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parison to the legendary 1927
Yankees' Murders Row lineup.
Right in the middle of the
Cardinals lineup were three
MVP candidates, Albert Pujols,
Scott Rolen, and Jim Edmonds,
who all had over 30 homeruns
and 100 rbis. In the fall classic,
these three were shut down by
the Sox pitching staff. While
Pujols batted over .400, he had
no homeruns or rbis. Rolen and
Edmonds, in the World Series,
had one hit and one rbi com
bined. Numbers like that from
the heart of your lineup will not
get you wins.
So, now the curse of the
Bambino is finally over. But man,
can that guy hold a grudge or
what? Since trading away
George Herman Ruth in 1920,
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Mirth
By Bill Howe
Staff Reporter
wahl4B@psu.edu
With blood shot eyes and
"vurps" that taste of cheap
champagne, I will attempt to
relay to you how it feels to have
my beloved Red Sox win their
first World Series Championship
in 86 years.
This is not an account coming
from someone who just hitched
his wagon to the Sox in the post
season. No, this is from some
one who was born into it.
Someone who realizes it was not
all Bill Buckner's fault, but it was
the relief pitcher that couldn't
strike anybody out that put
Buckner in that situation.
See, my dad was born in
Sudbury, Mass., and my grand
father's house was a short walk
through the woods to Babe
Ruth's house. It is claimed in my
family's lore that he and the
Babe were known to have a
scotch together once in awhile.
Whatever the case, my dad
loved to tell tall tales that his
father had told him of some of
Ruth's parties and other
shenanigans.
When my dad was in grade
school, he often played hooky
with his dad to take the train into
Boston to see the Sox at
Fenway. "Now Spike, don't tell
your mom. This is our secret."
I'm sure she knew. My dad loved
Ted Williams... Teddy
Ballgame...and I grew to love
him too just from my dad's
accounts. "Ya' know he hit a
homerun his last time at bat...Ya'
know he was a fighter ace during
the war...Ya' know he was the
world's greatest fly fisherman!"
Ya' know I cried when Teddy
the Red Sox until this season,
were cursed with no title. To put
into perspective how long the
Red Sox faithful have waited for
this title, here are some facts: In
1918, the last year the Sox were
champions, the commander
and-chief of the United States
was Woodrow Wilson. Although
we don't know if women wanted
Wilson as president because
they couldn't vote the last time
the Sox were crowned.
Americans didn't have too much
time for baseball the last time
the Sox won the title because we
were busy fighting World War I.
Baseball was definitely the
nation's pastime in 1918, partly
because the NFL or NBA hadn't
been created yet. Fans of the
Red Sox couldn't watch the pre
game on television because tel-
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Championship
In '75, we watched together as
the "Big Red Machine" from
Cincinnati broke our hearts. I
was only 11 and had no concept
of what was in store for me. To
be a Red Sox fan was to
become accustomed to disap
pointment. For a while during the
eighties, it seemed we were
always getting beat by the
Oakland A's. "Eckersley used to
pitch for the Sox ya' know!" my
father would lament. But 'B6
seemed different. The Sox had
"Oil Can" Boyd, Wade Boggs,
Tony "Horse" and "Scoot."
Surely we would beat the "lucky
to be there" Mets! Billy "bleepin"
Buckner! We were sOOOO close.
in surprise
evision was still 20 years away
from being invented. The fans
could always mail other fans
about the game. After all, in
1918, stamps cost just three
cents. A famous politician from
Massachusetts, John F.
Kennedy probably didn't remem
ber that last championship victo
ry because he was in diapers.
So baseball closes another
chapter and the players head
home for a nice winter break.
But February will be here in no
time and players will be report
ing to Florida and Arizona for
spring training. Baseball fans
should thank their lucky stars
that they were able to witness
history being made. As for the
poor Cubs and White Sox,
there's always next year. Just
ask Boston how true that is.
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In the nineties, the Blue Jays
and Yankees just wouldn't let us
play. My dad would die from can
cer at age 69, never to see his
beloved Red Sox win it all.
My daughter came home from
school a month ago and told me
she picked the Red Sox to win
the World Series in her social
studies class and that the win
ners got a milkshake and a
prize. I didn't know whether to be
proud or fearful of the tradition
that continues in our family.
She's only ten and didn't watch
any games with me, but she was
aware of how close she was get
ting to that milkshake. Honey,
here's to hoping there are many
more milkshakes to come.
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By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - The NHL lockout
forced the cancellation of this
season's All-Star game, sched
uled to be held in Atlanta in
February.
The announcement that the mid
season showcase would not be
held came on the 49th day of the
lockout, imposed by commis
sioner Gary Bettman after the
collective bargaining agreement
expired on Sept. 15.
The NHL and the players associ
ation haven't met since Sept. 9
and have no plans to return to
the bargaining table.
In a statement, the NHL said the
earliest Atlanta can hold All-Star
weekend is 2008 since the 2006
game has already been awarded
to the Phoenix Coyotes and
plans for the 2007 game are
near completion.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-
Nashville Predators center
Sergei Zholtok died in Belarus of
an apparent heart ailment. He
was 31.
Zholtok left the game between
Riga 2000, the club he was play
ing for during the NHL lockout,
and Dinamo Minsk about five
minutes befofe it ended. He
went back to the locker room
where he collapsed and died,
Riga 2000 president Viesturs
Kozioles told The Associated
Press in Riga, Latvia.
Paramedics at the arena tried to
revive him but were unsuccess
ful.
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NEW YORK (AP)-Carl Pavano
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became a free agent after meet
ing with Florida Marlins' man
agement and telling the team he
wanted to test the market.
A 28-year-old right-hander who
went a career-best 18-8 with a
3.00 ERA this season, Pavano is
likely to be among the most cov
eted free agents.
Other free-agent pitchers
include Pedro Martinez, Brad
Radke, Russ Ortiz, Eric Milton,
Matt Morris, Derek Lowe and
Kevin Millwood. Players can
start negotiating money terms
with all teams starting Nov. 12.
HOUSTON (AP)-Phil Garner will
remain the manager of the
Houston Astros. Garner told The
Associated Press he was offi
cially retained by the Astros,
hired just two days after Tim
Purpura replaced Gerry
Hunsicker as the franchise's'
general manager.
Garner, 55, took over on an
interim basis after Jimy Williams
was fired during the All-Star
Break and guided the Astros
within a victory of their first World
Series berth.
NEW YORK (AP)-Willie
Randolph was hired by the New
York Mets to take over as man
ager.
A six-time All-Star who was a
coach with the New York
Yankees for the past 11 years,
Randolph replaces Art Howe,
fired at the end of the season.
Randolph met earlier in the day
with new general manager Omar
Minaya, who also had second
interviews with the other final
ists, Texas hitting coach Rudy
Jaramillo and former Houston
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and Anaheim manager Terry
Collins.
BASKETBALL
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)
-Despite being bothered by a
strained left hamstring, Shaquille
O'Neal was in the starting lineup
for the Miami Heat in their open
er against the New Jersey Nets.
O'Neal sat out practice for four
consecutive days after aggravat
ing the injury, which has ham
pered him throughout the pre
season. He estimated himself to
be about 70-75 percent of full
strength.
O'Neal scored 16 points in just
21 minutes in Miami's 100-77
victory.
NEW YORK (AP)-Detroit for
ward Antonio McDyess was
fined $5,000 by the NBA, a day
after being ejected for kicking a
basketball into the stands during
the Pistons' season-opening 87-
79 win over Houston.
FOOTBALL
DAVIE, Fla. (AP)-Miami
Dolphins linebacker Junior Seau
will miss the rest of the season
with a torn pectoral muscle that
will require surgery. The
Dolphins placed him on injured
reserve. Eddie Moore, a second
round draft pick in 2003, will
replace Seau and make his first
NFL start Sunday against
Arizona.
Seau, 35, planned to undergo
the first major operation of his
career Thursday in his home
town of San Diego. He has
missed only nine games in his
career.