Damn.
Well, the Curse of the Bambino has been broken.

There's not much to say about that, really, other than to acknowledge that the Boston Red Sox, through three games, discovered that while the regular season Yankees may have been, Pedro's Daddy, the Sox were the Redbirds' daddy. Congratulations.

It's worth noting, however, that I don't really expect Boston to exist tomorrow.

After they swept the Angels, the Red Sox Nation gently rioted in the Fenway and the Riverway areas. After coming back to defeat the Yankees a week ago, the Red Sox Nation attempted to scale the green monster, set fires, assaulted police officers, and tacitly participated in the death of an innocent bystander trapped in the traffic.

Can you imagine what they'll do tonight? I'm glad, as a sometimes Cardinals fan, that the Cards lost it in St. Louis. I don't have a lot of faith that many people would have been left surviving what would surely have become a nuclear wasteland if the Sox had beaten the Cardinals in Boston.

A side note: Anthony LaRussa, as a manager, now has a career World Series record of 5-13. It seems that he has a hard time getting his teams up for the big games.

Another side note: Scott Rolen, the most-of-the-season RBI leader in baseball, went 0 for 15 in the World Series. I'd wager a few bucks that the first note is the cause of the second note.

Again, Congratulations to the Red Sox. You've earned it. Now, if only Terry Francona would join the Giants' staff...