The Curse of the Red Sox

I don’t know about you but was it really surprising to see the Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the 2nd time in 4 years? I’m not questioning if whether or not they are the best team because, clearly, they proved otherwise but…just one week ago, this team was down 3-1 to the Cleveland Indians and was seemingly on the brink of elimination only to make another miraculous comeback a’ la 2004.

In retrospect, I feel that really there is no comparison between the two when considering the magnitude of what took place in ‘04. NO team in MLB history had ever come back from 0-3 and for the Red Sox to not only make history, but also do it against the New York Yankees, of all teams, made things bittersweet to say the least.

I’ll admit, the way things were shaping up, I expected to see another Sox/Yanks match up for the ALCS…but once Cleveland took a 3-1 lead, I couldn’t of been any happier. Call it foolish pride but, plain and simple, the curse of Cleveland reared its ugly head and once again the city was left scratching its head wondering, “why us?”

The same could be said for the city of Colorado after last night’s series ending sweep. Nothing hurts more than to see another team celebrate a championship on YOUR home field and whatever “Rocktober” magic that led this team to winning 21 of their last 22 to advance to the World Series is merely an afterthought because it disappeared when they needed it most. I’m not one for moral victories but the Red Sox were just the better team, as much as it pains me to say it. Nobody ever predicted the Colorado Rockies to make it as far as they did nor the way they did but this team has a bright future ahead of them so I’m sure they’ll be back in years to come, For now the commissioner’s trophy resides in Boston and who knows, the way things are going, may also be home to the Vince Lombardi, Larry O’ Brien, and BCS National Championship trophies as well.