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Major League Baseball - "Anybody but the Yankees!"
"Anybody but the Yankees!"
Written by DeROK
Sunday, 29 February 2004
As long as the Yankees don't walk away with the World Series, I'll be happy.
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It's not a good attitude to have when a team I like, such as the Red Sox, has the potential to win the World Series, but in all honesty, it's the way I feel. Looking at the two teams on paper, I'd have no problem picking the Sox to not only win the AL East, but the whole American League. Sure, the Yankees added A-Rod, and Shef, and Kevin Brown. But do you really think the Yanks pitching staff can out-duel Pedro, Schilling, and Wakefield? Neither do I. That's why I'm expecting something completely inexplicable of Bucker and Gradyesque proportions to somehow ruin the Red Sox season. Think this is just a lame attempt at jinxing "The Curse"? Forget about it. How many times has this finally been "the year"? And how many of those times have things collapsed? Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see things turn around. I'm just not expecting it. There's too many people producing too much hype. Hey, don't take my word for it. This is only my opinion. I just don't think tthere's any chance that the Red Sox are getting out of this season without getting completely screwed over by the whole A-Rod thing. Knowing their history, it's hard to believe that the botched trade isn't going to come back to haunt them at least once. This season has the possibility to bring the Red Sox misery to an epic proportion. We're talking about the Red Sox here. Is there any way they escape that fate? Don't believe me if you don't want to. I certainly don't claim to be an expert. I just see the Red Sox finally winning it all sort of like the Patriots did. With a bunch of rag-tag misfits when nobody is looking for it. That's the way it should be. But until then, let's hope the title goes to anybody but the Yankees.
