The Beat Goes On
Is there anyone in America, other than naive Red Sox fans (and maybe some family members in Korea), who didn't know that reliever Byung-Hyun Kim was going to end up costing the Red Sox the game the moment he stepped on the mound last night? Although Kim didn't technically lose the game he did blow a 4-3 lead in the ninth inning by walking one and beaning another, which lead to the A's tying the score and eventually winning the game in the 12th.
I don't know much Korean but I'm pretty sure that Byung-Hyun Kim translates roughly as "he who chokes". If his Diamondback teammates had not rallied and won games six and seven in the 2001 World Series, Kim would be known as the Bill Buckner of Arizona, after he blew saves against the Yanks in games four and five.
The Red Sox already have history (1918 was a long long time ago) against them. Do they really need to court any more bad karma by counting on Kim?
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