October seventeenth, 2004. The Boston Crimson Sox are down three video games to none within the ALCS in opposition to the Evil Empire, their dreaded rivals — the New York Yankees. Kevin Millar, who has already made his now-famous “Don’t allow us to win tonight’ quote, leads off the underside of the eighth with a stroll. Terry Francona makes the choice to pinch run with Dave Roberts. Everybody is aware of what occurs subsequent.
It’s been lined from each angle, between the quite a few streaming documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, and MyFace, to articles revealed by each media outlet beneath the solar — I assume together with this one too.
The steal has touched as all. And as for me, it’s a serious a part of the explanation I’m a Crimson Sox fan normally. Let’s rewind for a minute to October…2003. Sure, the ALCS the yr BEFORE the steal. I used to be solely six throughout Sport 7 of the 2003 ALCS. And when Aaron Boone walked-off Tim Wakefield and the Crimson Sox my dad and mom seen one thing: my older brother had fallen asleep earlier than the top of the sport.
Now, my household is is that type of superstitious. So, one yr later, like several good Sox followers prepared to do something to Reverse the Curse, what did my mom and father do for the 2004 ALCS? Not solely did they hold my older brother up, however they stored all of us boys awake for each sport, no excuses.
I acquired bit baseball bug whereas staying up late watching the 2004 playoffs, and I nonetheless have vivid reminiscences of April 2005, sitting proper in entrance of the TV, listening to Don and Jerry and watching the ring ceremony on the residence opener. Perhaps my staying awake did play an element in profitable all of it in 2004. Or possibly it was, , Dave Roberts.
Thanks Mother and Dad for not less than turning me into the Crimson Sox diehard I’m at present.
The place had been you when the steal occurred?
