One was born and raised in Boston and grew up a Sox fan. The other was a Georgia cracker who idolized Mantle and the Yankees of the 50’s but came to love the Sox.
If there’s a Heaven, those two guys have spent the last couple of weeks cursing and hollering at their celestial TV screens. FINALLY. Their team won.
It’s been a while since I took one of these quiz thingies. This one, though, I just had to share…
The Yankees couldn’t do it, so I’m not counting chickens. There seem to be an awful lot of eggs with cracks in them right now, though!
I remember, not too long ago, when Pedro Martinez seemed like the happiest guy on the team. Granted, I only see games on tv (and not on a daily basis anymore), but it just seemed like he was always smiling and goofing. His pitching was effortless and magical.
Nowadays, every time I see him, he looks brooding and whiny. He’s gone from a so-so reliever with the Dodgers to a so-so (then suddenly brilliant) starter with the Expos and finally to the Sox. Somewhere along the way, he changed from being “Ramon’s little brother” to another ego-filled ass out for himself alone. Somehow, he went from the skinny kid who made everyone forget there ever was a Roger Clemens to the “oh not him again!” postseason disaster who decked an old man and gave the Yankees hope.
Well, it may not be as good as turning “badger badger” into “boston boston” but there will be a wee bit of Red Sox linkage showing up at DiVERSiONZ this week…
Besides the fact that the Sox have already proved that 2 (or even 3) wins does not a series winner make, the last time they won the first two games of the World Series was… 1986. And we all know how that one ended.
About to settle in for my traditional World Series watching. Once every 18 years or so, I kick everyone out of the house and watch the Red Sox play in the Fall Classic.*
Now, if I can just remember how…
In light of Game One, here is Curt Schilling’s Top Ten list from David Letterman: “Top Ten Secrets To The Boston Red Sox Comeback”
10. Unlike the first three games, we didn’t leave early to beat the traffic.
9. We put flu virus in Jeter’s gatorade.
8. Let’s just say Pete Rose made some phone calls for us.
7. We asked Pokey Reese to be a little less pokey.
6. It’s not like we haven’t won a big game before–it’s just been 86 years.
5. Honestly, I think we were tired of hearing about the Patriots.
4. The messages of encouragement Martha sent on prison napkins.
3. We pretended the baseball was Letterman’s head.
2. What’d you expect–we have a guy who looks like Jesus!
1. We got Babe Ruth’s ghost a hooker and now everything’s cool.
I don’t care who’s side you’re on. This is funny!
Hey, I need some help here. I honestly hadn’t thought ahead far enough to know what to do with Peat’s site if I won our little bet! (To be honest, I was fully prepared to take a week off from the computer, so I wouldn’t have to look at my poor site turned into a Yankee shrine every day.)
So, what do you think? I have another entire blog at my disposal. What should I do with it?
Good grief! They expect me to make football picks while I’m stunned?? Why are they even bothering to play football this weekend?
Congrats to the Cardinals! It would have been fun having Clemens come home to Fenway, but this match-up has more tradition to it. St. Louis has beaten the Sox in 2 of the last 4 World Series they’ve been in… including the one in which I was indoctrinated into the Cult of Yaz in 1967.
I hope that Yaz will be a part of the World Series hoopla. According to reports, he’s having a tough time since the death of his son in September. It would be great if he could participate, though.
Anyway, here are my lame-o football picks. For those keeping score at home, I am slinking back toward a .500 record. Missed 5 last week to drop to 59-29.
