Five years and two days ago, the Rangers were set to play the first Game Five in franchise history. That morning, this is what I wrote:
I’m generally not a superstitious person, but I’m very sports-superstitious. I was as a player, I am as a fan.
Given what’s at stake tonight, I’m not messing around.
This gets blown up into wallpaper today.
Tonight is what Steps One through Five were all about, starting with the trade of Mark Teixeira and the patience and untelevised grinding that followed.