Let's go Red Sox !

[willywhit]

Let's hear it for another kick ass post season !

[Mike T]

Let's hear it for another kick ass post season !

Right on! Let's Go Red Sox!

(Just so long as it doesn't jinx Bachelor's season again :rolleyes: )

[NMU Alpine Boarder]

:nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:

I'm guessing I'll be out numbered about 50:1 in here, but I got to stand my ground....

SouthSide Born, Southside Bred....

Let's Go White Sox ** Clap, Clap, Clap-Clap-Clap **
Let's Go White Sox ** Clap, Clap, Clap-Clap-Clap **
Let's Go White Sox ** Clap, Clap, Clap-Clap-Clap **

[jdgang]

I want the corporate machine to go all the way......If you cant draft good players you might as well buy them.

Let's go Yankees!!!!!!

[Baron]

Right on NMU. Southside born and bred also. My brother and I would walk 3 miles to the games and sneak into Comisky when we were kids.

So now it is 50-2

[ncermak]

go sox...'nuf said

[Jack Michaud]

www.yankeessuck.com

[mirror70]

You're not embarrassed to be rooting for a team which celebrates being the first loser?

WOOHOO! WE "WON" SECOND PLACE! YEAH! O-DOYLE RULEZ!!!

[Jack Michaud]

sheesh Mirror, Beckman's curmudgeonry really rubbed off on you, eh?

[mirror70]

I was born in NY, where we don't redefine "winning" when we keep losing.

[Jack Michaud]

heh, well, nobody knows better than a NY fan that winning the division is meaningless. ;)

[willywhit]

One of the best parts of yesterday's game was the shot of curt schilling in the dugout just shaking his head and laughing right after manny's 3 run homer as manny looked at him shrugging his shoulders and smirking.Great game ! Great Béisbol ! GO SOX

[skatha]

go 'stros

[AndyYT316]

BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE RALLY MONKEY! GO ANGELS!

A good caption with the following picture would be "We're super!"

[NMU Alpine Boarder]

LMAO!!!! I remember the rally Monkey!!!!! We got trendy and had a rally monkey for our beer league softball team the following summer :biggthump It was definately good times...


In all seriousness, we got first pitch in the Sox/Sox series about 2 hours away.... It'll be interesting to see what Contrares brings to the mound.

[Randy S.]

Rally Monkey? Fenway's got your stinkin rally monkey right heah!

http://cache.boston.com/images/bostondirtdogs//Headline_Archives/Rally_Monkey_Fenway.jpg

Does the Monkey think the Angels have a chance:

http://www-atdp.berkeley.edu/Studentpages/tridinge/monkey.gif



SPANK THE MONKEY!

[willywhit]

Dieter: Would you like to touch my monkey? Guest: I would be honored to. Dieter:
Touch him! Love him!

[Randy S.]

W loves the rally monkey. Silly George.

http://www.photoon.com/funny/animations/georgewbush01.gif

[wavechaser]

We'll give you Clement for Vinny T. straight up...he can pitch right?

[Hugh]

Ouch, that was bad! I don't give the Red Sox much chance to go all the way (Padres either).

Pedro and his little friend aren't there anymore. Time will tell,

Hugh

:AR15firin

[Jack Michaud]

Remember they lost by something like 17-2 the game before they gave the Yankees the worst embarrassment in the history of sports.

[Hugh]

Come on Jack,

Warming up should be a good thing, not getting embarassed during game 1 of the playoffs. The Red Sox pitching got HAMMERED yesterday :barf: I agree anything is possible :rolleyes:

ESPN sports: There are 14 teams in the American League. This season, Boston's bullpen ranked 14th in the league in ERA, 14th in OPS allowed, 12th in strikeouts per nine innings and 10th in strikeout-to-walk ratio.
Putting it mildly, this would seem to be something of a weakness :eek:

NY/LA should be a good series, maybe Sox on Sox...we will see. Whatever turns out in the AL, I'm a NL fan all the way :biggthump

--Hugh :AR15firin

[Mike T]

Yep, the Sox pitching pretty much blows this year. But the starters have been very streaky - there have been times when, for a turn or two through the rotation, they've been dominant.

Also keep in mind that some of 'pen innings are from guys that are no longer on the team - Embree, Halama, etc. Papelbon has certainly been a huge improvement over those two. I would have put DiNardo on the roster over Gonzalez, but that's just me.

All I'm saying is, if they hit their stride after yesterday's embarrassment, they could put together a nice little streak. I'm not counting on it though.

Too keep this somewhat on-topic, since I moved to Oregon in 2000, when the WS is won by an AL team we get a crappy season and when the WS is won by a NL team we get a great season. Last year's awful season was ushered in by my lifelong favorite Red Sox winning it all. So part of my wants to see the NL team win it every year :eek:

[Jack Michaud]

tee hee...

http://www.ilovebacon.com/092705/c.jpg

[AndyYT316]

:lol: That's great! Is that sign for Boston or Chicago? I still have faith in the Angels that they can do it! Believe in the power of the rally monkey! It's rally time! :ices_ange GO ANGELS!

[Hugh]

Mike,

Good point, last season in CA was my worst on record. Tons of snow, in fact too much. I couldn't get to the mtn when I wanted to. Carving days were reduced by all those pow days.

:o A good season depends on the NL taking it :eplus2:

--Hugh

[Aisling]

:( oh tony graffanino.... how do your goat horns feel?

[AndyYT316]

guy with nail in his head: That's two that's par Shooter.
Shooter McGavin: Oh good, you can count.
guy with nail in his head: And you can count on me waiting for you in the parking lot!

Good job white sox! Knock out the red sox! 2 down, one more win to go!

GO ANGELS!!!

[Hugh]

NY/LA should be a good series, maybe Sox on Sox...we will see.
--Hugh :AR15firin

Good game for LA (1-1), bad game Red Sox (0-2) :D

[Jack Michaud]

Careful White Sox fans, we've got you right where we want you. Just ask any Yankee fan.

[Mike T]

Careful White Sox fans, we've got you right where we want you. Just ask any Yankee fan.

Da Sawks came back from 0-2 to knock out the A's in the ALDS in '03 too... Naturually, Kevin Millar was quoted as saying "We've got them right where we want them" before game 3 of that series :D

[willywhit]

Time to Cowboy UP...again! Don't Blame Buckner

[Mike T]

Doh. That's all I can say right now - Doh.

[Hugh]

Ouch! A sweep of the Defending World Chumps!

[tilledog]

Remember they lost by something like 17-2 the game before they gave the Yankees the worst embarrassment in the history of sports.

3 words....
What about Buckner?

[Jack Michaud]

3 words....
What about Buckner?

Ouch!

Hmm, Buckner blowing game 6 of 7 (with a lot of help from management and hurler Bob Stanley), or being the first team in the recorded history of any modern team sport to blow a 3-0 lead.....

Oh well, we're still World Champs until someone wins it in a few weeks. May it please be the White Sox.

Actually I'm relieved. My month is shaping up to be hella busy, I'd be a zombie if I had to keep up with the playoffs. Yeah, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

:(

PS - I almost had to use the barf bag on a recent plane trip. I was flipping through the "Skymall" magazine, and it actually had a framed photograph that you can buy of Buckner's infamous mishap, autographed by the loser himself. :angryfire

[Hugh]

I've had a hard time with baseball ever since the infamous strike of 94'. After that, I can't seem to get back that loving feeling.

I am in awe of the love :1luvu: that Red Sox fans have for their team, I frankly don't understand it. Cubs fans too :smashfrea

Maybe I'll actually see a playoff game before it is all over, but I doubt it. Following the strike of 94', I have been without TV. DVD's and videos on occassion, but no TV channels of any kind. The baseball strike of 94' was a total turnoff.

Bring on the snow :)

Hugh

[tilledog]

framed photograph that you can buy of Buckner's infamous mishap, autographed by the loser himself.

That is pretty sick....

You are correct 'bout the 3-0 comeback though. That was solid and it couldn't happen to a better team. ( sorry Mom.... the biggest Micky Mantle fan I know ) I was bating YOU specifically though and you bit! I love it! Long live Sport!

Cheers to you and your devotion ( and Billy's too ) to the Red Sox!

Go Tigers!

Dave

[philfell]

HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a short lived time at the top.




What's that Jack, you have them right where you want them, just ask any Yankee fan????? We're still playing, I'm going to find some pizza that I can fold in half just to have my own private party.

[Aisling]

HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a short lived time at the top.




What's that Jack, you have them right where you want them, just ask any Yankee fan????? We're still playing, I'm going to find some pizza that I can fold in half just to have my own private party.


hey the big unit got shelled last night... go angels!

i figure the red sox are like the pats after they won their first super bowl... they suck the following year but then they come back and win 3 more haha

[NMU Alpine Boarder]

Just for reference, the NY Islanders came back from being down 3-0 (and they did force a Game 7 in the following series after falling down 3-0 again) in 1975. I also believe the maple Leafs did it as well... Boston was not the First team in Sports to do it, just in baseball....

[Aisling]

Just for reference, the NY Islanders came back from being down 3-0 (and they did force a Game 7 in the following series after falling down 3-0 again) in 1975. I also believe the maple Leafs did it as well... Boston was not the First team in Sports to do it, just in baseball....


i think we're only talking about baseball here :confused: last year's upset of the yankees was the greatest upset in baseball history. no other team had done that. not sure if anyone was talking about any other sports?

[Jack Michaud]

Yeah, I was. I thought all the sportscasters last year were saying no team in modern team sports history. Did the Islanders go on to win that series?

Phil - laugh it up. We're just regrouping. What, a suspiciously unatural average of a world championship every 4 years isn't enough for you?

[tilledog]

but then they come back and win 3 more haha

Gotta axe that one, Aisling... 2, though, ain't bad.

Go Browns!!

Dave

[Aisling]

Gotta axe that one, Aisling... 2, though, ain't bad.

Go Browns!!

Dave


dave i didn't make a mistake. you're not counting THIS year. ;) haha

[philfell]

Phil - laugh it up. We're just regrouping. What, a suspiciously unatural average of a world championship every 4 years isn't enough for you?


If you're a Red Sox fan that would be a great goal. If you're from NY that's just it "average". We can do better.

[tilledog]

dave i didn't make a mistake. you're not counting THIS year. ;) haha

Not the way they've started this year. However, they've had a great week 5. Maybe a sign of things to come? Doubtful. They just don't look as solid this year. In fact, they have looked very bad. Hopefully they turn it around though for all you New Englanders. ( And Billy Bordy even though I know that deep inside he's a Cleveland Fan. The whole Hardbooter crew was born in Ohio. ) There seems to be quite a few of you here and when you have 5 or 6 states backing a team, that's a solid fan base and a lot of electricity in the air for a team.

I'm just being nice. Phil is doing all the dirty work in this thread.... I'm very non-confrontational with the NFL due to the Browns' normal record.

Dave

[Shred Gruumer]

And it was Chicago! Hmmm Cleveland..don't knock it till ya try it.. rated 26th best in the WOLRD to live go figure..... not me.. but hey.. I can think of worse..Minot North Dakota comes to mind!

Got a great home made brew buzz..... nice! its Sunday!

leave me alone Im gonna take a nap!

Right Said Shred

[tilledog]

Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[Shred Gruumer]

yea they lost!

hope in the dawg pound!

luv ya guys!

Right said Shred

Rx

[Shred Gruumer]

indiands 22 yankees 0 hmmm ooooo my god!

think snow!

Right said Shred

[AndyYT316]

Ok, so the Angels and Yankees are going to a game 5. All I gotta say is believe in the rally monkey and GO ANGELS:ices_ange !!! The Angels will be in Chicago soon!

[philfell]

Ok we're not playing anymore either. At least we didn't get sweept. We'll do this agin next year.

[Jack Michaud]

http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/ANS11410110147.jpg

those guys need to get a room or something!

[Aisling]

teehee.
i was never more giddy than after seeing the spankees lose :biggthump
now... let's see... who to back... the chisox who haven't won since 1917... or the angels... hmm...

[Jack Michaud]

ChiSox, no question. The rule is that you root for whoever beats your team to win it all. Then you can imagine that your team is second best, and if they only could have made it past that team (like if the ump hadn't made that make-up call on Damon to end the bases-loaded inning), then they could have won it all.

[Mike T]

ChiSox, no question. The rule is that you root for whoever beats your team to win it all. Then you can imagine that your team is second best, and if they only could have made it past that team (like if the ump hadn't made that make-up call on Damon to end the bases-loaded inning), then they could have won it all.

Or, which team's free agents we want for the Red Sox next year, and hope for that team to lose. I would like to see Konerko a Red sox next year - so GO ANGELS!

[Hugh]

I'll take the Cards this year :flamethro

Pray for snow, not your favorite sports team :ices_ange

[AndyYT316]

Or you can just cheer for the Angels. Because you know you like the monkey. Got monkey? Go Angels!

[willywhit]

Let's hear it for another kick ass season !Great start last night http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=bos getting Mirabelli back and watching him nail Bubba at second was awesome. Papi cranking one past Damon into the bullpen for a 3 run homer INTO a cold north wind...priceless ! Dollars for Damon ! GO SOX !!!

[scotts.Scheinman]

Im sorry, I love both sox(red and white) but i gotta say GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!, NMU Back me up here you won last year chicago has the two best teams in the leauge.

steroids+money+cheap shot moves+crazy fans= NY Yankees

[willywhit]

QUITE a comeback for the Sox last night !
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos
check out the video
Drew and Youk = Awesome

Papi in the clutch !

[Jack Michaud]

I freakin' went to bed after the top of the 7th when Papelbon gave up 2 more.

Doh.

[willywhit]

I freakin' went to bed after the top of the 7th when Papelbon gave up 2 more.

Doh.

Dooooood !

the fenway faithful went nuts !

I had a feeling when Papi got up something special was gonna happen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqH35SBwFEE

[ncermak]

I freakin' went to bed after the top of the 7th when Papelbon gave up 2 more.

Doh.

Fortunately I was only falling asleep on the couch...The GF woke me up when the rally began and the adrenaline started flowing...I saw the rest...

[Jack Michaud]

at least I wasn't one of the rats who left Fenway in the top of the 7th.... how much would it suck to be one of those people today?!

[carvedog]

at least I wasn't one of the rats who left Fenway in the top of the 7th.... how much would it suck to be one of those people today?!

Those facking rats. They aren't fans. That's not what you do when the boys are down.

Facking A. Go Sox. I tuned in the 7th after getting the girls to bed and nearly pissed myself.

Go Sox.

:eplus2::eplus2::eplus2::eplus2::eplus2:

[Mike T]

I don't have cable but was listening on AM radio. WOW. Go Sox!

[willywhit]

I don't have cable but was listening on AM radio. WOW. Go Sox!

was it WRKO ?
http://www.wrko.com/Homepage/259336
since you can't listen to Remdawg and Don call the game, I'd rather wear headphones and listen to RKO than the suits on TBS:barf:

http://search.everyzing.com/viewMedia.jsp?res=346512524&dedupe=1&col=en-all-pod_wrko-ep&index=2&e=21216598&playIndex=0&submitted=1&il=en&num=6&start=1&q=red+sox&expand=true&match=none&filter=0

http://www.redsoxnation.net/

[Gleb]

I remember in 04 when Papi was like 0 and 34 and got a clutch walk off. I think my mind is actually really fuzzy about the details, but he seems to always come through. I bet the riots will be pretty tame this year. The celts one was a bit crazy though.

[Mike T]

was it WRKO ?
http://www.wrko.com/Homepage/259336
since you can't listen to Remdawg and Don call the game, I'd rather wear headphones and listen to RKO than the suits on TBS:barf:

http://search.everyzing.com/viewMedia.jsp?res=346512524&dedupe=1&col=en-all-pod_wrko-ep&index=2&e=21216598&playIndex=0&submitted=1&il=en&num=6&start=1&q=red+sox&expand=true&match=none&filter=0

http://www.redsoxnation.net/

Nah, I'm in Oregon so just ESPN radio with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. But if I am unable to find someplace to watch game 6 I will listen to WRKO online.

[guido591]

So I hear that there are a fair number of World Series tickets on sale at Fenway. Get there early!:flamethro

[willywhit]

So I hear that there are a fair number of World Series tickets on sale at Fenway. Get there early!:flamethro

Go PATS !

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/21/sports/NFL.php

just scored some comp tix for some Bruins games

if I hear
" if we still had manny we woulda won " :freak3:
one more time........:angryfire
I'm gonna smack somebuddy :smashfrea

[Jack Michaud]

if I hear
" if we still had manny we woulda won " :freak3:
one more time........:angryfire
I'm gonna smack somebuddy :smashfrea

Well, if we had the Dodgers version of Manny Ramirez, we would have.

2008 on Dodgers:
53 games
0.396 avg
0.489 obp
17 HR
53 RBI

2008 on Red Sox:
100 games
0.299 avg
0.398 obp
20 HR
68 RBI

:freak3:

[Mike T]

Well, if we had the Dodgers version of Manny Ramirez, we would have.

2008 on Dodgers:
53 games
0.396 avg
0.489 obp
17 HR
53 RBI

2008 on Red Sox:
100 games
0.299 avg
0.398 obp
20 HR
68 RBI

:freak3:

Somehow I suspect if Manny had stayed with the Sawks his Aug-Sept numbers would have been more like

40 games
.250 ba
.325 obp
5 HR
15 RBI

He's clearly someone who lets off-the-field issues affect his performance.

I'm actually quite proud of the Sox for getting as far as they did with Lowell out, Beckett obviously hurting, Ortiz obviously hurting, Drew not 100% (Remember he did carry the team for a month this season) and Timlin on the roster for that matter. (If there's one thing I'm pissed about that's it to be honest... he had as much business being on that roster as Eric Gagme did last year)

But losing to the Rays still stings. I'm actually rooting for the Rays to beat the Phillies in less than 7 games so I can take solace in the Red Sox hanging in there longer :P