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January 12, 2008
Lucchino Dances In New Century's Good Fortune
From the Courant -
Larry Lucchino is all Boston nowadays, but he's still a Yale man. His alma mater was one of several stops Lucchino made Friday in Connecticut, his two Red Sox World Series trophies in tow.
In the 21st century, it is the Red Sox with more World Series titles than the Yankees, or any other team. The Red Sox won their second title in four years in October. That brought another World Series trophy tour to Connecticut, another chance to celebrate beating the Yankees in their own backyard.
"I've heard that historically there's been some division," Lucchino said after the trophies graced the offices of Gov. (and Yankees fan) M. Jodi Rell. "We're trying to eradicate that, too. We don't think we'll ever be the sole popular baseball team in Connecticut, but the last time we looked, as I said to the governor, Connecticut was a key part of New England and the Red Sox are New England's baseball team.
"We know Connecticut is an area of divided loyalties and we want to plant our flag more deeply here and propagate the faith."
"I thought it would be a little bit different," Lucchino said. "But the trophy itself brings out the same degree of reverence that the first one has. When you put the two together, it's quite a visual reminder of the new century."
Part of me wants to tell Lucchino where to stick his flag. But, the other part of me says "To the victor belong the spoils - not much the Yankees and their fans, can do about this now."
It's funny what a ring can do. Yes, 2004 was wonderful for Boston - and ditto on 2007. But, 2005 and 2006 were disasters for the Red Sox - and, because of the bookend rings, no one wants to remember the ugly inside of the cookie (meaning 2005 and 2006).
In 2005, the (first place) Red Sox lost 12 of 18 games from June 27th to July 18th and tanked their hold on first (allowing the Yankees to tie them in the end). And, in 2006, the Red Sox lost 21 games in August (and went 8-21 on the month). Those 21 losses tied the all-time record for losses in a month by a team that started the month in first place. (Boston held a one-game lead over New York at the end of July 2006.)
So, I guess, in the hand of "ring, choke, choke, ring" it's the two-of-a-kind rings that trump the two-of-a-kind chokes, when you lay your cards on the table. Or, at least that's how it works for Larry.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at January 12, 2008 10:01 AM
Comments
If that shit makes you feel better Lombardi, then good for you. Keep dreaming of #27 - I'm betting sometime after 2010, when the count this millenium is 4-0.
Posted by: DanTheRedSoxMan ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 12, 2008 01:25 PM
Funny, Dan, it doesn't look like poop to me - just facts.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at January 12, 2008 02:53 PM
Um, not sure how much this matters, but in 2007, the bosox struggled down the stretch, and were damn lucky to have not lost the division. They were like the mets at the end.
However, they peaked and got hot playoff time, which seems to be their new thing. Their winning streak in the playoffs, was longer then any winning streak period that they had had during the regular season.
They are a bad team towards the end of the season, but they pick it up a notch and streak during the post-season (at least from what I see).
Posted by: Sonny M at January 12, 2008 03:00 PM
If the Yankees had beaten the Indians, and they probably would have but for the swarm, I think they would have beaten the Sox.
But the Sox won, so they can say what they want.
OTOH, why some of their fans feel the need to post junk on a Yankee blog is beyond me.
Posted by: Rich at January 12, 2008 03:28 PM
Cause Yankee fans post junk on their blogs too. It's like going to Fenway with a Yankee hat on.
Posted by: Garcia at January 12, 2008 09:46 PM
Never have, never would. I even turned down an invitation to join SoSH. As if.
Posted by: Rich at January 14, 2008 06:27 AM