. >> you would have turned out to be steve barton. >> oh, my god. >> barnicle tells the story in 2003t it seemed like the final blow, mike, when you looked and you saw that you had destroyed your son. >> i've told you the story. we're all there, 2003, game seven. yankee stadium. tim russert is there with us. my then 10-year-old son, timmy, is seated by me, next to me. and aaron boone hits the home run. the game is over. the season is over. get the storm windows over. maybe life is over. >> life is over at that point. >> this is just torture. >> they'll never win. >> collin barnicle, who was then 18, tugs my sleeve. the crowd has erupted in euphoria at yankee stadium. and he tugs my sleeve and says to me, dad, you better take care of tim. and i look down at 10-year-old timmy and he was slumped in his seat, tears as big as manhole covers coming out of his eyes. and i literally said out loud to myself, what have i done? what have i done? >> the series before that was the a's series, and we're sitting there and it's down to the last inning. and i look, and i -- >> there's the world series