I’m not old enough to remember Billy Rohr almost no-hitting the Yankees in 1967 or Bill Lee saying the Yankees fight like “a bunch of hookers swinging their purses.” Nor do I think the 5-4 13 inning loss in 2004 is a great moment (the game where Jeter dove into the stands while Nomar sat on the bench.)
So what I did was make a list of my personal top 5 Boston/NY games at Yankee Stadium. It was actually a lot harder than I expected it would be but given the Red Sox 283-483 regular season record at Yankee Stadium, I shouldn’t be surprised. Anyway, here are my top 5 moments:
5. July 7, 2003 – The Red Sox lose a close 2-1 game but Pedro Martinez sends both Derek Jeter and Alfonso Soriano to the hospital after drilling them with fastballs. George Steinbrenner ran his mouth like usual and Pedro responded with, “He’ll probably buy the whole league. But not my desire and not my heart. He’s not going to put any fear in my heart.” God I love Pedro.
4. September 10, 1999 – Pedro strikes out 17 Yankees as the Red Sox win 3-1. At one point he fans 5 straight players and doesn’t bat an eyelash.
3. October 19, 2004 – Curt Schilling gets his right ankle surgically repaired before game 6 of the ALCS. He goes on the field with bloody socks and more painkillers in his system than Rush Limbaugh. Schilling pitches a solid game and the Red Sox tie up the series at 3-3.
2. October 15, 2003 – The bullpen puts up 4 scoreless innings and gives the offense a chance to make a comeback fueled by a 9th inning HR by Trot Nixon. Boston ties the ALCS at 3 games a piece.
1. October 20, 2004 – The Red Sox complete the greatest comeback in baseball history as the Yankees complete the greatest choke in baseball history. Boston wins the ALCS in 7 games after being down 3-0 in the series.
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