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Congrats to the Red Sox.... I may be a New Yorker, I have to give credit where credit is due: that was one hell of a comeback. I was truly convinced that Game 7 was just to get their hopes up. Even when we were down 6 runs, I wasn't worried. After all, God loves the Patriots and hates the Red Sox. More importantly, God likes to torture Red Sox fans, and a sweep would have been too painless. (Exhibit A: The woman at the bar crying into her phone around the 5th or 6th inning about how she was “waiting her whole life for this this.”) Personally, I thought there would be some standard Yankee heroics at the end of the game. And of course, it's not Jeter or A-Rod or another superstar but someone like Aaron Boone who wins it for them. I was convinced Luis Sojo was going to come out of retirement to pinch-hit or something. It would have been appropriate. Mowabb points out an interesting fact: If Houston wins tonight, the World Series, much like our Presidential election, will be a showdown...
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