With the popularity of "Top 10 Greatest..." lists and "Best of..." lists being what they are, I wanted to take a slightly different approach today. For that reason, I give you:
"The 5 WORST moments in Red Sox History"
I know it's painful but with all the success that Boston sports are experiencing right now, I think it's important to remember our humble and tortured beginnings.
(These are in no particular order and are all equally painful to remember.)
- 1919...Babe Ruth is traded to the Yankee's to (allegedly) finance a Broadway production. This move signals the beginning of a long and torturous run of heartbreak and pain.
- 1986...Bill Buckner forgets how to field a ground ball in game 6 of the World Series. With one more shot to win in game 7, the Red Sox lose and send their fan's to bed sucking their thumbs and wanting to cry.
- October 2nd, 1978...Earl Russel Dent (AKA Bucky Dent), who is hitting a solid .243 for the season, steps up to the plate with the Red Sox leading 2-0 and hits a three run home run to put the Yanks in the lead. The Sox lose the game and a shot at the post season. Bucky Dent becomes Bucky "F***N" Dent to all Red Sox Fans.
- October 16th, 2003, 11th inning ALCS...Aaron Boone steps to the plate in a tied ball game and proceeds to hit a solo home run off of Tim Wakefield to send the Yankees to the World Series. Again. Red Sox fans now affectionately refer to him as Aaron "F***N" Boone.
- 2007...Pretty much any game that Eric Gagne took the mound.
Think I left one off? Let me know what your most painful Red Sox memory is.
1 comments:
not crushing but a few that made me feel tortured:
letting clemens walk and see him get in shape to win those back to back cy youngs with toronto. not to mention he went on to the spankees and kissed babe ruth's statue before everytime he took the mound. he's a fargin icehole.
seeing my favorite hitter(until he became a yankee) wade boggs riding the horse in yankee stadium.
dewey going to the orioles for one last year. why??
jeff bagwell for larry anderson. you kidding me?
watching jack "the ripper" clark strikeout 1,000 times and hit .200 during the '91 and '92 seasons.
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