Remember when there was hope and excitement surrounding the Boston Red Sox?
Yes, even you Yankee fans.
I know we’ve been here before.
So why bother with yet another retelling of the 2004 Red Sox?
Because this one actually finds a way to make it feel brand new.
Its endless punches to the gut, even if you already know how it ends.
Absolute chaos, and its amazing.
They go in depth on the 2003 ALCS and Aaron Boone’s walk off.
I honestly forgot just how crushing that entire series and sequence was.
He gives his “take” on the situation and it’s about what you’d expect.
I won’t spoil it.
Episode 2 is all about the turning point.
It’s worth watching for this alone.
The final episode is a straight-up adrenaline shot to the heart.
Its everything you love about baseball, sports, and life itself packed into 60 minutes.
Its Dave Roberts steal, Bill Muellers clutch RBI, Ortizs back-to-back walk-offs, and Curt Schillings bloody sock.
Just until he could have proper surgery.
Watching the Yankees collapse game by game was another reminder.
I completely forgotjusthow over that series really was.
The Sox just kept punching, and New York was left standing there like theyd seen a ghost.
From there, the Red Sox roll into the World Series and steamroll the Cardinals in four games.
No drama, no stress- just a swift ass-kicking that ends 86 years of misery.
The doc doesnt just end on a high note.
It takes a moment to remember Tim Wakefield, who passed away in 2023.
The tribute is raw, emotional, and hits you right in the gut.
It was a brotherhood, and Wakefield was the heart and soul of it.
They dont make them like him anymore.
The Comebackis everything you want in a sports documentary.
Its a love letter to baseball, to Boston, and to a team that shocked the world.
I could listen to that guy talk for hours.
my boy Blackie’s bar, “Baseball Tavern” gets plenty of mentions and shout outs.
Again, the Grady Little interview is WILD.
Just put it this way, nothing has changed.
Schilling looked rough.
I have ZERO idea why scumbag Howard Bryant was involved in this and gave his opinion so much.
The Manny for A-Rod shit was crazy.
To this day I still cannot believe they traded Nomar.
It’s not fully clear, but did Terry Francona push Theo to trade Nomar?
I think they made the 2004 Sox pre-Nomar trade seem worse than they actually were.
The Yankees were scorching hot right out the gates.
Of course Joe Torre shrugged it off.
Pedro and Schilling both confirmed it.
If it wasn’t true they wouldn’t both randomly have had the same exact story.
I couldn’t believe they kept the comment from Millar to Francona about painkillers in this.
The fact Theo built this team based on camaraderie and not analytics says so much.
What happened to this way of thinking and why is it so foreign today?
Give this a watch if you haven’t.
