Sox fans can still enjoy the World Series

October 26, 1:40 PMBoston Red Sox ExaminerErnest Paicopolos

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The Fall Classic

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During the 2004 World Series "rolling rally", Manny Ramirez famously held up a sign stating eloquently, "Jeter Is Playing Golf Now, This Is Better".

Unfortunately, Yankee fans could deliver a similar jab at your vacationing Boston Red Sox today.  But take heart, Sox fans, there is actually still a rooting interest out there. Not for anything, but against the Empire.

Aside from the glorious Red Sox championships in 2004 and 2007, some of my most satisfying baseball memories surround the New York Yankees losing ignominiously in the Fall Classic. Consider Luis Gonzales rapping a single off Mariano Rivera and scoring Jay Bell to win the 2001 Series. And, who could forget the contributions of current Red Sox luminaries Josh Beckett, Alex Gonzalez and Mike Lowell as they dispatched the Empire on their own field in 2003? Call it Fall Classic schadenfreude.

Ah, sweet memories. So, stoke up the old HDTV on Wednesday night and watch Cliff Lee show the world who the better ex-Indian lefty is. Let's all watch the Pinstripe Posers lose their 14th World Series. Drink it in.