Favorite Red Sox Decade This Century

[moonslav59]

Dwight Evans and Jim Rice hater. ^^^^

 

While Rice had a decent 1986 season, it was not the old Jim Rice.

 

Evans was buttah as he aged, and yes, he was fun to watch all through the 80's. I just think of him as a 70's guy, but he was better in the 80's. (My bad.)

[Jack Flap]

If you chose the 2010's, no offense, but you are objectively wrong and should question all of your life choices, IMHO.

[Bellhorn04]

If you chose the 2010's, no offense, but you are objectively wrong and should question all of your life choices, IMHO.

 

Unless you're a real youngster.

[Elktonnick]

Having attended my first Red Sox game in 53 (Went to see the Boston Braves before that ) 04 and that decade was the best. But the most electric was 67 because it was so unexpected. I believe the phenomenon known as Red Sox Nation was born that year.

[moonslav59]

Having attended my first Red Sox game in 53 (Went to see the Boston Braves before that ) 04 and that decade was the best. But the most electric was 67 because it was so unexpected. I believe the phenomenon known as Red Sox Nation was born that year.

 

Certainly '67 was so surprising, the magic was plentiful.

 

(I was not following baseball back then.)

[moonslav59]

Being one out away in 86 is light years ahead of anything since 1918. That team was great and should be cherished.

 

That was a great year, but we're talking decades.

 

The 70's teams were way more fun to watch almost all 10 years.

 

How about the amount of seasons finishing 10 or more games out?

 

2- 2000's

2- 2010's

4- 1970's

5- 1990's (less if you count GB wild card)

5- 1980's

 

How about 90+ win seasons?

 

7- 2000's (8 straight years with 86 or more wins- 7 of those with 93+)

5- 2010's (1- 89 wins)

4- 1970's (10 seasons with 83 or more wins)

2- 1990's (Not more than 88 wins until 1998)

1- 1980's (1- 89 wins)

 

The 90's won more than the 80's, and the new playoff set-up helped us make the playoffs more often.

[notin]

While Rice had a decent 1986 season, it was not the old Jim Rice.

 

Evans was buttah as he aged, and yes, he was fun to watch all through the 80's. I just think of him as a 70's guy, but he was better in the 80's. (My bad.)

 

"Decent" Jim Rice came in third in AL MVP balloting that year, his highest finish outside of 1978...

[moonslav59]

"Decent" Jim Rice came in third in AL MVP balloting that year, his highest finish outside of 1978...

 

His decline started in 1984, but 1986 was much better than "decent." My bad.

[cp176]

Having attended my first Red Sox game in 53 (Went to see the Boston Braves before that ) 04 and that decade was the best. But the most electric was 67 because it was so unexpected. I believe the phenomenon known as Red Sox Nation was born that year.

 

Glad you posted this. The Yankee series in 04 is absolutely the only thing that in my mind could top that '67 season. We listened to every game and watched the ones we could. We were captivated by this amazing team.

[Elktonnick]

Glad you posted this. The Yankee series in 04 is absolutely the only thing that in my mind could top that '67 season. We listened to every game and watched the ones we could. We were captivated by this amazing team.

I was still a student at Holy Cross back then. All of New England stopped to watch the Red Sox play. Several of the Jesuit professors cancelled their classes and postponed "blue books" so everyone could watch the sox.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

If you chose the 2010's, no offense, but you are objectively wrong and should question all of your life choices, IMHO.

 

I'm not offended by your subjective opinion, but I'm not objective at all about my reasons.

 

I took my son to his first Fenway game in early ‘17 and he started collecting baseball cards. In ’18 he got to skip school and watch Mookie Betts hit three home runs (he’s 5-2 in Bosox games attended so far). In 2018-19 he insisted on wearing Red Sox shirts to school every day of the year. Now he uses an axe bat in Little League and has also trick-or-treated as Mookie the last three Halloweens.

 

The Red Sox may never win a title again in his lifetime, but he'll always have the memories of this decade.

[notin]

Glad you posted this. The Yankee series in 04 is absolutely the only thing that in my mind could top that '67 season. We listened to every game and watched the ones we could. We were captivated by this amazing team.

 

If the Yankee series had been a movie where the Sox were down 3 games to 1, and trailing in the ninth inning of game 4 against the greatest closer of all time, and managed to come back and win the game and the series, I would have thought “Good movie. But not believable.”

 

 

 

 

Especially since in this movie, Terry Francona is played by Michael Caine, Dave Roberts is played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Mariano Rivera by Luis Guzman. Right, Bellhorn?

[TylerD]

Nothing will ever equal 2004 and it's not just the WS Championship. Nothing will ever match beating the MFY after being down 3-0, something that had never been done before, and then winning the World Series Championship. The WS was just "gravy on the cake" as my friend with a gift for malapropisms says. If the Sox hadn't won another game between the 2004 WS and the end of the 2010 season that decade would still be my favorite.

 

Agreed with this completely. I was 16 at the time and that single handedly had me hookedon baseball and more importantly the Red Sox. I will never forget that moment. I'm sure the seasons of 67, 75, 86 were exciting for fans then too other than coming up short in the World Series but I wasn't alive then lol.

[jad]

If the Yankee series had been a movie where the Sox were down 3 games to 1, and trailing in the ninth inning of game 4 against the greatest closer of all time, and managed to come back and win the game and the series, I would have thought “Good movie. But not believable.”

 

 

 

 

Especially since in this movie, Terry Francona is played by Michael Caine, Dave Roberts is played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Mariano Rivera by Luis Guzman. Right, Bellhorn?

 

You meant 3-0, right? At 3-1, they might have said "Oh well. Let it go. It's only a movie."

[notin]

Yes. 3 to 0. Dopey me.

 

That whole series was so unbelievable, I can’t even recap it right...

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I still can't believe the Yankees didn't bunt on Schilling. Or didn't score when Wakefield knucklers were bouncing past Varitek. Or that they didn't pitch around Altuve -- wait a minute...

[Bellhorn04]

I still can't believe the Yankees didn't bunt on Schilling.

 

Yankee fans still bitch at Torre about that.

 

Crazy as it is, there seems to be a sort of code of honor employed at times...

[Bellhorn04]

The most incredible thing of all about 2004 might be those 2 umpire reversals in Game 6. The fact that they got them both right, without replay, and both in our favor, and in Yankee Stadium...mind-boggling, in a good way. It's why I will never say anything bad about Joe West.

[notin]

The most incredible thing of all about 2004 might be those 2 umpire reversals in Game 6. The fact that they got them both right, without replay, and both in our favor, and in Yankee Stadium...mind-boggling, in a good way. It's why I will never say anything bad about Joe West.

 

Again, a big part of the reason why the movie would be so unbelievable...

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

The most incredible thing of all about 2004 might be those 2 umpire reversals in Game 6. The fact that they got them both right, without replay, and both in our favor, and in Yankee Stadium...mind-boggling, in a good way. It's why I will never say anything bad about Joe West.

 

And for Joe's call on the fan closing Mookie's glove on the Altuve shot in the greatest game in Red Sox history... in all of 2018.

[mvp 78]

Again, a big part of the reason why the movie would be so unbelievable...

 

It's more unbelievable that Drew Barrymore runs out onto the field after the final out of the WS.

[notin]

It's more unbelievable that Drew Barrymore runs out onto the field after the final out of the WS.

 

Or that she was cast opposite Jimmy Fallon...

[Bellhorn04]

And for Joe's call on the fan closing Mookie's glove on the Altuve shot in the greatest game in Red Sox history... in all of 2018.

 

Good point. The Sox should be selling Joe West t-shirts.

[notin]

And for Joe's call on the fan closing Mookie's glove on the Altuve shot in the greatest game in Red Sox history... in all of 2018.

 

Would Robot Joe West have made that call?

[jad]

Yes. 3 to 0. Dopey me.

 

That whole series was so unbelievable, I can’t even recap it right...

 

I listened to/watched every pitch of that post-season (I was on the west coast, so there were no late nights for me) and vowed I would never get so invested in a sports event again! (I can remember the exact intersection I was standing when I came to that decision, but I can't recall what point in the Yankees series we were--maybe after win 1?).

[Jack Flap]

Unless you're a real youngster.

 

That would be an acceptable defense. Do we have anyone here too young to remember 2004?

 

I'm not offended by your subjective opinion, but I'm not objective at all about my reasons.

 

I took my son to his first Fenway game in early ‘17 and he started collecting baseball cards. In ’18 he got to skip school and watch Mookie Betts hit three home runs (he’s 5-2 in Bosox games attended so far). In 2018-19 he insisted on wearing Red Sox shirts to school every day of the year. Now he uses an axe bat in Little League and has also trick-or-treated as Mookie the last three Halloweens.

 

The Red Sox may never win a title again in his lifetime, but he'll always have the memories of this decade.

 

My daughter (now 7) has idolized Mookie since toddlerhood, so I can definitely relate to this.

 

Don't be silly, though...your son will see even more Red Sox championships than his old man.

[mvp 78]

That would be an acceptable defense. Do we have anyone here too young to remember 2004?

 

Just Thunder I think. The boomers haven't outed any other zoomers at this point.

[notin]

Just Thunder I think. The boomers haven't outed any other zoomers at this point.

 

I think Thunder might be too young to remember 2018...

[mvp 78]

I think Thunder might be too young to remember 2018...

 

I don't remember much from my first year of college, but I think Thunder is still not drinking.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

That would be an acceptable defense. Do we have anyone here too young to remember 2004?

 

 

 

My daughter (now 7) has idolized Mookie since toddlerhood, so I can definitely relate to this.

 

Don't be silly, though...your son will see even more Red Sox championships than his old man.

 

Jack, my boy is 8 and he's been all about Betts since he can remember. In Papi's last year, I was praying the Sox hung on to Mookie because he was the perfect player for a budding fan: a young star with the easy name identification.

 

Don't worry, even if Boston's front office doesn't actually read our threads and take this forum as the gospel that it is, they fully understand the intrinsic value of their star players and the emotional impact they have on their customers...