Ready for Game 8

[GabysPoppy]

This is it. Winner takes all. Unless the Yankees win and force a Game 9. In which case the winner of that game goes to the World Series. Unless the Red Sox lose that game, too, thereby forcing a Game 10. Should the Yankees win, they'd move on to Game 11, giving Boston yet another chance.

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"There's no curse," said Epstein, as he accompanied a Jamaican high priestess, Yocasta LaPierre, while she sprinkled chicken blood around home plate.

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Another change that will take place during the game is the removal of second and third base when the Red Sox are batting. "We've noticed that second and third bases are troublesome for the Red Sox, especially later in the game," said Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball. With the removal of the two bases, according to a diagram released by the commissioner's office, Sox baserunners would be allowed to proceed from first base directly to home plate.

Selig said he would address the new "blindfold" rule for the Yankee hitters in the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 spots in the lineup at a later date.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/18/opinion/18KENN.html