Red Sox vs Yankees

by Cyndy Coleman Marshall

Averyel and Porter, my place east of Burns

I'm pretty sure this was taken when they came to look after me, after my neck surgery... Porter and I enjoyed watching a lot MBL baseball that trip. Over the years he always teased me about my Red Sox and he pretended to be a Yankee fan to get my goat. In 2004, during the AL East Pennant race, the Sox were getting pummeled by the Yanks, the series was 3-0 Yanks and the Yanks were in the process of winning game 4 and Big Port called me during the game... He mentioned the game in progress, and I announced vehemently, We will NOT talk baseball !!! He obliged, and we chatted about other things. After we hung up history was about to be made... Game 4, the Sox were down by one run in the 9th inning, tied it and went 12 innings until Red Sox slugger Big Papi (David Ortiz) hit a 2 run walk off home run ... the Sox truly "Cowboyed Up" and won the last four games to beat the Yankees and win the ALCS Pennant. They went on to sweep/beat St. Louis in the World Series and win their first Championship in 86 years. After the last pitch of the 2004 World Series winning game... (I had watched at home alone, too pessimistic to believe they would actually win) I was sobbing in unbelief watching the celebration on the field... thinking about all the die hard Sox fans who had died, and had not been able to see them win a World Series... particularly my mother who slept with a transistor radio under her pillow listening to all the games. Big Port waited 15 minutes after the last pitch... and then telephoned me and his opening words were " "well Cyndy girl, can we talk baseball now ? Of course we couldn't because I was sobbing again. ;o)

posted with love, cyndy coleman marshall