All of this good feeling is creeping me out. Isn't there a single Red Sox fan who is crushed by the fact that your team forgot to show up in the postseason, giving up its chances to repeat with a whimper? I'm not crushed, but I'm pissed. Yes, last year was great, and I can now die happy, but they went out without a fight this year. I don't know if it's because of the last two years and they ran out of gas, or maybe they got old, or maybe lazy, but this was a pitiful series. And the white sox played great, but the red sox certainly helped them in every way possible. White sox won it, boston didn't lose it? What a bunch of crap. This was a flawed team. To basically lose schilling, and foulke for the year, have embree fall apart, trade pedro and lowe and have clement fall completely apart in the second half (some replacement), it's a miracle we made it to the playoffs. Where would we have been without the 42 year old ex yankee? So we became one dimensional, which means even more pressure feel on the offense, and they weren't even close to the task. Which gets me to the sixth inning. Am I watching the same game as everyone else? El Duque is being treated as the second coming. Here's what I saw: Bases loaded, no outs. Varitek has the count 2 balls one strike. Swings at the next pitch about chest high and weakly pops up. Should have been 3-1 with the bases loaded. Graffanino at bat. Full count, bases loaded, one out. Swings at 2 ball fours then weakly pops out. The second possible ball four wasn't even close. Bases loaded, two outs, full count, damon at bat. Swings at obvious ball four. El Duque should be the goat today. With a little patience at the plate, we have several runs in and the big guns coming up. But no one talks about that. I haven't read one thing here or any place else that says the truth. Varitek Graffanino, and Damon flat out couldn't get the job done, even with a pitcher that was begging to walk them. How much more can you ask than for a pitcher to continually throw ball four with the bases loaded? To me, that was much worse than any error at second base. Bases loaded, no outs, no runs, you deserve to lose. Now, all of red Sox nation will be behind you - we hope you take it all! Best wishes ........ posted by zippinglou Um, no. Not sure who elected you president of red sox nation, but this sox fan is rooting for the angels if they can get by the yankees. Regardless, should be an interesting off season for boston.
[Fenway Park] not 100% full? what, here's the first playoff game back in Boston after clinching the 2004 WS, is ALDS baseball a waste of time? I think I may actually have to write a column to get this all of my chest, but that was an amazing game in two ways. It was amazing to attend a playoff game and it was amazing to sit there in the middle of "the best baseball fans on Earth" and feel like an ass for making noise. There were like 3 other actual fans up in the right-field tables, assuming Doug Flutie is a real fan (Yukon, he didn't catch a ball this time). All the other times I've gone to Fenway were for regular-season games. We arrived late (middle of the first) a couple of times (got there 10 minutes early yesterday). People were still showing up in the 4th. As "real" fans, we talk a lot about bandwagon jumpers here on Sportsfilter. I can stand people who start paying attention after the All-Star break; people who take tickets from work and go just to be seen are killing me (in the interests of full disclosure, my wife won the tickets at work). At this point, I think a lot of "level-headed" Sox fans would take a rebuilding year or two to clear out the chaffe.
Can someone tell me what happened in the first inning when Posednik got sent back to first after advancing on Wakefield's wild throw to first?
the home plate umpire called time out before wakefield threw the ball.
LBB, Well, uh, yeah -- I'm a Mets fan.
YEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'm a Mets fan. my condolences. there's nothing quite like inter-city schadenfreude.
Now, all of red Sox nation will be behind you - we hope you take it all! Best wishes ........ posted by zippinglou Um, no. Not sure who elected you president of red sox nation, but this sox fan is rooting for the angels if they can get by the yankees. Regardless, should be an interesting off season for boston. posted by justgary at 11:42 AM CST on October 8 It's a comment generated from from my compettive spirit. I believe that if I get beat, I want the guy that beat me be the best... at least I can say I lost to the best. When my Red Sox lost to the White Sox, I want them to take it all.... at least I can say, we got beat by the Champs..... This aside from the fact that I'm Venezuelan, and Ozzie being the first manager from my home country to ever make it this far, makes me want to root for him now! Go RED SOX (forever) but for the rest of this season..... GO WHITE SOX!!!!
Hey Jersey: Go gring your ax somewhere else. Your trollishness is only outshined by your inflamed arrogance. And Boston was OUTCLASSED you say? HAH! Wow. I totally missed your original post there Jersey. That was my bad. You're clearly one of the good guys.
Great to see the White Sox finally get past a playoff series. Also great to see one of the funnest White Sox players of all time, Ozzie Guillen, be a major part of that. I don't care who they play in the next round, but I think it would be sweeter to beat the Yankees and their big payroll to get to the World Series. Here's hoping the White Sox win it all this year and the Cubs next year, then we can all stop feeling sorry for ourselves!
what to BIG MOUTH SHILLING he won't see the post season against the nat. league ALL RIGHT!!!!! now if the yankees lose i will feel a little better about it personally the way george f----ed up thier pitching staff he deserves to lose!!!! yours Franky (still the yankee fan)
Excuse me that was what happened to ....... i just got carried away i was so glad that BOSTON LOST!!!!!! FrankySP
That's okay, Franky -- next time you get carried away, just ask your mommy to give you a nice milk and cookie and that'll settle you right down.
Okay, I have to say it...the google ad on this page for the "Yankees Choke" t-shirt 'specially for Boston fans is kinda funny right now. You talk or wear that kinda trash and sooner or later, it'll come back to haunt you.
It doesn't matter who wins the AL because none of them can hang with the redbirds......sorry
AL hung with Pujols pretty well last year, if I recall.
Well, the Cards were tied at 0-0 at the start of each game, jg.
They had a no hitter going at the start of each game too, as I remember it.
JG, your team is out and your remaining post season support is fickle. Go practice the shotput and get over last year already.
your team is out and your remaining post season support is fickle. Go practice the shotput and get over last year already. Are you still upset that the media forces the yankees/red sox on the public? This might be the cardinals year. Then again, that's all I heard last year also. Wait until the series, the cardinals will show boston what real baseball looks like. And, well, they sucked. Maybe this year will be different.
So much for the notion of "Oh Cardinals fans are SO nice!"
So much for the notion of "Oh Cardinals fans are SO nice!" c'mon jgirl. You started that LR thread. Stay true.
The notion was one from the Boston fan and media perspective of last year. Guess I should have made that clear to non-Bostonians.
No context needed in this regard. All teams have good and bad fans. Don't feed the animals.
