RedSoxRooter

Anybody want to get into a mock fight with me out there? I could come in as a "typical Yankee fan" and you can make me look like an idiot. I'll just keep posting how diehard a Yankee fan I am, how I've been a Yankee fan since 2003 and keep posting chants of "1917" and "24-0" and "Curse of the Zamboni!" And I cud tipe like a forth gradre :thumbsup: Oh, wait. Why would you need me to do that? There are hundreds of people out there who already act like that.

It's really amazing to me that they seem more upset about not being able to chant "1918" and "Curse of the Bambino" anymore than losing to a better team. The are absolutely terrified about the games next year at Fenway. I just knew it all along, they are not so much fans of the game or the rivalry, they just liked Boston under their thumb and the chants of "26-0". One of the posts out there says something like "The rivalry won't be the same" if the Sox win the WS. It will be the same, just that NY won't have the intimidation factor going and will lose more often - and their "fans" won't be able to say jack s***.

I think they're here, Schill. Think... http://boards.yesnetwork.com/forums/index....showtopic=21625

I went out to that site and signed up as "gAy-Rod" but then they changed my name to "I'm A Jerk". I guess I can still use it though....

The Sox had to win one of the first two, and they've already done that. Whatever happens tonight is extra. It should show how much our guys want this.

The one good thing about the Manny errors...... he notoriously comes back and is a monster at the plate after defensive performances like last night's. We'll see.

I have faith in Buck doing his best, but I think McCarver is going to piss me off more than he already has. It's gotten to the point with McCarver that I laugh at his stupid/wrong remarks. I hope Buck can be objective. This from St. Louis Today: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/cards Series puts Buck in no-win situation By Dan Caesar Of the Post-Dispatch 10/22/2004 Either the Cardinals or the Boston Red Sox will be victorious in the World Series. But Joe Buck, who will be doing the play-by-play of the telecasts on the Fox network, can't win. No matter how well he does his job, he's going to make some viewers angry. Some Red Sox rooters are bound to say he's biased toward the Cardinals because of his deep St. Louis ties. Some Cards fans will be annoyed because he's not slanting things toward the Redbirds' perspective, as he does when he calls games on local TV. "I've dealt with it a couple times already in the postsesaon, when the Cardinals played the Mets (and) Braves," Buck said in a teleconference this week. "I've said it a couple times ... I don't consider myself the kind of guy who's tucking himself into bed at night with his little Cardinals PJ's on. "I take my history out of it and I do my job. The most important thing I do is try to be balanced and report it for both sides. I really take pride in that. I'm a professional. As far as the scrutiny, I put enough scrutiny on myself to do a good job and whoever has anything to say, they can say whatever they wish." Fox analyst Tim McCarver also has strong Cardinals ties. "Any question that is seriously questioning our bias is absolutely insulting," he said in the teleconference. "I appreciated and loved my connection with them and those teams I'll never forget, particularly (World Series clubs of) '64, '67 and '68. But obviously calling the Series will be a different thing because we try to be as unbiased as we can be. But the Cardinal tradition is one that I'm appreciative of, that I was part of it for 13 years." Buck and McCarver worked the AL title series, in which Boston came back from a 3-0 deficit to beat New York in a series in which most games lasted at least four hours. Buck said he was able to devote only a small fraction of his time to following the Cards' seven-game victory over Houston in the NL, adding that he "saw about 8 seconds" of one game. It's been a grueling stretch. "I get worn out on this stuff," he said. "These games, they take a lot out of you. I'm worried some times about getting my rest, trying to keep my energy up for my job."

I was thinking the same thing. But I think more importantly, it really sets up the bullpen tonight. Embree or Leskanik or Timlin AFTER Wake seemed to work terrific during the season. Hopefully Wake won't give up a ton of HRs.

From my mom Here's a question for you... 1....Take the year the Red Sox won their last World Series. 2...Add the numbers of.. Manny Ortiz Veritek 3..Subtract the number of Garciaparra.. What do you come up with?

Does it ever snow in Australia? Anywhere?

You do understand that if the Sox lose this year, it's all YOUR fault, don't you??

Wow. It's today already... LET'S GO RED SOX!

I’m not a superstitious person by nature, but I have found myself doing little routines since the playoffs started. For one, every morning since game one against Anaheim, I play the same song on the way to work. It’s only about a 8-10 minute drive, so during the first series I played it twice in a row. With the sweep it seemed to be working – or at the very least I couldn’t stop doing it because I was so self conscious of it. I kept doing it to start the Yankees series because the name of the song is “Evil” (it’s a great song, so it was easy to make the Evil Empire connection) but as the games went on and the losses started to rack up, I needed to change something. So after game 3 I finally found the Tessie song and made a 2 song CD of the Evil song and the Tessie song. In the end I guess it didn’t hurt because the Sox came back and won the next four. Now I’m thinking of adding a 3rd song to it for the World Series. I have a couple of songs in mind, but I think I’ll wait until the first loss to the Cards before I go messing with the morning drive songs. Or maybe I should remove the Evil song as the Yanks are now out of it….. For the first game of each series I had pizza from the same place. That’s a trend I’m more than looking forward to repeating on Saturday. I also wear the same, unwashed shirt for every game. I wash it between each series, but not during. And finally, for the clincher games in the first two series, I recorded the games for prosperity on dvd. That’s a trend I hope to continue next week. Do any of you guys have little routines/superstitions going on right now?

AND A HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAMON GRAND SLAM!!!!!!! WHOOHOOO! Tomorrow night, SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR!!! Conan Rocks. This is the best TV week of my life.

Back to the Conan thing..... He just did the funniest Stienbrenner impression I think I've ever seen.

This is going to be a really fun series.

Off topic, but not quite worthy of a new thread either.... Conan Obrian I guess is a big Red Sox fan. His guests (Billy Crystal for one) last week after game 2 were ragging on him for it. And you could tell he was annoyed a wee bit. Tonight is the first show since game 7 (if it's live). I'd love to see him make some Yankee cracks in NY on the show tonight. All late night TV out of NY should be great this week, even SNL..... :thumbsup:

I agree completely! Actually, I asked a friend of mine, who's a huge Braves sufferer, should the Braves offer Pedro 12 Million/year as a FA to get the Braves over the hump in the postseason. His response "Hell no. His best days are done." That's an outside look folks. He kinda said everything I've been feeling but didn't want to admit.

I'd rather see the Cards. Belltran, Clemens and Oswalt scare me. Especially the whole Clemens thing. I don't want no stinking subplots this year when the Sox play in the World Series . I want Jeff Suppon.

Ortiz is so great. He's settled down Manny, learned from him, and has become a force in the AL. He's one of the few players I'll say right now is hugely underpayed at, what, 5 Million/year. Think of all the guys on the Yanks who make triple what he makes, and are 1/3 the hitter/teammate. Oh, and he's clutch..... BTW - I had the Barry mix up too, but I'm drunk.

You know, if I were a bigger man, I'd have posted a post like this on a NY board last year. I didn't, so hat's off to sow hat. And this quote "And although I despise all of you, and your team, I tip my hat to you." could not be funnier. It's something I would have written, if I wasn't so angered. Great post - and I'm being dead serious. (What can I say? I just love everyone today )

Welcome red. Tell us more about your Aussie team. Which team is it?

I don't get NESN, so I didn't get the postgame interviews. Lots of them are posted here on the right. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/ Pretty cool. But 2 things stand out..... 1 - John Henry - third link down - comes across as, well, a totally out of touch, corporate weasle who's really badly putting on an act. He's so uncomfortable, trying to kiss Red Sox fan's asses one minute, then coming off like a like an ego maniac the next. Best line: Reporter "Well, Hr. Henry, congratulations on the win". Henry "Your'e welcome" (not Thanks). The reporter just kinda stares at him. 2 - Manny - first link - says something, then mugs at the camera and says "I LIVE FOR THIS!." I know he's got that corny shoe ad (which is a riot), but now he's making a commercial for MLB? It's actually classic Manny. Hillarious.

This one just cracks me up. http://bostondirtdogs.boston.com/Headline_Archives/CL_GK_10.20gett.jpg

Buck should have screamed "Slam-A-Lama, Ding-Dong!"