Youk Of The Nation

Haha Peavy.

Congratulations to Helton, let's have that be the last run they score, please.

Looks like Helton might get that 15-run lead

Yeah, basically that's what my opinion boils down to. Go Sox, every other concern is a distant second.

Helton is my all-time favorite non-Sox player as well, but I'd still rather see him go hitless than hurt the Sox. On the other hand, I have to admit, if the Sox were leading by 15 runs I wouldn't mind terribly if his last at-bat in Coors was a HR. It would be fitting.

No. No one is allowed to say anything catchphrase-y anymore. You must all communicate entirely in either lojban or uploaded videos of you using American Sign Language. Navajo is also acceptable.

If that starts again I will be...displeased.

Wait, Oswalt isn't pitching? Damn.

Wacha disappointment.

Unlike Jon Lester, who climbs into bed and kisses CC's wife.

Remember when people actually wanted Roy Oswalt? Looks like the Sox dodged a bullet on that one.

At some point in your college years, you should look into grammar. I'm not certain, but I think it might be considered important in research projects, especially to the people who are grading them.

When the Rangers are golfing due to missing the offseason, Washington can be a member of the Fantastic Fore

I was going to come in here to say that this was the dumbest post ever used to start a thread on Talksox, and then, SoxSport, you actually went and made it somehow worse. Yes, the Sox are really good. I think the whole "first place in the AL East" and "top five in almost every statistical category worth mentioning" things really puts them in the "good" column. Teams do not get lucky in some games and translate that into handily winning the toughest division in baseball. The Sox have already proven they can beat the Yankees, Rays, Guardians, Rangers, A's, Tigers, Orioles, and anyone else when they absolutely need to. They beat Scherzer, they beat Price, they beat Sabathia (who hasn't?), and they beat Masterson, not to mention just about every other halfway decent pitcher on postseason-bound or postseason-hopeful teams. Calling this season a fluke is ridiculous. This season is a result of really good baseball being played by a lot of great players. And to follow that up with saying that Oakland is the big obstacle to the World Series is even more ridiculous. Right now, every team offers the same difficulty to the Sox. And that amount is none. The Sox have beaten everyone and have made it clear they can and will continue to beat everyone. They are the favorites this season because of good f***ing baseball, not luck.

Pairing up Vin Scully and Don Orsillo is like producing a movie directed by Martin Scorsese and Uwe Boll.

I may have mentioned it before, but I have a lot of family in Renfrew, PA, which is near Pittsburgh. My grandfather was a huge Pirates fan until the 94 strike, after which he refused to watch baseball ever again, and my father is a lapsed Pirates fan who only knows that they have sucked for the last 20 years. As a Steelers fan who was raised by Pirates fans, I would love to see the Pirates win it all, if it wasn't for the Sox. If for some reason the Sox don't make it to the Series, I want Pittsburgh to take it all. I know the phone calls from my relatives in PA will be awesome. In a lot of ways, this reminds me of 2007. I always followed the Rockies, from the time I became a baseball fan. They were my NL team, the team that I rooted for when they were playing anyone except the Sox. And then, they finally make it to a World Series, and I couldn't root for them, because they were playing against my team. If the Pirates make it, I will be in the same situation again. It doesn't matter in the end, though. I won't lose any sleep, because I am first and foremost a Red Sox fan, and will take just as much joy in the Sox pounding the Pirates as I did when they absolutely embarrassed the Rockies. And given the way the Pirates have played the last two decades, just making it to the postseason is a hell of an accomplishment.

I'd love it to be Cleveland/KC because I think the Guardians would win that game and the Sox would be able to beat the s*** out of the Guardians. However, what I actually think it will be is Tampa and Cleveland, if Texas keeps backsliding like they have been.

Actually, 12 men have walked on the moon. 13 men have crossed the plate against Mariano Rivera in the postseason. Also, I think walking on the moon is a much more notable accomplishment, seeing as, you know, it's the f***ing moon.

Let's try to score him this time guys!

No! Their parents need to learn. Six of the same item is not one item.

I know, I hate to rein on his parade, but it had to be said.

Yankees Clinch Post-Season Berth NEW YORK- In a surprise announcement, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said today that the entire Yankees roster has secured a berth on a Carnival Cruise ship, immediately after the season ends. "You could sort of call it a 'post-season berth'", remarked Cashman, already decked out in sunglasses and khaki shorts. "We had this in motion for the last several months, but we just finalized the deal today." Specifics have not been announced, but sources say that the Yankees traded first baseman/designated hitter Lyle Overbay for 50 first-class tickets to the upcoming Carnival Cruise to the Caribbean Sea. Overbay, who somewhat anchored the Yankees' lineup for the first several months of the 2013 season, will likely serve to anchor the Carnival Cruise ship Princess while it is in port. However, other individuals close to the front office have hinted that the Yankees, to spare themselves some of the media and stress associated with his upcoming hearings, have denied Alex Rodriguez a spot on the team vacation. Rodriguez has expressed little interest in the trip, however, citing instead a desire to spend the weeks-long vacation on a Naval vessel.

Everyone is always worried about my sense of proportion. Just the other day while I was venting my frustration at the people with too many items in the express lane, all the hostage negotiator could talk about was "overreacting" and "please just let the children go".

You really took the joke and ran it into the ground. One could say that you are beating a dead horse.

Yes, and my response to calling my full beard "pubes" was to make a joke about sleeping with your wife. Don't hate on beards. Beards are taking the Sox to the World Series!