August 22, 2006
The Massacres
Ron Guidry sums up the difference between the 1978 and 2006 Boston Massacres:
Ron Guidry and Reggie Jackson played on the 1978 Yankee team that won four straight at the Fens from Sept.7-10. Standing at his locker after yesterday's game, Guidry admitted this weekend's success had stirred some memories.
"I'd be lying if I said it didn't remind me of '78," the pitching coach said. "Reggie's here, (head trainer Gene) Monahan's here and I think we're the only ones who were there. The other one was a little different in that we were four out and we had to play that well."
That series in 1978 didn't win the Yankees the division, but it made the win possible. This series made a division win by the Red Sox unlikely.
I'm still shocked that when Friday afternoon began, the Red Sox were only 1.5 GB, in good position to take the division lead during the weekend. By late monday afternoon, they're as far back from the Yanks as the White Sox are from the Tigers. That's a quick drop. That's a Bronx bombers body slam.
Unfortinately for Boston, this weekend also puts them 4 GB of the White Sox for the Wild Card...and 3.5 GB of Minnesota.
The Yankees just made a huge statement.
Too much of the Sox championship heart and soul is elsewhere, or injured. They played with no heart, or leadership. Yankees played scrubs and monday, and the sox did not take advantage. Awful