(McCarver vs. Neon, high comedy.)

It's a momentous occasion and certainly merits an entire post dedicated to it. As a Boston sport fan, I've been treated to a string of post-worthy events over the past several years, but this is simply unprecedented. Are you ready for it? Brace yourselves...

I agree with something Tim McCarver said.

Let that sink in. The gravity of that statement is simply amazing. In fact, allow me to say it again, only slower this time.

I agree... with something... Tim McCarver... said.

I never thought I'd utter those words, but it's true. I've hated him for years because of his pro-anything Yankees and Cardinals viewpoint, but Tim "In my view, as good as the Yankees were in the first half of this game, that's how as bad they've been now" McCarver recently chastised Manny for packing it in in Boston, echoing the sentiments of many of us Sox fans that have watched ManRam absolutely tear the cover off the ball in LA. Rather than summarize his points, let's get it straight from the horse's (or ass') mouth:

It's extraordinary — the dichotomy between what he was in Boston and what he is in Los Angeles. I mean, talk about wearing out your welcome in a town, and it was a long welcome with the Red Sox. But some of the things he did were simply despicable, despicable — like not playing, refusing to play. Forgetting what knee to limp on. And now it's washed, it's gone.

Well put, Mr. McCarver. It won't help me stomach any of you and Buck's broadcasts during the Championship Series, but it's nice to know you got our backs.