Comments on: Aaron Boone and The Last Great Yankee Moment http://steinersports.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/aaron-boone-and-the-last-great-yankee-moment/ The official authority on sports collectibles Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jesse Mencow http://steinersports.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/aaron-boone-and-the-last-great-yankee-moment/#comment-249 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:56:48 +0000 http://blog.steinersports.com/?p=350#comment-249 Just like any other diehard fan, I remember exactly where I was when he hit that ball of Wake. In my best friend Ari’s living room. The ball went off his bat. I put my head down. Tears. Even his dog, Ty (named after Ty Law) was depressed. I walked outside and looked up at the stars and cursed the day of my birth. And Grady Little’s. And Jeter’s. And Matsui’s.
The great thing about sports, though, is that the next year the exact opposite can happen. He made me cry one year. Then I cried the next year. Those goddamned BoSox just love a great drama.

Perhaps what upsets me more about that game, to this day, is that he was never a good player. I wasn’t even nervous seeing him with a bat. My only condolence is the fact that he’s never played well again. Thank God.

]]> By: BigDaddy44 http://steinersports.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/aaron-boone-and-the-last-great-yankee-moment/#comment-248 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:40:49 +0000 http://blog.steinersports.com/?p=350#comment-248 Here’s one more question you could have asked him: “Aaron, do you know you have a special nickname in Boston?” I bet he knows what it is! Even though the Sox have won 2 championships since then, that nickname (and memory) remains.

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