The Captain's Blog

The 2004 Yankees are no longer the last team in the three major American sports to lose a playoff series after being up 3 games to 0. That ignominious honor has now been passed to the Boston Bruins. What’s worse, not only did the Bruins blow a 3-0 series lead to the Flyers, but they also let a 3-0 lead in game 7 slip through their fingers. At least the Yankees had the decency to not offer any false hope in their game 7. Even though the sting of 2004 has mostly been extinguished by the Yankees championship in 2009, it still is nice to pass the baton, especially to a team from Beantown. So, while sports fans across the Hub lament their newly acquired infamy, don’t feel too bad. After all, no city appreciates a good collapse more than Boston.