The magnitude of it all

Funny when you fall behind. Today was my first day at my new assignment (English lecturer at the University of Houston) while demands continue in job number one, Department Chair of Arts & Humanities at Houston Community College. With all that, and quite without his knowledge, I have brought in SunDevil Joe to make sense of the last four warped, twisted, fabulous days (I'd say, the best since the Yanks beat the Sox 19-8 to go up three games to one . . . ah, never mind). SDJ's assessment:

It is difficult to properly digest/take in/comprehend what happened in those four infamous days. After all, it hadn't happened in some 50 years. However, the following (courtesy of DAN GRAZIANO AND BRENDAN PRUNTY Star-Ledger Staff )
heped me recap the salient moments of the massacre.

Five Key Moments in the Yankees-Red Sox series

1. Johnny Damon leads off Game 1 with a triple against Boston starter Jason Johnson. Damon would score moments later on a Derek Jeter single. The Red Sox never recovered, and neither did Johnson, who was designated for assignment between games of Friday's doubleheader.

2. Derek Jeter hits a two-out, three-run double against Boston reliever Mike Timlin in the top of the seventh inning of Friday's night game. The hit turned a 10-8 Boston lead into an 11-10 Yankees lead and an eventual win.

3. Jorge Posada drives in three runs with a two-out triple in the top of the sixth inning Saturday to blow the game open.

4. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh on Sunday night, and Boston leading 5-3, Scott Proctor strikes out Wily Mo Pena and gets Doug Mirabelli to fly out to right. The Yankees go on to tie and then score three in the 10th inning.

5. Bobby Abreu's one-out double in the top of the sixth inning against David Wells in the series finale breaks a scoreless tie. The Yankees go on to win 2-1 and sweep a five-game series at Fenway Park for the first time since September of 1943.

Couldn't agree more.