2004 World Series

All right, uh, we'll be back in just a moment.

A lot happened yesterday in baseball.

Uh, controversy, maybe Aaron Boone's last game as the Yankees manager.

A lot, uh, on the way.

... how they're the best fans in the world, and about how he should be the manager, not Boone.

Yes.

Everyone in that stadium is just a, just has the highest opinion of their baseball knowledge.

Speaking of Aaron Boone.

He's wearing a Michigan jersey.

But Rays jersey, he wears the Red Sox 2004 World Series hat every time the Yankees put the Red Sox around here.

And on the Friday before Jets and Lions, he happens to wear his 800s.

He's been at my house wearing other Michigan jerseys.

Where did they send you, Tim, when you were covering the Red Sox? Where did you fly into?

Oh, that was me and Doug on the same flight, 2004 World Series.

We flew into Manchester, New Hampshire.

And when the Rams were playing the Eagles in the NFC Championship game, and we were going up to Philadelphia, even though the game was here, to get some pregame sights and sounds, Andy Reid press conference, Donovan McNabb, they flew me into Baltimore and then drove up to Philadelphia.

And that was in the salad days of local television.

Because the flight was $8 cheaper.

Now you'd fly to Pawtucket, grab a train to Baltimore, and then hitch a ride.

That's right.

Yeah.

What team did the Red Sox beat in the 2004 World Series to break the curse of the Bambino?

Kenny saw this team play on Friday, the Cardinals.

St. Louis, ding, ding, ding.

So it's not like this is some unprecedented event.

It just makes this whole thing so much more complicated, right? And then once you get through the complications, you have to ask yourself, are the complications worth it to get Brayden Ward on this team? Don't get me wrong, having the kind of speed that Braden Ward provides, especially in a three-game set, in my opinion, is incredibly valuable, right? You probably don't win the 2004 World Series without Dave Roberts being on your roster.

Quentin Barry, I still probably think he would win the World Series in 2013 without him, but he stole three bags on the way to your 2013 title during the postseason.

Speed helps a lot, especially in late and close games.

I had the good fortune of being part of, uh, A Night with Orv.

Uh, if you don't know Orv Franchuk, he was the manager of the Edmonton Capitals, and, uh, he was a member of the 20 or 2004 World Series team with the Red Sox.

Uh, worked for the Dodgers, obviously was part of the Trappers way back in the day.

And, uh, so Al Coates was there.