Sox fans need to prepare for Empire overload

November 5, 9:52 AMBoston Red Sox ExaminerErnest Paicopolos

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The Babe Where He Belonged

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Get ready for the multi-media barrage. From now until next October, we will all be besieged with endless retrospectives of the 27 Yankee world championships. Prepare yourself for trips down Bronx Memory Lane, dredging up everyone who ever wore pinstripes from Babe Ruth to Ross Moschitto. 

It's going to be ugly.

And there is no middle ground here, folks. Spare me the talk of the "good guys" on the current roster like Jeter and Rivera. They are insufferable, their fans are insufferable—end of story.

Keep in mind that the Red Sox (and White Sox for that matter) were able to sweep their obviously inferior National League foes. Yet, despite spending half a billion dollars on free agents, the Evil Ones were taken to six games by the likes of Ben Francisco and Carlos Ruiz. Who? And, as far as I can tell, the Phillies had one pitcher worth the title—Cliff Lee.

So as you face the slobbering media overload—just remind yourself that we have twice as many rings this century. Oh, and everybody knows the Babe really liked us better.