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...their pockets to leave New York on a three-game win streak. On Wednesday and Thursday in the Bronx they had conjured pinstripe sorcery on successive, sensational evenings to snatch extra inning victories in games that the Diamondbacks were within an out of claiming. On Wednesday, Tino Martinez hit a two-run homer in the 9th with two out to tie it, and Derek Jeter won it in the 10th with as cheap a homer as you can hit in Babe?s Place. The improbable wins filled Yankee Stadium and this whole grieving city with an innocent, silly joyousness that...
...retired with none. Hate Mariano Rivera’s sub-1.00 postseason ERA. Hate The Curse. Hate Tim McCarver’s obvious broadcasting bias. Hate how the sportscasters fawn over what class acts the Yankees are—as if Seattle’s John Olerud and Edgar Martinez ran around strangling cats in their spare time...
Another facilitator for the hijackers may have been Luis Martinez Flores. Last week Flores' name appeared on the list that the U.S. government sent to banks inquiring about 21 "suspects." Two addresses for Flores on the bank alert match addresses on the driver's licenses for four of the hijackers, although they likely never lived there...
...teams—across the board—been this futile. The Red Sox are the laughing stock of Major League Baseball. The entire team is in disarray. Jimy Williams is already gone, and Dan Duquette, John Harrington, Carl Everett and perhaps Joe Kerrigan are soon to follow. Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra have expressed their disgust with the team in recent days, only adding fuel to an already out-of-control fire...
...Martinez was about to scare all Red Sox fans by announcing his season was over...