Jonah Keri reminds us of a painful moment in baseball history. (Thanks to Repoz for the link.) How about a pouring vinegar on a paper cut while you are it, bro?
Ah, late summer, ’94. I had just been kicked out of my dad’s apartment–or was just about to be kicked-out–and my one-year stint as a waiter was about to begin. I had spent the first six months of the year working on Ken Burns’ "Baseball" series (my first post-college job) which was the only thing about baseball that kept me going that summer–that, and oh yeah, a pretty swell season by our New York Yankees.
It was a drag for Yankee fans, yet the start of beautiful things to come. The Expos on the other hand…the vinegar still stings…