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A-Rod’s Slap

October 19, 2004

Alex Rodriguez wanted to end the Curse

of the Bambino. After the 2003 season,

he agreed to renegotiate his contract if

traded from the Rangers to the Red Sox.

While the deal got nixed, A-Rod still

helped the Sox that season. In the eighth

inning Game 6 of the ’04 ALCS, he

smacked the ball out of Bronson Arroyo’s

glove while running to first. Derek Jeter

scored on the play, cutting Boston’s lead

to one run, but the umps conferenced and

called interference on A-Rod. Boston won

the ALCS, and then the World Series.

This Tuck Rule

January 19, 2002

We really didn’t plan on this page being

so Boston-centric, but it proves our point

about luck (page 21). With the Raiders

up 13–10 in a divisional playoff game,

Oakland’s Charles Woodson seemingly

strip-sacked Tom Brady. The Raiders

recovered. Instant replay, however, showed

Brady tucking the ball, which made the

apparent fumble an incomplete pass.

New England kicked a field goal, scored in

OT, and went on to win Super Bowl XXXVI.

And thus began the Patriots’ dynasty—and

football’s tradition of technically correct,

but obviously wrong, calls.

Too Many Men

May 10, 1979

On paper, the great dynasties of

yesteryear look unstoppable. The

Canadiens won four straight Stanley

Cups from 1976 to ’79, but even

those teams needed a little luck.

Trailing 4–3 to the Bruins with less

than four minutes left in Game 7

of their semifinal series, Montreal

went on the power play after Boston’s

bench minor for too many men on the

ice. Guy Lafleur scored a one-timer on

the man-advantage, and then Montreal

won in OT. See, Boston? A-Rod giveth,

and Guy Lafleur taketh away.

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