2004 World Series, Game 1: Boston Red Sox 11, St. Louis Cardinals 9 The Red Sox tried to hand us the game. They really did. Tim Wakefield walks the bases loaded and the Sox commit four errors, including a muffed catch by Manny Ramirez in left field that let the Cardinals tie the game at 9-all. But in the eighth inning, Boston's Mark Bellhorn hit a two-run homer off Pesky's Pole in right field to win the game. Poor Julian Tavarez, broken hand and all, takes another loss for the Birds.
From Redbird Nation comes this glimpse into the psyche of a Red Sox fan:
A guy I know, big Sox fan, had been in phone contact all game with two of his friends back East. The first called him after the Sox made it 4-0 in the first and said, dead serious, "I think we're gonna sweep 'em." After the Cards tied it 7-7, his buddies called him from Fenway and said, just as seriously, "That's the series. We blew it." Hilarious.