Yankees vs. Red Sox....Darth Vader vs. Luke

To be published in the Boston Globe this Friday.

Boston comes back in THEFOUR

"In an incredible comeback that will live in the hearts of sports fans for generations, the Boston Red Sox last night completed the impossible, beating the New York Yankees for the fourth straight time in as many days and winning the ALCS.
Boston is alight tonight as hundreds of delirious fans still roam the streets, chanting FOUR FOUR FOUR, hugging each other and the occasional passing lamp post. The joy is overwhelming.

After losing the first three games badly, the Boston pulled it's Sox back up and went back to doing what they do best, it's called base ball. Playing nearly error-free for the next thirty-four innings (Nixon's little fumble in Game Five) and hitting .380 as a team the Red Sox held the powerful New York Yankees to only five hits and three runs in the four games turning what had been a home run derby for the Bombers into dust.

"I was here for all four" said Micheal Cavalino,22, of Brookline, "My kids are going to tell their kids that their grandpa saw the four."
That's what they all calling their victory here in Beantown "the four" and it has the sound of something they may well live in infamy should the Sox move on now to win the actual World Series.
"Not even thinking about that yet, " screamed Gloria Judkins, 27, of Newton, "first we gotta thank the Sox for this wonderful win. Yankees suck!"


Joe

OK, so now I withdraw my original prediction of Sox in six.

Sox in seven!

How to tell you're a Boston fan:

In the ninth inning with the Carmine Hose holding a seven run lead, I was still saying to myself "It's not over yet. They could still blow it."

Quote:

I was in a bar full of people saying the same thing.