As yet another final hurrah, my friend Hal and I and our two fathers attended the last of a three game series between the division-leading, World Series Champions, and all-round excellent Boston Red Sox and the Evil Empire (aka NY Yankees). It was a beautiful day, we had a fine tailgate in the parking lot outside Yankee Stadium, and then the pitching duel began… Tim Wakefield worried us for a moment when he let up a solo homer in the first inning, but the knuckle-baller then proceeded to strike-out a career high 12 batters over the course of the rest of the game and held the Yankee sluggers scoreless for the remainder of the game. Sadly, despite a promising article I read in that day’s newspaper about a disappointing season for Yankees pitcher, Randy Johnson, the Big Unit was in the zone. He held our beloved Sox scoreless through seven solid innings. The game got exciting as the Sox rallied in the 8th and 9th innings, but alas it came to naught and I was forced to endure many a taunting by (misguided) Yankee fans. Still the Sox hold a 3-game lead over the Yankees in the AL-East. Go Sox!
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