Looking back, I can’t believe I survived that series. I lived it, reading everything I could find, listening to Mike and the Maddog, and on SOSH non stop. Never would have made it without the camaraderie on this site.
Game 5 almost broke me. When Jeter hit the bases clearing bloop double I shut off the TV and did a 100% childlike tantrum. I lay on my stomach in bed, face buried in my forearms-not quite crying but broken. My wife kept watching and came to get me as Mike Myers Kd Matsui. (Another underrated moment-Pedro dusting Matsui who’d been red hot, and barely a peep the rest of the series)
The two most excruciating moments were the Wakefield inning…and Foulke on fumes Vs Tony Clark the next day.
I was SURE Foulke was getting squeezed—but I’ve watched since and the 3 balls were indeed balls. His fastball was about 84mph—it felt like torture—on my knees. God knows what would’ve happened to me if Clarke hit one out.
That swing and miss, and Foulke laughing about “making it interesting “ made me tear up with relief. How do they do it, perform in such pressure. Game 7 I watched at the Riv-too stressful to stay home. Got there early to sit at the bar and got drunk. What a night. Oh yeah, cause someone asked, Smashing Pumpkins video of Game 7:
View: https://youtu.be/7vIYH5mIKAM?si=tCJyo6X-gcrluwRW