Before taking on the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Curt Schilling was asked if he was worried about the mystique and aura of the most successful team in professional sports history.
Those are dancers in a nightclub," Schilling said. "Those are not things we concern ourselves with on the ball field."
The Diamondbacks, you might remember, beat the Yankees in seven games that year to win the world championship.
I'm not sure if Ron Miller is aware of Schilling's famous quote, but he talked about how West York was going up against "mystique and aura and magic and all that stuff" this week against Manheim Central. I asked a couple of his players how much of a concern that was for them going into the district title contest.
"I don't think about it," senior wide receiver Nate Jacobs said. "I'm just like 'Whatever.'"
Not as hilarious and poignant as Schilling's quote, but the sentiment is about the same. Junior quarterback Alex George said he feels the same way.
"They might be able to intimidate some other teams that they play during the regular season, but it's the district finals," George said. "We're not playing the 1990 Manheim Central or the 1992 Manheim Central. We're playing this team and I don't think anything that happened in the past really matters."
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