What is your favorite Red Sox moment of all time?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Jacoby Ellsbury scores on a wild pitch from second base.

[Dojji]

Swing and a long drive to left, way back! Deep into the night! Three run walkoff home run by Manny Ramirez The Red Sox go up 2 games to nothing on a bomb by Manny! Can you believe it?!"

[mvp 78]

Another game I was at. Did you see the guys in the wifebeaters? I remember everyone just expected Ortiz to hit a homerun there. That was right during the middle of a stretch where Ortiz was absolutely Godlike in any clutch situation.

 

I saw at least 25 of them as I was waiting outside for a friend to show up. The same friend popped a beach ball (yay) and got booed.

[SoxSport]

For individual moments, I'll go back to before most of you guys were born. I'm not that old, mind you.

I was pretty young at the time.

 

Ted Williams: In '51 saw his first at bat home from Korea. HR off Mike Garcia of the Guardians into the Red Sox bullpen. And then his famous last HR at bat in '61. Didn't see that. In between, I remember '57, when he and Mantle were competing for the batting crown. He hit .388, Mantle .356. Mantle won the triple crown. Awesome that year. Was at the famous Yankee game at Fenway when Ted dropped Yogi's fly ball, and spit up at the press box on his way back to the dugout at the end of the inning. Walked with the bases loaded in the 10th to win the game. Flipped his bat 50 feet in the air on his way to 1B. Man, was he hot.

One thing about Ted: he never saw a walk he didn't like. Refused to swing at a pitch off the strike zone. He and Mantle always disagreed about that. Mickey said he went for the fences every pitch.

 

Then there's Yaz in '67, winning the triple crown and carrying the team the last two months of the season to the pennant. Another awesome year. And a great defensive left fielder.

 

That famous Reds World series game 6 in '75, where Fisk hit that HR off or near the foul pole in left to win it, and Evans made that great catch in RF off Morgan. The best catch I've seen in a big situation. Sparky Anderson, the Reds manager, said the same. Better than Mays catch off Wertz in the '54 series. Saw that on TV as it happened.

[MDF3530]

Tony Graffanino channeling the ghost of Bill Buckner during Game 2 of the 2005 ALDS

[BOSOX11]

1. Frank Malzone homering off Don Drysdale in the second All Star game at the L.A. Coliseum in 1959.

 

2. Ted Williams homering in his final at-bat in 1960. I still have a copy of the L.A. Times with that story on the front page.

 

3. Yaz's last game, playing left field. I was lucky enough to be in Boston and score tickets to that game.

[Spudboy]

Ortiz walkoff in game 5 in the 04 ALCS. That's the moment you knew something was up.

 

I remember that very moment. I was attending a performance of the Kirov Ballet at The Wang Center that night. During an intermission I stepped outside to the street to have a smoke. There was a bar across the street. I could see the game on the bar's TV so I went over and watched Ortiz hit his blast. There was a woman standing there smoking. We turned to each other smiled, and high - fived. Awesome f***ing moment. To bad I had to go back in among all those obnoxious Russians.

[MANNYHOF24]

1.) 2004 ALCS games 4-7, no questions about it.

 

2.) July 2004 fight game, Mueller walk off homerun

 

3.) Pedros final start in Boston, Game 3 04 World Series

 

4.) Pedro Strikes out 17, tosses 1 hitter against Yankees 1999

 

5.) Derek Lowe's strike out of Terrance Long to end 2003 ALDS 0-2 comeback

 

6.) Everything about Pedro Martinez from July 1999 to July 2000. (possibly the best pitching stretch of all time.)

 

7.) Ortiz Walk-off September of 2005 against LAA (attended).

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

2008 ALCS game 5 vs the Rays. Sox came back from a 7-0 deficit.

[DirtDog]

2008 ALCS game 5 vs the Rays. Sox came back from a 7-0 deficit.

They should have won the series that year :/

 

Can't believe Garza outpitched Lester in that Game 7

[a700hitter]

They should have won the series that year :/

 

Can't believe Garza outpitched Lester in that Game 7

Lester chokes in big games.

[Palodios]

Lester chokes in big games.

 

That's a joke, right?

[Dojji]

I still think strike three in that all-critical 8th was way outside.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

They should have won the series that year :/

 

Can't believe Garza outpitched Lester in that Game 7

 

How is that hard to believe? Garza pitched amazing in the ALCS while Lester struggled in the ALCS. He had a better season than Garza but Garza came out on top in the series. As a matter of fact Garza won ALCS MVP. We should of had game 2. The games we did lose we got rocked.

 

That's a joke' date=' right?[/quote']

 

By big games I'm assuming he means playoffs. He has a record of 3-5 with a 2.57 ERA in the postseason. I'll wait for a700 to clear this up because I'm not sure what he's talking about. If he's referring to the 2008 ALCS then he's right.

[a700hitter]

Lester is no Curt Schilling.

[redsoxrules]

Lester is no Curt Schilling.

 

Schilling has thrown a few stinkers too in the playoffs FYI

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Well I mean Jon Lester is 6'4 240 pounds and Shilling is 6'5 225 pounds. If Lester grows a bit more taller and loses some weight he can be like Shilling.

[a700hitter]

Schilling has thrown a few stinkers too in the playoffs FYI

No one can match his post-season record.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Plus the postseason games between the two is so lobsided I don't even think that's a fair comparison.

[Palodios]

Lester is no Curt Schilling.

 

One has a 2.30 ERA in the playoffs, one has a 2.50 ERA BEFORE reaching his prime. Seriously, just because Lester got zero run support in 2008 means very little.

 

 

And "Lester chokes in the postseason" ???? He threw 5.2 shutout innings in the clinching game of the 2007 WS. At 23. In his first postseason appearance.

[redsoxrules]

No one can match his post-season record.

 

Cliff Lee says hello

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Shilling I believe has a better record than Cliff Lee in the postseason.

[a700hitter]

Cliff Lee says hello

2-2 with 4.55 ERA in two World Series?

[Dipre]

Lester chokes in big games.

 

*Head explodes*

[a700hitter]

*Head explodes*

Relax! I was joking. You need to reign in your emotions. With your health conditions, your head could explode for real.

[Dipre]

That could be plausible if my blood wasn't too busy redirecting itself to my penis.

[DirtDog]

Lester is no Curt Schilling.

 

Not many people are Curt Schilling

[redsoxrules]

2-2 with 4.55 ERA in two World Series?

 

7-2 post season with a 2.13 ERA

 

nice cherry picking stats there

[a700hitter]

7-2 post season with a 2.13 ERA

 

nice cherry picking stats there

The World Series is the most important series. It's the best against the best. He's been in 2 World Series and his results are average.

[Dipre]

Sample size? No matter how important the series is, baseball is a game of inches, and anything can happen in two or three games no matter who's pitching.