My poor father never lived to see this happen. I sometimes wondered if I would ever see the day myself, but it finally happened.

THE RED SOX ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Of course, the NY Daily News felt it had to chime in with "See You Next Year!", plus a dig that the 'curse' was lifted just for this year. I mean can you really be such a sore loser? The Sox shoved the Yankees' face in the dirt, get over it. :-)

Let's see how much Steinbrenner will shell out next season for another group of overpaid stars who fold in the final stretch.