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That homerun was the Red Sox fan equivalent of the JFK assassination. I know exactly where I was, who I was with, even what we were saying when Bucky hit the luckiest shot of his entire career. I will never forget it.
Posted by: Mike | May 19, 2004 08:11 AM
It is 8:09 AM and you put this up? You just made me spit coffee on my computer and ruined my day. Thanks a freaking lot. Bucky Freaking Dent.
Was this needed? Is this to make up for the bad haircut? Why? Why? Why?
Great, now I am just ranting. Argh!
Posted by: Rob M | May 19, 2004 08:11 AM
How dare you sully the image of a gem thrown by an aging superstar with that profane image of a hacker's lucky shot?
Posted by: Pietro | May 19, 2004 08:19 AM
Ever notice how Roy White was in the middle of every big rally during the run from '76 to '78?
That's why it's great seeing him coaching first base again.
Just my .02.
Posted by: Ed | May 19, 2004 08:23 AM
hehe...Bucky "fing" Dent.
Posted by: Drew | May 19, 2004 08:36 AM
Blasphemer! A perfect game beats any home run.
But if we are going to count home runs, you can't top this one.
Posted by: Ken Summers | May 19, 2004 08:44 AM
Sorry. I should have provided the background for the benefit of the less enlightened heathen in the readership.
Posted by: Ken Summers | May 19, 2004 08:47 AM
Gotta love the perfection of a corked bat. :)
Posted by: Edw | May 19, 2004 09:06 AM
Urban legend. Myth.
LIE! It's never been proved!
Posted by: michele | May 19, 2004 09:09 AM
Why do I keep coming back to this damn site?
It's like getting kicked in the groin every couple of weeks.
BFD.
Posted by: Enrak | May 19, 2004 09:17 AM
Everyone knows that Mike Torrez was an embedded Yankee on the Sox pitching staff.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/torremi01.shtml
He was probably still wearing pinstripes under his jersey when he lobbed that gopher ball to the plate.
Posted by: bostonirish | May 19, 2004 09:30 AM
Better than Chambliss in the '76 ALCS?
Posted by: Tom | May 19, 2004 09:32 AM
Actually, the Yanks' rally in the top of the ninth in Game 5 of the 1977 ALCS in Kansas City was probably a more imprsssive feat than either Chambliss' or Dent's home run. But while they had a good rivalry going for a decade with the Royals, nothing tops giving the Red Sox another Wile E. Coyote moment for their memory banks.
Posted by: John | May 19, 2004 09:43 AM
Arrrrrrrgh!
I was sitting in a bar called "Who's On First" (on 1st street in Mineola, NY) with a bunch of freakin' yankee fans and $200 bucks on the Sox to win. It was the worst day of my life...that is until some squirt named "Mookie" came a long.
Posted by: spd rdr | May 19, 2004 09:44 AM
It's pretty sad that Yankees fans' favorite moment is the hurt of another team.
Nothing to do with Ruth or DiMaggio. Not Gehrig's farewell, or Larsen's or Cone's or Wells's perfect games.
NESN commercials show the Red Sox winning. YES commericals show the Red Sox losing. 26-5, and still not comfortable with ourselves? :)
Posted by: Steve Brady | May 19, 2004 10:01 AM
Beautiful! A truly great day in the world of sports. Plus, it was great watching Yaz pop up to Nettles to end the game.
Posted by: Hondo | May 19, 2004 10:02 AM
Beautiful: Josh Beckett's pitching gem in game 6 of the World Series last year. The Evil Empire (a team with more than 4x's the Fish's salary) was vanquished.
"Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face-down on the ground. " -1 Samuel 17:49
Posted by: Zoloft | May 19, 2004 10:06 AM
This may be slightly off topic, but I cannot believe you took down the radio! That was the coolest thing ever. (P.S. to Dorkafork..."one thing or another" is not grounds for a lawsuit. The RIAA hasn't even begun to wrap its pea-size collective brain around the true size of the MP3 phenomenon yet, so how the heck are they going to go after the radioblog people?)
Posted by: Thief | May 19, 2004 10:26 AM
Steve Brady: It's not the giddiness at another team's misery; it's the giddiness at THAT other team's misery.
My favorite Yankee moments are every time a busted up Thurman Munson dragged himself out of the dugout and dared the rest of his team to quit.
/RIP, Capt.
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | May 19, 2004 10:48 AM
Gack!!!
Posted by: Doug Purdie | May 19, 2004 11:12 AM
Actually, as far as home runs go, Mazeroski's homer in the bottom of the 9th inning may be the best one ever. And yes, the Yankees being on the receiving end of a heartbreaker like makes it that much better.
Posted by: Tyler | May 19, 2004 11:18 AM
You got that right.
Well other than Popeye and Pedro last year.
Aaron EFFIN Boone's homer wasn't too shabby either.
Posted by: peat | May 19, 2004 11:21 AM
:)
That was back during my brief phase as a Yankee fan. I remember my boss letting me go early that afternoon, and I got into the bar just as Dent fouled the ball off his foot. The next pitch he hit into the screen.
Remember Pinella losing the ball in the sun, then making the last-second stab?
Posted by: Brainster | May 19, 2004 11:40 AM
Babe effin' Ruth.
Bucky effin' Dent.
Aaron Effin' Boone.
Frigging evil empire.
We Sox fans have become sadomasochists. I tried to warn others last year, but nnooooooo.....They took me along with them for another damn gut-wrenching, heart breaking trip down the baseball no-fun zone known as The Boston Red Sox...
Thanks for a ruining a perfect morning Michelle, preciate it...
Posted by: Tman | May 19, 2004 12:00 PM
How about this guy?
Posted by: Ryan | May 19, 2004 12:13 PM
Every time I think "man, that Michele is really a great person" you have to go and post a pro-Yankees, anti-Red Sox comment.
You're back in my doghouse, girly-girl.
Posted by: Cam | May 19, 2004 12:33 PM
Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
And BTW, thanks Michele for ruining my day.
Posted by: Brandon | May 19, 2004 12:33 PM
if you don't wreck a Fenway's Day, then step aside,
let the real mooks play...
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin | May 19, 2004 01:16 PM
Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for gravity. With $200 million to blow, a cocker spaniel could field a winner. Both the Earth and the Yankees Suck.
Posted by: Joe Jalbert | May 19, 2004 02:42 PM
I always thought the most beautiful thing in baseball was Morganna, the Kissing Bandit.
The ugliest thing in baseball is the Red Sox post-AllStar choke. Or Bob Eucker.
;)
=darwin
Posted by: Darwin | May 19, 2004 02:53 PM
Best moment in World Series history: If you guys had a time machine, you'd know it. 1926. The legend Grover Cleveland Alexander on the mound. Noted fatboy mercenary George Ruth on first. Two outs, bottom of ninth. Alexander throws. Fatboy tries to steal. He waddles and waddles and waddles. He's out! Cardinals win! Cardinals win!
Posted by: Arthur Dent | May 19, 2004 03:26 PM
Sorry, Michele, but the best moment in baseball history is still this one:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/kingdome/photo.asp?PhotoID=575
Posted by: Robb | May 19, 2004 03:34 PM
That is another great one, but I still say that this is it....
http://www.time.com/time/2003/worldseries/moments/
Posted by: Tyler | May 19, 2004 03:57 PM
Go Twins!!
Posted by: Jack Cluth | May 20, 2004 07:29 AM