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...might think this disappointing start would dishearten me, but if you do you’ve probably never met a Sox fan before. At home for Easter, I was faithfully in front of the TV on Saturday night to watch Martinez dominate Toronto hitters for 7 2/3 innings, winning his first game since Game 5 of the ALDS against Oakland...
Then something funny happened on Sunday. The Sox game was on, yet the final round of The Masters simultaneously was taking place—wherein my favorite golfer, Phil Mickelson—was trying to win his first Major ever after a career of disappointments and top-three finishes without a win. As I flipped back and forth at every lull in the action of the Sox game or every time a golfer besides Mickelson was being shown, both Mickelson and the Sox faltered early as both Ernie Els and the Blue Jays took early leads...
...late in the afternoon, good things started to happen—the Sox crept back in the ninth to tie the score as Mickelson began to make a late charge on the back nine—tying Els at -8 with two holes left to play. As if we were in some kind of a parallel universe, both games mirrored each other; David Ortiz just missed a home run to end it in the ninth inning as Mickelson just missed a number of birdie opportunities early in the round. Then in the bottom of the 12th, Ortiz stepped...
...boldly predict that though the Sox faltered a little bit early this year, like Mickelson, they’ll make a late charge and finish with a similar improbable win in the seventh game of the World Series. The Sox stacked rotation of Martinez, Schilling, and Lowe bring the Sox to the brink, and Ortiz will mirror Mickelson’s late heroics with another Green Monster shot in the end. Everyone thought that Mickelson would never win the big one, and everyone thinks the Sox won’t be able to this year because of injuries, contract squabbles...
...exact reason for the change is debatable. While the Red Sox claim the move is due to a maintenance issue, the teams suspect that it is matter of funding. Most of all, though, the overwhelming feeling for the players and coaches involved is bitterness...