Do you believe in miracles? - Part II

Yes the Boston Red Sox have dispatched of the dreaded Yankees after climbing out of a monumentous three games to zero hole. And if you want to talk about determination, lets talk about Johnny Damon. The guy was worthless for six games and even made a stupid baserunning error in the first inning of game 7. Damon persevered though to hit the big grandslam an inning later to give the Red Sox all the momentum. MVP of the series wasn't even close though. David Ortiz was a Yankee killer, but he really just did what he's been doing in Boston for two years now and that's come up with big hits in clutch situations.

Miracle in 1980 vs. Miracle in 2004

So the begging question is which was the bigger miracle? The USA hockey team defeating Russia and taking gold in 1980 or the Red Sox beating the Yankees after being down three games to zero. Sorry Boston faithful, despite the fact that I'm merely a bandwagon hockey fan, I'm going to stick with Al Michaels and the 1980 squad.

A big sigh of relief

Somewhere tonight on some couch, former Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner let out a little sigh of relief. No, Red Sox fans will probably never forget Buckner's crucial error against the Mets in the 1986 World Series, but if the Sox do go on to win it this year they might forget and forgive Bucker just a little bit.