Saturday, July 24, 2004:
A night earlier, Curt Schilling blew a 4-1 lead in the sixth inning at Fenway and the Red Sox fell 9.5 games behind the Yankees in the AL East.
Boston trailed New York 3-0 in the third inning when Jason Varitek decided enough was enough:
In the fourth the Sox pulled ahead 4-3, but the Yanks put up six runs in the sixth to take a 9-4 lead. Boston immediately cut it to 9-8 in the bottom half of the inning, then a two-run shot by Bill Mueller in the ninth off Mariano Rivera gave the Sox an 11-10 walk-off win:
Three months later, the Red Sox were World Series champions for the first time in 86 years. If Boston hadn't won that game, I'm guessing the greatest sports story of my lifetime (read that, I promise it's worth it) would never have happened.
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i remember this event taking place and my mom and dad talking about it. i cant believe that it was so significant! Anyway, thanks for this post. love it
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