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 September
11th, 2001 is that rare date in history when you can
point to an instant in time and say “that is when the world
changed.”
The
days and weeks that followed were spent figuring out how the
pieces of our
lives fit back together. Many things were inherently more
complicated, but much of the big picture became unbelievably
simple.
 Where
once stood a society of nuance, spin and endless shaving, there
was now clarity. We saw that our way of life could not be taken
for granted, and that all of us would be called upon to defend
it
And
we did.
 In
the uncertain days that followed our willingness to attend large
public gatherings said “we will not be afraid to stand
together.”
Rivalries
were thrown out, 
and every
game became a home game.
Sports
played a role in this paradigm shift because sports themselves
are based on simple truths:
play
hard, 
play fair, 
take one for the team, 
it
‘aint over till its over, 
and
no one – and we mean no one - comes into our house and kicks
us around.
These
simple fundamental truths have been rediscovered and embraced.
And now we know…
This
is our team…
these
are our team colors…
These
are our clutch performers…
This
is our home field…
And
so today kids still want autographs, Yankee fans still hate Red
Sox fans...
  and vice versa.
But
those who try to destroy us never understood that our rivalries
don’t tear us apart, they bring us together. And whether at
home or on the road, we do our best work in the late innings.
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