I don't mean to bring back some unpleasant memories for Yankee fans, But for the sake of this post, bare with me.
The year is 2004 and the most successful franchise in sports history has a commanding 3 games to none lead on the best of seven series in the league championship series. Versus the hated BOSTON Red Sox. No team has ever come back from such a deficit. Its just unheard of. With the curse of the Bambino fully intact and chants of 1918 ringing through the streets of New York Nobody could ever imagine the yankees could somehow squander such a lead. Hell, even the Red Sox Were thinking of there golf strokes.
Well since that day the yankees have lost 14 out of there last 19 post season games.(Isn't that Crazy?)and the red sox have won two world series championships. The Yankees organization have fallen on hard times in the past few years. Hopefully the youth movement that the yankees have decided to incorporate pays off. (I STILL DONT KNOW WHY JOHAN ISNT ON THE TEAM.)
In the past few years Boston has been on top of the sports world. The scandalous Patriots WERE simply untouchable . The Red Sox under Theo's brilliant Baseball mind have stopped on a dime and became a savvy baseball minded franchise and have taken two titles as well. To round it off The Celtics had one of the most monstrous off-seasons you could possibly dream of by acquiring Kevin Garnet and Ray Allen.
Most recently the New York Giants have pulled off the most stunning upset in NFL history
by shocking the New England Patriots in super bowl XLII.
The year is 2004 and the most successful franchise in sports history has a commanding 3 games to none lead on the best of seven series in the league championship series. Versus the hated BOSTON Red Sox. No team has ever come back from such a deficit. Its just unheard of. With the curse of the Bambino fully intact and chants of 1918 ringing through the streets of New York Nobody could ever imagine the yankees could somehow squander such a lead. Hell, even the Red Sox Were thinking of there golf strokes.
Well since that day the yankees have lost 14 out of there last 19 post season games.(Isn't that Crazy?)and the red sox have won two world series championships. The Yankees organization have fallen on hard times in the past few years. Hopefully the youth movement that the yankees have decided to incorporate pays off. (I STILL DONT KNOW WHY JOHAN ISNT ON THE TEAM.)
In the past few years Boston has been on top of the sports world. The scandalous Patriots WERE simply untouchable . The Red Sox under Theo's brilliant Baseball mind have stopped on a dime and became a savvy baseball minded franchise and have taken two titles as well. To round it off The Celtics had one of the most monstrous off-seasons you could possibly dream of by acquiring Kevin Garnet and Ray Allen.
Most recently the New York Giants have pulled off the most stunning upset in NFL history
by shocking the New England Patriots in super bowl XLII.
I Know New York is nowhere near where it needs to be at the top of professional sports. The Jets and Knicks are at the bottom of the barrel. The Yankees haven't escaped the first round in what feels like a century and the Mets just came off the biggest collapse known to man, but things are looking good for both the Yanx and the Mets. Th is a lot to be excited about on the Yankee front with Joba, IPK and Phil in the fold. Being the optimistic fan that I am, I am banking on the fact that at least two out of the BIG THREE will contribute in a big way. The mets just guaranteed themselves a spot in the NLCS with the acquisition of Johan and have two promising young hurlers in Maine and Perez.
The Knicks and the Jets are just awful but hopefully a miracle happens.
The rivalry between NY & BOSTON is something special,
From The Yankees/Red Sox (bambino) ,
From The Yankees/Red Sox (bambino) ,
Mets /Red Sox(86) ,
JETS/PATS (spygate scandal)
GIANTS /PATS (08) .
the list goes on and on. Theirs probably something in the NHL and in the NBA that i haven't thought about or remembered off the top of my head..
As a fan I'm glad to be right in middle of it.
Dare i say the fortunes of NY have turned for the better thanks to the G-MEN.
Dare i say the fortunes of NY have turned for the better thanks to the G-MEN.
I SURE HOPE SO 
