As most of you know, on Wednesday the Red Sox stunned the Yankees, winning Game 7 of the American League Championship Series in New York after being down 3 games to 0. Curt Schilling, the Red Sox pitcher who pitched in Game 6 with an injured right ankle, appeared on The Late Show With David Letterman to present the Top Ten Secrets To The Boston Red Sox Comeback:
10. Unlike the first three games, we didn’t leave early to beat the traffic.
9. We put flu virus in Jeter’s gatorade.
8. Let’s just say Pete Rose made some phone calls for us.
7. We asked Pokey Reese to be a little less pokey.
6. It’s not like we haven’t won a big game before–it’s just been 86 years.
5. Honestly, I think we were tired of hearing about the Patriots.
4. The messages of encouragement Martha sent on prison napkins.
3. We pretended the baseball was Letterman’s head.
2. What’d you expect–we have a guy who looks like Jesus!
1. We got Babe Ruth’s ghost a hooker and now everything’s cool.
