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djtestudo · 03-11-2005, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dylanmarsh

Believe it, Rookie!

The Sox have taken everything from the Yankees in the past year and now it's time to complete the circle of death for Joe Torre's boys and take the division.

I feel a curse forming and it ain't with the Red Sox this time. 20, 30, 86 years from now, Yankee fans will point to Aaron Boone ripping up his knee as the exact moment the Yankee aura was destroyed and a dark cloud formed over the Bronx.

I posted this on an Orioles forum and think you all might appreciate it. Won a Larry Bigbie autographed baseball card for my trouble

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Yankee Win Ends Century of Loss

New York Times - November 5, 2099

NEW YORK-The New York Yankees overcame a century of futility last night, defeating the Las Vegas Expos 3-1 to win Game Six, and the World Series four games to two.

Kacy Clemens III gave up one run over seven innings to earn the win, ending a steller rookie season where he won 22 games, the first Yankee to win more then 20 in one season since his great-grandfather Roger Clemens.

All of the Yankees' runs were scored on a three-run home run by Steve Giambi, who had a Yankees-record 65 home runs during the regular season, and added five in 15 playoff games.

This victory broke once and for all the now-famous "Curse of the Moose", named for pitcher Mike Mussina, who signed with the Yankees as a free agent after the fanchise won the 2000 World Series, and who's penchent for failing in important games set the stage for a century of futility by the Yankees franchise.

Mussina came from the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent, considered one of the best pitchers in the game. However, he never lived up to his promise he showed with the Orioles, never winning twenty games in a season or winning a critical playoff game.

After Mussina, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, great-grandfather of current owner Marcus Steinbrenner, tried in vain to sign stars to regain his past success, neglecting his farm system in the process.

This came to a head in 2007 when the Yankees collapsed to a dead-last finish. That was only the beginning, as the Yankees spent billions over the next century trying to buy the talent they needed to win.

Only the arrival of the younger Steinbrenner ten years ago, along with his plan for development of the farm system, saved the franchise. The drafting of Clemens in the fifth-round three years ago, and his meteoric rise through the minors is just the most recent of successes that include Giambi and third-baseman Glenn Henson, the American League leader in RBI, thirteenth and fifteenth round picks respectively in 2092.

The Yankees have few needs going into the offseason, which they plan to try and fill from within the system now rated the best of all forty franchises in Major League Baseball.

The Yankees will begin their championship defense March 28 in Havana, Cuba, against the Rebeldes, whom they defeated in the ALCS this season and is generally considered the main competition to the Yankees in 2100.