“Boston Still Sucks”

Just in case you were wondering how New York is responding to that Red Sox upset:

Nice Day to Watch

Yesterday was the annual New York City Marathon. Beautiful weather. Fun to watch the runners. I can’t believe I would ever be able to do such a thing in my lifetime, so these pictures will have to suffice. (I cheered them on, which felt participatory enough — to that point, WNBC TV interviewed a woman from New Jersey who was watching the marathon in person for the first time, inquiring about her strategy as if she were running!)

The Times’ coverage of the NYC Marathon is here (I think that’s a permalink, but I’m not sure). Some Times-ish color pieces, including this one, with a quote from a police officer at the finish line that sums it up for me:

As the runners crossed the line, often with pained expressions, one rather well-fed police officer looked on.

“Nice day to run,” it was mentioned to him.

“Nice day to watch,” he replied.

2090

After the Red Sox won, we noted that Yankees fans would have to ditch the “1918” chant. Yesterday I saw a suitable replacement: the Daily News sports headline had something along the lines of, “See you in 2090.” Twenty-Ninety has a ring to it . . .

Red Sox Win World Series

So I guess this means Yankees fans have to ditch that (charmingly) obnoxious “Nineteen Eighteen” chant . . . but on a more serious note, who let Jimmy Fallon on the field?

Yankees Choke

The Yankees’ unprecedented utter collapse calls for a quick scan of this dark day’s tabloid headlines.

The Daily News leads with, “The Choke’s On Us.” Subhead is “Worst Postseason Collapse in Baseball History; Bronx Nightmare Sends Sox to Series.”

The Post‘s front page blares, “Damned Yankees” (subhead: “Feeble Yankees Complete Collapse, Bow to Hated Bosox in ACLS”). Its sports back page also uses the choke meme — this time, “What a Choke” with the subhead, “Sox Reverse Curse with Game 7 Win.”

If I get a chance, maybe I’ll take a picture of the papers and add it to the Defeat page, where it can shine next to those devastating 2001 World Series headlines.