I don't believe it!

[jlh]

I had this whole post written about records being matched and broken and then my computer froze up so never mind that.

For St Louis to win, they would have to come back from a 3-0 deficit, and only one team in Major League Baseball history has ever come back from 3-0 to win a best of seven series.

That would be the Red Sox, last week, against the Yankees.

However, this IS the Red Sox, and if there is a team that could come back from 3-0 only to lose to another team coming back from 3-0, it would be the Red Sox.

ETA: From boston.com: Get ready, Boston. There's no other outcome now: Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and the Red Sox will either win the World Series or add another historic collapse to their legend.

Yep. One. More. Game.

Comments

[tenebris.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

And the thing about Boston and their history is that you really could believe they could just start sucking and lose their lead. I was talking to a man about the game tonight, and we both agreed that Boston has to lose one--just one, or it just doesn't FEEL like them.

Which could be a good thing...

[mangosong.livejournal.com]

I'm freaking out. SO EXCITING. AIEEE!!

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

As an enthusiastic Cardinals fan, I have to say I think Boston will sweep us. Baseball seems to be as much about head games and superstition as it is about talent, and I think the Cardinals believe what everyone else is saying about Boston having broken 'the curse' and about it being Boston's year. They think they're going to lose, so they'll lose. It would have been a tough series anyway, given the talent on your Red Sox team, but the Cardinals aren't even trying. Le sigh.

Enjoy it while you can, though, because next year the Red Birds won't go so easy on you. ;P

[jlh.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I was very surprised by the Card's performance in the NLCS. I thought they'd trash the Astros; I never thought it would go to seven games. They had such a great season! If they were playing any other team I would be cheering for them right along with you, and that is the truth.

It really is a head game, which is why the Red Sox so often lose at the end, because somehow the city can't quite believe that they can win. I've seen it happen so many times--either a late season collapse, or losing the pennant, or in the Series itself. I also think, though, that the way the Sox think about things will help them now, because it's only about winning one game. For once, the curse helps us because looking ahead to winning the whole thing is how you lose games, because you lose focus.

All that said, I do hope that the Cards have another great year next year, and it would do us well to remember that a lot of teams underestimated the Cards this year, and those teams aren't in the Series.

[mahoni.livejournal.com]

Actually, Houston was pretty much the *only* team we played all year that we had a hard time beating. So I think St. Louis fans expected that to be a tough series. I was proud of the team for not caving under the knowledge that the Astros were the only team in the NL that could beat us.

Lou Brock, a former great Cardinal, was on the news this morning, and he observed that the Cardinals were playing to not lose, instead of doing as you say the Sox are doing - playing to win one game at a time. It's frustratingly true. Argh.

they were playing any other team I would be cheering for them right along with you, and that is the truth.

This is exactly how I feel about the Red Sox. And frankly, I'll be happy if they win. I've liked that team every year, and I've been pulling for them to make it to the World Series. I'll be bummed if they win over the Cards, but if we have to be beat by *any* team, the Red Sox is the team I'd choose.

[naufiel.livejournal.com]

I've been watching most of the series with family, and my brother-in-law had an interesting thing to say last night: "They don't seem to want it."