RED SOX FOR TEH WIN!!! [Archive]

Heretic121

21-10-2004, 00:18

got to watch the game tonight w/ my Girlfriend (who is a yankees fan) and let me tell you... there is no better feeling than having to comfort your GF because her team lost, and for me personally seeing the Boston Red Sox for the first time in my life go to the World Series... nothing better my friends... have a good night...

Joshua May

21-10-2004, 00:23

Yes, this is so awesome. Sox ALL the way. :D :D

EddieMcD

21-10-2004, 00:30

Second time I've seen the Sox in the Series (okay, it was around my first birthday when it happened last). However, I kinda gotta say this:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

This will go down in history as quite possibly the greatest LCS in baseball history. They were down 3-0, and came back to win 4 in a row. To quote my favorite spaceship captain: "We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty." (geek points for anyone who gets this reference)

One more for the road:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Amanda Morrison

21-10-2004, 00:38

If you can't root for one underdog (the Cubbies) you root for another...

RED SOX NATION!

Melissa Nute

21-10-2004, 00:48

It was amazing.

Ortiz is the man.

And I love johnny.

Jessica Boucher

21-10-2004, 01:00

So good.

Back to the massive partying on the street ;)

Greg Perkins

21-10-2004, 01:05

COWBOY UP IDIOTS!!

for all those who dont know what i mean, Kevin Millar coined his team '"idiots" after the season ended

Aaron Lussier

21-10-2004, 08:13

Is was actually Damon but whatever, it doesnt matter. We came back from a 0-3 deficet(sp?) to win. We did it aganist the Yankees, and we beat them in there house. Boo yea. Who ever we play it will be a tough set of games. Red Sox in 7 just because thats the way they do it.

-Aaron

Ashley Weed

21-10-2004, 08:58

:ahh: WOOHOO!!!! :ahh:

3 days to catch up on all that lost sleep from the ALCS series, 3 days to make the beatufil COWBOY UP sign for my Living Room window........

Red Sox are GOING TO THE SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Andy Baker

21-10-2004, 09:47

If you can't root for one underdog (the Cubbies) you root for another...

RED SOX NATION!

Yep, same here. As a Cubs fan I have sympathy for the Red Sox. Let's hope the Cubs front office can go out and get some more talent during the off season like the Sox did.

Next year - Go Cubs
This year - Go Red Sox

Andy B.

Cory

21-10-2004, 12:36

I’ll root for anyone that beats the Yankees, because I can’t stand them, and since I’m living near Boston now, and have no ties to The Cardinals or The Astros, I’ll be rooting for the sox :)

VGMasterShadow

21-10-2004, 14:08

I’ll root for anyone that beats the Yankees, because I can’t stand them

Yankees are like sourkraut, neither have any good taste and I'm glad they aren't on any plate. :D

Go Sox.

MikeDubreuil

21-10-2004, 14:22

It was incredible being in Boston for this. Particularly because I live about two blocks from Fenway Park. After departing a bar after the game I walked past Fenway. Me and about a couple thousand other people. There were so many cops there it was insane. There was riot cops, mounted police and a row of motorcyles about 50 long. Several helecopters flew overhead. News trucks had been here all week and they had their cameras out talking to fans. Right before Brookline Ave goes over the Mass Pike there is a building with a large sign on it (Red Sox sign, I believe). About 10 people climbed up on the building and then to the sign and danced on the sign all while the police watched. People were beeping their horns everywhere you went. Hanging out the windows screaming, "Go Red Sox!"

EDIT: Someone decided to light a car on fire on Boylston Street in front of Burger King. Flames literally engulfed the whole vehicle. The crowd around it kept their distance because everyone thought it would explode. Once the firefighters got there the fire was under control in about a minute.

Ryan Albright

21-10-2004, 14:25

This story will be passed on by us to our grandkids
*************************************************8
"Grandpap, tell me again about Damon's Curse."
"Well, 86 years ago, their was an evil selfish prig who thot he could buy a World Series whenever he wanted."
"We know better, don't we papi."
"Yes grandson, the poor devil didn't know anything about baseball and he sold his soul to the devil and old washed up pitchers. The God blessed Red Sox took a lesson from the Good Book about faith and heart, even tho they were down 3-0 and only the truly faithful and a handful of sauced customers from Cheers believed it could still be done. They started the Comeback as the evil empire started the Choke. They rolled up their sleeves and went to work with courage and teamwork and Papi's clutch bat."
" But why haven't the Yankees won anything in the last eighty years,papi?"
"Well, God chose a curiously wellhaired young player...
"Damon" squealed his grandson with delight.
"Yes, grandson, God chose Damon as His instrument of punishment on the evil empire and ever since then all the ladies of New York have thick facial hair and their baseball team has endured the Curse."
With that Grandma entered with milk and cookies and said,"You two aren't rehearsing the curse of ARod again are you?"

God bless the Red Sox!!!!!!!!!!!

Matt Attallah

21-10-2004, 14:47

Pfft.

All Overrated.

Detroit Tigers all the way next year...:D

GO SOX!! :D

Joe Matt

21-10-2004, 14:59

As an Indians fan, anyone who kills the Yankees gets my vote!

GO SOX!

Kyle Love

21-10-2004, 15:31

If you can't root for one underdog (the Cubbies) you root for another...

RED SOX NATION!

AMEN The Red Sox is my new second favorite team, ofcourse my favorite is the cubbies. I think the Red Sox can take both astros or cardinals.

GO RED SOX!!!!!!! :D

-Kyle

CourtneyB

21-10-2004, 20:11

I LOVE THE RED SOX! i hate the cards and the astros. I love to bet, so anyone who wants to bet The Red Sox will win the world series, bring it lol Yeah, the Red Sox can definetly beat both the cards and/or astros. whoo its about time that the Yankees take a break from playoffs/world series lol
-Court- :yikes:

Jon K.

21-10-2004, 20:45

Go Sox.... The best part is, is that one of my teachers, who is a die hard sox fan on Tuesday said they wouldn't win, and was joking with a kid who had a sox shirt on. I happened to have that teacher again today, and everyone in the class was ranking on him because he said it wasn't gonna happen. His reasoning behind the comment according to him "Reverse Psychology". It was a great day, especially because most of my friends are Yankees fans too.

Heretic121

21-10-2004, 23:17

wow... i just went on ticketmaster to see if they are selling tickets... and i searched for "World Series" and this is what i found...

also i went to buyselltix.com i belive... and the cheapest 1 seat is going for over 1500!!! gg i only have 800 to spend =(

EDIT : wow... just went to thier site again and did a WS search... and looky who was the early favorite in the NLCS =X

VGMasterShadow

22-10-2004, 07:46

also i went to buyselltix.com i belive... and the cheapest 1 seat is going for over 1500!!! gg i only have 800 to spend =(

OMG, we have another casualty in the war of so many sites, and so little money to complete the task

Ashley Weed

22-10-2004, 09:12

suneel112

22-10-2004, 23:43

Yeah Red Sox!!! Way to go and beat the Yankees. I am personally a Cubs fan, but they sucked this year, so I had to find a new Underdog (the Sox). Way to beat the man! I will be in Boston next year (if I am lucky), and I will cheer the sox all the way.

Frank(Aflak)

23-10-2004, 01:14

Go Cards!!!!

I'm a freshman at Rice U.

which happens to be in Houston. I got alot of crap for being a cards fan, but I won. hahaha

Now its time to kill the Bosox.

Joshua May

24-10-2004, 00:11

1 Game down, 3 to go.

This game waws close for a while, I started to get a little scared with Martinez's errors.

GO SOX!

Elgin Clock

24-10-2004, 23:16

You will never understand how annoying sports fans are until you spend a weekend in Massachusetts (~1/2 hour from Boston) after the Red Sox beat the Yankees for an American League title.

Trust me..

It didn't help that the rental car had NY plates either.

:sigh:

We had a car from CT hold up a sign in their window at us that said BOO!
(Thinking it was just a random act of weirdness, we initially just let it go.)

It wasn't until we saw the huge Red Sox window cling on their back window, and we passed them again and a person in our car pointed out their Red Sox hat to the passengers of the other car that we figured out what was going on.

(Sorry.. Had to throw that in there)

And just for that, I'm rooting for the Cardinals.
(Like I care one way or the other.) :rolleyes:

I wanted Houston to be in it just so it could be a Presidential Series.
(Kerry MA - Sox, Bush TX - Astro's)

Oh well...

Heretic121

25-10-2004, 11:08

2-0 baby... red sox on a tear... but honestly... i think St. Louis will take 2/3 at thier house (most likely games 4 & 5 when Lowe and Wakefield will pitch) but even then coming back to fenway with a 3-2 lead with Schilling picthing game 6, and Pedro game 7... if they lose this World Series... I quit life =P...

LETS GO RED SOX \m/

Greg Perkins

25-10-2004, 13:18

I think your wrong there bigguy,

If you remember correctly it was Lowe who picked up the slack on game 7 vs. the Yanks.

I think he is *one* of the best starters we have,
Schilling is the best we have, then Lowe, then Arroyo, then Pedro, then Wakefield.

I think we will have it 4, but i could always be wrong :rolleyes:

I LOVE THOSE BO SOX :D

Cory

25-10-2004, 13:21

coming back to fenway with a 3-2 lead with Schilling picthing game 6

Noone knows if Schilling's ankle will be able to hold the stitches again. If it can't he won't be able to go.

VGMasterShadow

25-10-2004, 20:46

Noone knows if Schilling's ankle will be able to hold the stitches again. If it can't he won't be able to go.

I thought he had a brace on?

Cory

25-10-2004, 21:34

I thought he had a brace on?

I heard many times that he was undergoing some rarely used procedure (used in children or something, I think?) to stitch up his ankle, which so far has been successful, but the tissue could become bruised or something, and not hold the stitches, causing him to not be able to play.

VGMasterShadow

26-10-2004, 14:09

MikeDubreuil

26-10-2004, 14:35

I heard many times that he was undergoing some rarely used procedure (used in children or something, I think?) to stitch up his ankle, which so far has been successful, but the tissue could become bruised or something, and not hold the stitches, causing him to not be able to play.

The team isn't particularly forthcoming with what the exact procedure entails. Here is my understanding gathered from Boston media outlets (which may not be 100% correct):

Curt's tendon is literally wripping away from the ankle bone. The problem is getting worse as the days go on. When the tendon moves it causes him great discomfort. He will need surgery on the ankle after the post season.

To keep him on the mound, team doctors have been using a medical technique where the tendon is actual sutured to the skin to keep it from moving. There is a very unusual technique for them which required them to practice on cadavers.There is a possibility that he may experience an infection or even a career halting injory if he continues to pitch. He has decided that pitching for Boston in the post season is more important than the rest of his baseball career.

They also use a pain killer injected into the ankle to deal with any excruciating pain. He doesn't like too much pain relief or he can't feel the ankle causing him to improperly push off the mound while throwing. Prior to his last start the doctors tried 4 sutures but decided to go with only 3 after Curt woke up in pain the next day. The blood you see oozing through his sock is caused by the sutured tendon pulling against the skin.

Kyle Love

27-10-2004, 20:49

Well...so far it looks good 1-0 Sox beginning of 2nd!

GO SOX!

-Kyle

Matt_Kaplan1902

27-10-2004, 21:21

Its now 3-0, YEAH!

Yan Wang

27-10-2004, 22:01

I have to say that being in ATO, a big MIT sports frat, for an overnight during Game 2 was amazing... 5th floor, huge window with 60" tv in front... and Fenway 1/2 a mile across the river (in plain view). You could hear the national anthem and the crowd's roar.

Go Red Sox!

Billfred

27-10-2004, 23:41

Hey, they did it.

Cool.

Joshua May

27-10-2004, 23:44

OMG! We ahve just witnessed the greatest moment in all of baseball, no, in all time. :yikes: That's so awesome!

Ashley Weed

27-10-2004, 23:49

WWWWOOOOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

THE RED SOX HAVE SWEPT THE SERIES!!!!!

:yikes:

Corey Balint

27-10-2004, 23:54

Im sooo crying right now. The best tradition in all sports history is gone. I dont know what to do.

I mean congrats to Theo Epstein and all, ive heard about him since he was 21, this guy is amazing, ive never seen as good a mind like his, well Billy Beane(but he doesnt have the money). I wish him the best of luck in his career.

I love boston but hate the sox, they always beat the A's and now the Yanks, but well congrats to the Sox, they more then deserved it, esp for that comeback win. I can be happy that they won, but still it will fill odd without the whole edge year in and year out that the Yanks have.

All i can say now is-free agency starts in 7 days, expect pavano and beltran in a Yanks uniform next year.

edit-i just still cant get over the Epstein thing, he is my role model, and has been for a while, hopefully he makes a book now, and i can make my dream of being a GM come true. I really think he is the reason they won. The mientkiewicz and cabrera deal was genius really, it fit their needs perfectly, and they did beat the best teams in baseball to get here. So i must say-this is a great day for sports.

i really thought DePodesta would beat him out in winning a WS-being as they are both apart of the Beaniac society. The whole moneyball idea is how ive been preaching sports to my friends since grade school. build a team around stats and how they perform together, not star power, its more about how they mold together as one, and push each other to succeed; which is exactly what FIRST is about, and why i love it.

Amanda Morrison

27-10-2004, 23:59

RED SOX FOR THE WIN!

This is baseball history, folks. Absolute history.

Cory

28-10-2004, 00:05

So uh, who thinks Boston will be burned to the ground by morning?

*raises hand*

Corey Balint

28-10-2004, 00:10

Morning?!??!?! are you kidding me, i give it about another 10 minutes.

D.J. Fluck

28-10-2004, 00:10

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

You know who is the reason for them winning?

The Cubs fans who cheered on a fellow (well now former) cursed team. :D

CUBS in 05!!!

DCA Fan

28-10-2004, 00:49

So uh, who thinks Boston will be burned to the ground by morning?

*raises hand*
*agrees completely*

Elgin Clock

28-10-2004, 00:54

So uh, who thinks Boston will be burned to the ground by morning?

*raises hand*
So they won eh? Ok.. Cool.. I guess..

I will give Boston fans more credit than that and say that the town will be ok.

Now, if they went to Game 6 or 7 and won in Boston, then I would have to agree with ya Cory..

Andy A.

28-10-2004, 01:43

So does this mean New England can go back to normal now?

-Andy A.

Tom Schindler

28-10-2004, 02:19

So uh, who thinks Boston will be burned to the ground by morning?

*raises hand*

Well this was worcester...

I just took this pic about an hour and a half ago...

http://users.wpi.edu/~tas246/riotcops1.jpg

http://users.wpi.edu/~tas246/riotcops2.jpg

it was fairly nuts...

Tom

evulish

28-10-2004, 02:38

Now only 96+ years until they win their next series :P

VGMasterShadow

28-10-2004, 07:48

WWWWOOOOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

THE RED SOX HAVE SWEPT THE SERIES!!!!!

:yikes:

It was a matter of "put a fork in those Cardinals, cuz their done". I personnally think that those four games were too easy, but who cares, cuz after 86 years, the Red Sox finally win the World Series.

D.J. Fluck

28-10-2004, 12:54

I personnally think that those four games were too easy, but who cares, cuz after 86 years, the Red Sox finally win the World Series.

I wouldn't say it was too easy... Fox announcer Tim McCarver said "Everything is going right for the Red Sox and the Cardinals aren't doing anything"

You don't win 105 games in the regular season, come back from from a 3-2 deficit and beat one of the most successful game 7 pitchers in the history of baseball if you aren't good...its simple, the cardinals are good, but the red sox got to them and shut them down.

Jeff Rodriguez

28-10-2004, 13:37

If Boston does burn down, then at least they can straighten out the roads when they rebuild.

Heretic121

28-10-2004, 14:03

amanda... its Teh... not the =P...

strangley enough boston still stands... and no... New England will be worse than ever, espically if the Patriots pull of an undefeated season and take the super bowl... 3 championships in 1 state in 1 year... crazyness...

Jessica Boucher

28-10-2004, 14:05

http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/mlb/2004/1027/photo/mlb03.jpg

From the ESPN website.....that kid in the blue shirt is graduating with me in May.

Kyle Love

28-10-2004, 14:24

I am an Official member of the "Poser" Red Sox nation! I never really paid attention to them until they started to come back against the Yankees. Now, I am hooked, so maybe next year I can be a real member and not just some "come-along". Any other "posers" out there?

-Kyle

I really do like the Red Sox now, but I still have to rep the Cubbies.