October 11, 2003
Yankees in Control
A huge loss for the Red Sox. It's one of those games that the Yankees could afford to lose but the Red Sox could not. The Red Sox are now faced with beating the full Yankees rotation three times. It won't be easy.
Also, I think some of the luster came off that franchise today. The Yankees are seen outside NY as the evil team, but today:
- Pedro threw behind Karim Garica and hit him.
- Manny Ramirez nearly caused a brawl on a perfectly reasonable pitch by Clemens.
- Pedro beat up an old man.
- A Boston fan jumped into the bullpen and injured right-fielder Karim Garcia.
As my lovely wife Marilyn said, "They're acting like New Yorkers."
I have no doubt the Yankees are very upset right now. As I said in my previous post, you don't want to give the Yankees a reason to beat you. It hard enough to win against them when they're neutral. The Red Sox are in trouble.
Correction: It appears that it was a member of the grounds crew, not a fan, that got into the altercation in the bullpen. I 'll resevre judgement on who started what there until I get more information.