October 21, 2004
Borrowed Time
Last sports entry for at least the next few days, I promise.
After Saturday's loss, I had all but given up hope. No, that's not quite true; I had given up hope. I watched Game 4 just because it was on and was pleasantly surprised (shocked, even) when they tied it up in the 9th. Everyone knows the rest of the story. Maybe Ken really was on to something—the only hope is in no hope—as pessimistic as that is.
In any case, because I had all but written the season off as yet another agonizing failure, I've viewed each inning since that miraculous Game 4 come-from-behind victory as borrowed time. By all accounts, they should have lost. So now, heading into the World Series—a Series they shouldn't even be in—they have nothing to lose.
Right?
Ken at October 21, 2004 03:40 AM
Boston/NY was the World Series. They're just playing for a trophy now.
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