The Forgotten Game, Red Sox & Yankees, 2004 Game 5 ALCS by John Vampatella

Author, John Vampatella shares the story of the pivotal Game 5
ALCS  Yankees & Red Sox
 John delivers excitement, entertainment and tension as he
walks us through this story



UPDATE - The Forgotten Game is  NOW more
relevant than ever as Yankees and Redsox will fight in the 2021
American League Wild Card game.


The beginning of a baseball Red Sox fan entering the
cathedral of Fenway

 2004 ALCS - Yankees have won the first 3 games &
Red Sox chances look bleak

Grueling long playoff games that go long into the night 

 Jorge Posada & Jason Varitek, great athletes.
catchers with stamina lasting 14 innings

 2003, Red Sox, Grady Little's decisions and a declining
Pedro Martinez 

 2004, Terry Francona holds with Pedro Martinez in 2004
ALCS game 5

 Analytics vs. Gut - When do you pull a pitcher and
bring in the bullpen

 Tampa Bay, Blake Snell, Kevin Cash, Analytics and a
World Series

 13th inning Tim Wakefield delivers the high powered no
spin knuckleball to his catcher  

 Francona decides do I bring in Mirabelli or keep in
Varitek

 Hall of Famers players from that game, Derek Jeter,
Pedro Martinez, Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina.

 Other elite talent  in that game, A-Rod, Gary
Sheffield, Manny Ramirez, Curt Schilling

 Today's top talent: Chris Sale, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael
Devers, Bobby Dalbec



BaseballBiz heartily recommends reading "The Forgotten Game". It
is an exciting and informative view of that very special game.
which can be found at the author's website, 
www.johnvampatella.com and on Amazon.
Thanks to John and Hannah for making this interview
possible. 
 
Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music "Rocking Forward"
A BaseballBiz On Deck production