* Count 1: Assault with a deadly weapon, on Karim Garcia of the New York Yankees, by hitting him with a pitch, and it would have hit him in the head had he not ducked.
* Count 2: Conspiracy to commit murder, against Yankee Jorge Posada, by pointing to his head, as if to say, "You're next."
* Count 3: Felonious assault (and possibly attempted murder) on Yankee coach Don Zimmer, by grabbing a 72-year-old man by the head and throwing him to the ground.
In spite of this, he is not arrested. The felonies, after all, occurred at Fenway Park, not Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees beat the Red Sox, 3-2, with Roger Clemens outpitching Martinez, and take a 2-games-to-1 lead in the ALCS. That's right: A little over 13 years after becoming the most recent MLB player to be thrown out of a postseason game, Clemens was the one who kept his cool.
The Yankees beat the Red Sox, 3-2, with Roger Clemens outpitching Martinez, and take a 2-games-to-1 lead in the ALCS. That's right: A little over 13 years after becoming the most recent MLB player to be thrown out of a postseason game, Clemens was the one who kept his cool.
The New York Post, in one of the rare instances in which I agree with it, labeled Pedro the Fenway Punk. Ever since, he has been the opposing athlete I have loathed the most. Which is why my favorite home run of all time is no longer the one that Aaron Boone hit 5 days later, but the one Hideki Matsui hit off Pedro to clinch the 2009 World Series -- which turned out to be Pedro's last game in the major leagues.
This was the day that Yankee Fans finally went beyond mere posturing, and began to hate the Red Sox and their fans as much as Sox fans hate the Yankees and their fans. This was the day the idea of the Mets' being Yankee Fans' team "they love to hate" went out the window. The Red Sox became, as they would say in English soccer, "The Scum."
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October 11, 2003 was a Saturday. On the same day, the Chicago Cubs beat the Florida Marlins, 8-3 at Pro Player (now Hard Rock) Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, and take a 3-games-to-1 lead in the NLCS. Just 1 more win, and the Cubs will have their 1st Pennant in 58 years. But they needed another 13 years to get that 1 more NLCS win.
The NBA season didn't begin until October 28. There were 11 games played in the NHL:
* The New York Rangers lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-0 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
* The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres, 6-0 at the HSBC Arena (now the KeyBank Center) in Buffalo.
* The New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-1 at the RBC Center (now the Lenovo Center) in Raleigh.
* The Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins played to a tie, 3-3 at the Wachovia Center (now the Xfinity Mobile Arena) in Philadelphia.
* The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals, 4-3 at the MCI Center (now the Capital One Arena) in Washington.
* The Boston Bruins and the Florida Panthers played to a tie, 1-1 at the Office Depot Center (now the Amerant Bank Arena) in the Miami suburb of Sunrise, Florida.
* The Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators, 3-1 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center (now the Bridgestone Arena) in Nashville.
* In an "Original Six" matchup, and in the opener of CBC's broadcast of Hockey Night In Canada, the Montreal Canadiens beat their arch-rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-0 at the Air Canada Centre (now the Scotiabank Arena) in Toronto.
* The Detroit Red Wings beat the Ottawa Senators, 3-2 at the Corel Centre (now the Canadian Tire Centre) in Ottawa.
* The Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks, 3-2 at the Saddledome in Calgary.
* And in the nightcap of Hockey Night In Canada, the Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers, 3-0 at General Motors Place (now the Rogers Arena) in Vancouver.
And there were college football games played, including the following:
* The night before, in a rare matchup when both halves of the "Little Brown Jug" rivalry were ranked, Number 20 Michigan beat Number 17 Minnesota, 38-35 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
* Number 1 Oklahoma beat Number 11 Texas, 65-13 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
* Number 2 Miami beat Number 5 Florida State, 22-14 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They had a rematch in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day, and Miami won again.
* Number 3 Ohio State were upset by Number 23 Wisconsin, 17-10 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Ohio State would beat Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl.
* Number 4 Virginia Tech beat Syracuse, 51-7 at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.
* Number 6 Louisiana State were upset by Florida, 19-7 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU would rise to Number 2, and beat Number 3 Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl.
* Number 7 Arkansas were upset by Auburn, 10-3 at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
* Number 8 Georgia beat Number 13 Tennessee, 41-14 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee.
* Number 9 Southern California beat Stanford, 44-21 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC would rise to Number 1, and beat then-Number 4 Michigan in the Rose Bowl, to win the National Championship.
* Number 10 Nebraska were upset by Missouri, 41-24 at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.
* Notre Dame upset Number 15 Pittsburgh, 20-14 at Heinz Field (now Acrisure Stadium) in Pittsburgh.
* Navy beat Vanderbilt, 37-27 at Vanderbilt Stadium (now First Bank Stadium) in Nashville. But Army lost to Louisville, 34-10 at Michie Stadium in West Point, New York.
* And Rutgers lost to West Virginia, 34-19 at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia.
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