Boston Red Sox

[rickyh24]

remember hen gagne was just like papelbon??? man how that change...

[thebestauntie]

I was excited I saw Gagne warming up. Damn it
Who invited you in here? :p

[groton]

So when we win tonight I think I'm going call Denver.

[rickyh24]

7,8,9 coming up in the bottom half

[chr35919]

remember hen gagne was just like papelbon??? man how that change...
easily one of the strangest evolutions in baseball

[thebestauntie]

So when we win tonight I think I'm going call Denver.
Anyone in particular Big G, or just the city?

[Lcsulla]

remember hen gagne was just like papelbon??? man how that change...


Yeah, I remember when Gagne and Foulke were dubbed as the next Mariano Rivera - and every Yankee fans said - 'Yeah, maybe but lets see them do it for another 5-10 years, then we'll talk.'. :lol

[SoRight24]

Okay, I'm gonna try not to have a heart attack during these last 3 outs.

[rickyh24]

here we go

[SoRight24]

Here we go.

It all comes down to this.....

[groton]

Anyone in particular Big G, or just the city?
oh its one person she lives officaly in Boulder
she is the one i was on the phone with in my drunk phone call picture from gorge

[Lcsulla]

Okay, I'm gonna try not to have a heart attack during these last 3 outs.

Relax, not like you don't have a small cushion even if he blows it. Try game 7 2001, want to talk about heartbreak? 3 outs away with Mr. Automatic on the mound. Now that SUCKED. Worst Yankee moment ever for me. :shrug

[Lcsulla]

oh its one person she lives officaly in Boulder
she is the one i was on the phone with in my drunk phone call picture from gorge

Out of curiosity, was it Paige? I know she's in Boulder; damn cool girl.

[rickyh24]

alls i gotta say is I LOVE YOU BOBBY KEILTY

[SoRight24]

Relax, not like you don't have a small cushion even if he blows it. Try game 7 2001, want to talk about heartbreak? 3 outs away with Mr. Automatic on the mound. Now that SUCKED. Worst Yankee moment ever for me. :shrug

I know man, but it's just the moment.

[rickyh24]

ok ill be right back

[thebestauntie]

Relax, not like you don't have a small cushion even if he blows it. Try game 7 2001, want to talk about heartbreak? 3 outs away with Mr. Automatic on the mound. Now that SUCKED. Worst Yankee moment ever for me. :shrug
I'm trying to think of something funny to say here, but I'm so damned tired that I've got nothing! :lol

[Lcsulla]

I know man, but it's just the moment.

Been there myself.. once or twice - or 5 times! :lol

For me it was usually adrenaline rather than worry though.

[Lcsulla]

I'm trying to think of something funny to say here, but I'm so damned tired that I've got nothing! :lol

Cause there was absolutely NOTHING FUNNY AT ALL about that!!!!!!!!! ;)

[justinandimcool]

3 outs away. The moment I look forward to every season.

[thebestauntie]

Cause there was absolutely NOTHING FUNNY AT ALL about that!!!!!!!!! ;)
I beg to differ my dear! :)

[SoRight24]

One down baby, 2 to go.

[SoRight24]

2 down, 1 to go.

HOLY SHIT!!!!

[smeritt]

you can all exhale now

[justinandimcool]

Holy shit.

[SoRight24]

Manny wouldnt have made that play.

Thank god for Ellsbury.

[TempHelpNeeded]

1 more out!!!

[thebestauntie]

you can all exhale now
LOL!!! :lol

[SoRight24]

FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

World Series CHAMPS!!!!!

HELL YESSSSSS! :bounce :bounce :bounce

GO CRAZY BOSTON!

[jaking1185]

Congrats to all Sox fans!

[tmorry326]

Yes. Yes!

[rickyh24]

:runsaroundthreadslappinghighfives

[smeritt]

Al > Nl

[groton]

Yes Yes Yes We Did It

[Lcsulla]

Puke.

But congrats to the real Sox fans.

Still sucks though.

[SoRight24]

Oh hell yes fucking WS CHAMPS! :bounce

[tmorry326]

:hug:hug:hug:hug:hug:hug

[groton]

Out of curiosity, was it Paige? I know she's in Boulder; damn cool girl.

No not paige lol.
but i did meet her at gorge

Its my Freind Julia

[tdowe99]

Yay Sox!

[rickyh24]

this is great!!

[justinandimcool]

Classy ending to a great year.

Congrats thread :thumbsup

[siouxsiesue]

Congrats on the American League sweep, Sox fans! :)

[SoRight24]

Time to break out that liquor baby!

[tmorry326]

Shut up Joe Buck. "Not home to win it."

Shut up.

We won it. Twice now...Shut up.





Hugs to everyone else!
:hug :hug :hug :hug :hug

[thestand]

That was an awkward politically correct statement from Varitek. :lol

[Lcsulla]

No not paige lol.
but i did meet her at gorge

Its my Freind Julia

Cool, just wondering. I hung with her at RR, we met because she was sitting in front of me with a Yankee hat on so I had to chat and we got along very well. Didn't figure to ever hear from her again because I was drunk and didn't store her number right - then I saw her on here. She is damn cool, still a friend of mine.

[chr35919]

hell fucking yeah

[chiznaz]

Great win sox fans :thumbsup

[SoRight24]

I love you Papelbon.

I love you.

[crashintonickdm]

congrats, red sox.

[rickyh24]

hows my avatar look?

[SoRight24]

hows my avatar look?

It looks fan-fucking-tastic! :bounce :monkey

[dmbhoosier21]

Congrats.

[rickyh24]

It looks fan-fucking-tastic! :bounce :monkey


:multi :multi :multi

[groton]

Cool, just wondering. I hung with her at RR, we met because she was sitting in front of me with a Yankee hat on so I had to chat and we got along very well. Didn't figure to ever hear from her again because I was drunk and didn't store her number right - then I saw her on here. She is damn cool, still a friend of mine.

Yeah I met her the day we dropped Ange off at Vantage.
we have a few friends in common.

i decided to text Julia since I cant talk right now coughing to much

[rickyh24]

Congrats.


:thumbsup

[UNLTrpt]

Shut up Joe Buck. "Not home to win it."

Shut up.

We won it. Twice now...Shut up.


Further proof that Joe Buck is a douche bag.

[groton]

:multi :bounce :multi :monkey :hump :multi :bounce :multi

[rickyh24]

i was just watching boston news and there was people walking in front of the cameras yelling "GO ROCKIES!!" :lol

[rickyh24]

Further proof that Joe Buck is a douche bag.



Joe Buck is a huge tool

[dmbphan041]

still hate them.

[Lcsulla]

Yeah I met her the day we dropped Ange off at Vantage.


Hahaha! She busts my ass for 'blowing her off' at Gorge and Hollywood. Wasn't my decision and she did get some nice tickets out of my having to bail last minute on five shows. :lol

[tmorry326]

Further proof that Joe Buck is a douche bag.

Gotta find the negative in the Sox. If the Yankees won he'd be crying about the beauty of baseball...

However, I love Harold Reynolds.

And the Sox. Goodnight. Woooooo.

:thumbsup:thumbsup:hug:hug:hump:hump:bounce:bounce

[groton]

Hahaha! She busts my ass for 'blowing her off' at Gorge and Hollywood. Wasn't my decision and she did get some nice tickets out of my having to bail last minute on five shows. :lol

yeah i know. Jamie :lol

[rickyh24]

good for lowell!!!!!

[Lcsulla]

yeah i know. Jamie :lol

Yeah, I am sure. As if I was any more thrilled.....

All in good fun though - I know she is just goofing with me - plus she's too nice to mention it even if she was annoyed. :lol

[rickyh24]

he deserves it!

[rickyh24]

looks like he gets to be an MVP after all!!! :lol

[Lcsulla]

Lowell is all class. And as a Yankee fans I know about these things. :p

[TempHelpNeeded]

Go Mikey!!! :D

[DMBfan41]

John Henry i hate.

But, other than that. Congrats Sox and to all you fans. Best team year round. Although, the Yankees did have your number in the season!

[rickyh24]

Lowell is all class. And as a Yankee fans I know about these things. :p


what a throw in to that Beckett deal he ended up being huh??


and im a pats fan so i know all about class as well...:lol



:ducks

[groton]

Yeah, I am sure. As if I was any more thrilled.....

All in good fun though - I know she is just goofing with me - plus she's too nice to mention it even if she was annoyed. :lol

Yeah she is a totally nice Girl.
if anything she just wanted you there to have a good time she understands why you could not make the shows.

but we did have to scramble to find her a N2 Ticket

[justinandimcool]

Can't get over it.

86 years of infertility

I go high school. Boom. 2 titles.

Hasn't sunk it in. The Red Sox are champions?

[dowling25]

gosh so happy to get that over with! those last two innings i was almost having a heart attack. when carrol made that connection, my heart i think stopped! but they still won! now all the yankee fans around me are saying that the rockies were the worst team ever to play in the ws. and also about aaron boone, and 26 world series.

all i can do is laugh at them!

well i am going to go party now!

[Lcsulla]

what a throw in to that Beckett deal he ended up being huh??


Yeah, after 2006 it looked like Beckett was the throw in in the Lowell deal. :lol

I had the same in 1998 when Brosius was WS MVP after coming over as a player to be named later. Gotta love when throw in guys end up being solid players and fan favorites. Though the funny thing is if Brosius was not included you know who the Yankee 3B would have been in 1998?

One Mr. Mike Lowell! :lol

[DMBfan41]

Yeah, it's pretty crazy.

People 4 years old can now say they've seen the Red Sox win twice. You have to be 90 to be able to say you've seen them win three times

[boarderx5423]

Congrats y'all. You deserved it!

[groton]

Thanks Bj

[RJ2kWJ]

Congrats Sox fans... Unbelievable.

[rickyh24]

man..what a night

[justinandimcool]

Yeah, it's pretty crazy.

People 4 years old can now say they've seen the Red Sox win twice. You have to be 90 to be able to say you've seen them win three times


:thumbsup

It's crazy. I can barely fathom it. Kevin Youkilis has two rings with Boston. Every Boston great before 2004 has none. Crazy.

[SoRight24]

I am going out to celebrate a little bit.

But to all of you in this thread and Sox nation!

What a ride this team has taken us on this year! We are fucking World Series Champions baby!!! :bounce :bounce

I love you all!

[rickyh24]

man changing my sig just now felt so much better than when i changed it after they went down to the indians 3-1.....i really cant believe they pulled this shit off!!!!!

[rickyh24]

I am going out to celebrate a little bit.

But to all of you in this thread and Sox nation!

What a ride this team has taken us on this year! We are fucking World Series Champions baby!!! :bounce :bounce

I love you all!


right on man!! have fun!:multi

[Lcsulla]

People 4 years old can now say they've seen the Red Sox win twice. You have to be 90 to be able to say you've seen them win three times

By the time I was four the Yanks had won two titles and a pennant so this Yankee fan is up on any four year old!. :p

:lol ;) Congrats, really!

[thebestauntie]

hows my avatar look?
SAWEEETT!!
Puke.

But congrats to the real Sox fans.

Still sucks though.
Thank you Jamie! :multi :D
Lowell is all class. And as a Yankee fans I know about these things. :p
Riiight!

[yankees26mlb]

lol did anyone else notice luchino and john henry were wearing the exact same outfit?

[rickyh24]

lol did anyone else notice luchino and john henry were wearing the exact same outfit?

:lol i didnt even notice that...funny shit

[groton]

have fun Trav

[thebestauntie]

By the time I was four the Yanks had won two titles and a pennant so this Yankee fan is up on any four year old!. :p

:lol ;) Congrats, really!
You know, you can stop posting in here anytime Jamie! :p :lol

But I did tell my nephew (who is 11 and experiencing his 2nd World Series title) that he is spoiled!!!

[TempHelpNeeded]

It's always so surreal.

[justinandimcool]

Why does this WS feel so empty? The headlines don't feel as big, there's not as much craziness. I'm not bouncing up and down like I was the last 10 years. I don't know, it's probably my mood.

[Lcsulla]

You know, you can stop posting in here anytime Jamie! :p :lol


Or I could just lock the thread. Seems like an appropriate time! :evil

[TempHelpNeeded]

I'm with Travis. Time to celebrate!!! Till later. GO SOX!!! :bounce :bounce

[thebestauntie]

I am going out to celebrate a little bit.

But to all of you in this thread and Sox nation!

What a ride this team has taken us on this year! We are fucking World Series Champions baby!!! :bounce :bounce

I love you all!
Have fun Travis!!!!! :multi :multi WAHOOO!!!!!!!!

[rickyh24]

Or I could just lock the thread. Seems like an appropriate time! :evil



:banned


wait can i do that?

[thebestauntie]

Or I could just lock the thread. Seems like an appropriate time! :evil
:eek :eek :eek :eek

:lol :lol :lol

[groton]

later greg

[DMBfan41]

The problem with baseball is simple, the Red Sox think they can win. And that's the only reason why they won this year. 2004 was won by baseball gods. 2007 was won by the red sox.

[TempHelpNeeded]

just ordered the world series hat. :D



later.

[templeofdmb]

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, that just keeps slipping out!
:bounce :bounce :multi :multi :multi :bounce :bounce

[Lcsulla]

Why does this WS feel so empty? The headlines don't feel as big, there's not as much craziness. I'm not bouncing up and down like I was the last 10 years. I don't know, it's probably my mood.

I think most sweeps are a tad anti-climatic to be honest.

[thebestauntie]

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, that just keeps slipping out!
:bounce :bounce :multi :multi :multi :bounce :bounce
Hard for it not too!!

Alright my lovlies, I'm off to bed. Just remember when you drift off to sleep...

THE BOSTON RED SOX ARE THE 2007 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!

edit: Jamie, please dont' lock the thread!! ;)

[justinandimcool]

I think most sweeps are a tad anti-climatic to be honest.

Eh. Yeah, but I remember 04 and 05, I was jumping up and down. It was still exciting as fuck. I'm just not feeling it this year. It's kinda sad. I think I'm getting old :shrug

[BlueWaterBF36]

I think most sweeps are a tad anti-climatic to be honest.

It was kind of won yesterday I think for most people.

At any rate, any Sox fans are going nuts regardless. Tipping my cap to them. Moving on to 08.

[maya]

:takeoffclothesanddances

[DMBfan41]

the Sox may have won 8 world series games in a row.

But, I saw the Yanks win 15 in a row.

So theres something to work for Boston! 2 more sweeps!

[Lcsulla]

Okay, my civility is done. I just finished congratulating my last Sox fan friend. Enjoy your night folks! I know how you all feel, it is fucking great.

[DMBfan41]

:takeoffclothesanddances

well if the Red Sox have this kind of effect on women, maybe i should become a fan

[Lcsulla]

But, I saw the Yanks win 15 in a row.


Actually I think 14 in a row is their most.

4 straight in 1996 (games 3-6), sweeps in 1998 and 1999 and then games one and two in 2000 before the Muts won game 3.

[maya]

well if the Red Sox have this kind of effect on women, maybe i should become a fan

Well i was late to the festivities! I had an Anti-Money Laundering & Couter-Terrorism Financing Reforms training session to go to. I made a crane out of candy wrapper and a tiny little paper hat!!

[DMBfan41]

Actually I think 14 in a row is their most.

4 straight in 1996 (games 3-6), sweeps in 1998 and 1999 and then games one and two in 2000 before the Muts won game 3.

ah damn that right, my bad....14.

2 wins in 4 years....i think its a bit early to say dynasty

[boarderx5423]

I'm glad I bet money on the Red Sox to win it all a few months ago. I can't wait to get my check from the Venetian Sports Book!

[Lcsulla]

Well i was late to the festivities! I had an Anti-Money Laundering & Couter-Terrorism Financing Reforms training session to go to. I made a crane out of candy wrapper and a tiny little paper hat!!

Wait, you're Chloe O'Brien?

[chr35919]

I think most sweeps are a tad anti-climatic to be honest.:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

i'd have much rather it went 6 or 7...or at the very least 5 games. it's much more exciting to have some drama than to just have another team not play up to their potential and allow you to win in 4

[maya]

Wait, you're Chloe O'Brien?

who is that? Is that good? if so then yes :)

[groton]

:takeoffclothesanddances

Megan so what does it feel to have a WS win as a Offical member of Redsox Nation :bounce:multi:bounce :hug:hump:hug

Land downunder Sub Branch

[Lcsulla]

who is that? Is that good? if so then yes :)

Brilliant pretty chick from 24! So yeah, it was a joke but certainly a good thing. :)

[maya]

Megan so what does it feel to have a WS win as a Offical member of Redsox Nation :bounce:multi:bounce :hug:hump:hug

Land downunder Sub Branch

I would of been more excited if i could of watched it. But i am very very very happy! I feel like hopping on a plane and coming out there and dancing around.

Brilliant pretty chick from 24! So yeah, it was a joke but certainly a good thing. :)

:lol yeah i'd assumed. Pity the training wasn't as cool as how it sounds... it was all like 'we need proof of identificiation if a member wishes to remove their money from the fund' no shit sherlock.... waste of 2 hours when i could of been vicariously living through others

[ProudestAnt]

I'M FREAKIN OUT MAN!!


WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO

They wouldn't let me bring in my broom, but it was all good. Got into another scuffle going into the game and a fight coming out of the game.

Now we're back at the hotel to wind down and get ready to catch our flight home in the morning...

[justinandimcool]

I'M FREAKIN OUT MAN!!


WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO

They wouldn't let me bring in my broom, but it was all good. Got into another scuffle going into the game and a fight coming out of the game.

Now we're back at the hotel to wind down and get ready to catch our flight home in the morning...

Congrats dude :hug

[s0628711]

Congrats to all Red Sox fans! You guys truly deserved it this year (coming from a Yankee faithful)... Cheers!

[ProudestAnt]

:lol Great picture...

[groton]

Yeah that is a Nasty Picture

[maya]

:lol Great picture...

hahah that is brilliant!!

[hoefdj18]

i'm in a glass case of emotion...shattered by a bobby kielty homerun.

2 in four years, damn it feels good to be a gangster.

[maya]

i'm in a glass case of emotion...shattered by a bobby kielty homerun.

2 in four years, damn it feels good to be a gangster.

now all i can think of is Officespace

[BreakFree27]

Good times never seemed so good.....SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!

I Love that Dirty Water! Go Sox....WS Champs!!!

UMass went fucking crazy!!! Riots and riot police!

[aclark0622]

:multi :multi :multi Huge bonfire at UMaine!

Sorry you're from Bucksport, BreakFree... :p

[DIDriveOut2SPAC]

just got back from kenmore, shit was crazy ...

[yankees26mlb]

any riots like 04 around fenway?

[chr35919]

Congratulations to the best team in baseball.

[aeroshady]

WoooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooOOOO

GO RED SOX!!!!!

I Just got back from Fenway and Mass Ave...it was insane down there!!!!

IT WILL BE A PARTY ALL NIGHT BABY!!!!!!

[Amy1518]

My friend Mike was going down to Fenway tonight and of course had to rub it in...lucky bastard!! I wore my Ellsbury shirt to work tonight in support of my man and my team. I'm representin' Red Sox nation here in my hospital in Iowa. Way to go SOX!!!! And way to go Lowell...he deserved it!

[kerplunk!]

Stephen King must be very happy!

[Tambou]

SWEEEEEEET Life is good at the moment...Very good:bounce

[GinaNMU]

WOW. Craziest f'in night. I was at Jillian's for the whole game, then went out into the streets... it was a MOB SCENE!!! I was on the corner of Boylston and Ispwich for those of you who were watch the celebration on TV afterwards... kids jumping off street lights, chaos, dancing, music...so insane.

The sad thing about it was that everyone was so happy and peaceful (most of them were just trying to get home), but the cops were blocking any street imaginable and not letting people leave. They brought out horses that were SO scared and running and rounding people up who were just trying to get the hell out of there. I had to walk from the field all the way back down Comm Ave. past the Paradise to get to my car.

I went to bed at 4am, I'm here at work at 8:30, and MY GOD I'm exhausted. I took a ton of pictures that I'll put up when I get home tonight.

From a devoted Cubs fan to a great RED SOX NATION, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

:multi :multi :multi

[templeofdmb]

I can't wait to see some of those pics. Thanks Gina! Sounds like it was quite a scene out there

[maya]

i did a little dance at my work station :D that was all the Australian chapter of the redsox nation could afford!!!

Gina, i can't wait for those photos!

[MGH4007]

just got back from kenmore, shit was crazy ...

yeah i was there as well.

great night.

[LaDude]

YES! Two Championships in 4 years! Is this real or am I dreaming?

Somewhat frustrating right now that I am on business in London. They don't really seem to care about the Red Sox winning the World Series. Actually one guy asked me if the World Series was the NFL game that was played here yesterday!

I've only been here for 2 days and I already miss Boston! If 2004 didn't happen I would have had to change my flight!

I want to enjoy this Championship a little before I start talking off season stuff...but man, it looks like it could be an exciting one! I hope most of the guys in question come back!

Enjoy the parade! DAMN IT! I WISH I WAS HOME! :)

[DavefaninNZ]

I'M FREAKIN OUT MAN!!


WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOO

They wouldn't let me bring in my broom, but it was all good. Got into another scuffle going into the game and a fight coming out of the game.

Now we're back at the hotel to wind down and get ready to catch our flight home in the morning...

I wanted to ask you...scuffles aside, how are rockies fans? Are they bandwagoners, semi-knowledgable? Is Coors field a good place to watch a game? I was watching the game tonight and thinking about you being there, you lucky bastard!

[MGH4007]

haha, last night as we were walking around celebrating a friend of mine would just say, "yeah, the pats beat the redskins! Did the rockies win? kinda had to be there but it was funny as everyone was smashed.

[GavMan33]

*peeks head in, doesn't see anyone recognizable*

Ummm. Congratulations, I guess :shrug

*gets pissed off look on face, and flees thread*

[DavefaninNZ]

YES! Two Championships in 4 years! Is this real or am I dreaming?

Somewhat frustrating right now that I am on business in London. They don't really seem to care about the Red Sox winning the World Series. Actually one guy asked me if the World Series was the NFL game that was played here yesterday!

I've only been here for 2 days and I already miss Boston! If 2004 didn't happen I would have had to change my flight!

I want to enjoy this Championship a little before I start talking off season stuff...but man, it looks like it could be an exciting one! I hope most of the guys in question come back!

Enjoy the parade! DAMN IT! I WISH I WAS HOME! :)

My thought exactly. I can't tell you how much shit I've gotten here in New Zealand when I say that my Red Sox are World Series Champions. They say "Oh, what country did they play?" The best was when I owned a guy who was trying to get me on baseball trivia, saying that no other team than an American team has won the "World" Series. I said 'well, toronto won it in '92 and '93.' He didn't say much after that and just sold me my champagne. :lol:lol:lol

[dmbgodagirl41]

does this mean they wont win for another 172 :eek

:D GO RED SOX BOOYAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[groton]

*peeks head in, doesn't see anyone recognizable*

Ummm. Congratulations, I guess :shrug

*gets pissed off look on face, and flees thread*

Thanks dude

[groton]

does this mean they wont win for another 172 :eek

:D GO RED SOX BOOYAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Katie don't talk that way :hug

Yes Redsox BOOYAAAH

[dmbgodagirl41]

Katie don't talk that way :hug

Yes Redsox BOOYAAAH
:D I'm not, it was a joke, I swear!

I love how the Red Sox are the winningest MLB team in the 21st century. HELL YEAH!!!!!

[GavMan33]

Thanks dude

For the record Greg, I hope you took that as a joke. I don't want to be seen like the giant asshat, it wasn't met to be taken as a dig.....

[groton]

For the record Greg, I hope you took that as a joke. I don't want to be seen like the giant asshat, it wasn't met to be taken as a dig.....

I did take it as a joke thats why i said Thanks :lol

[chr35919]

This time, Red Sox bulldozed their way to title
By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

DENVER -- It's never an easy thing to comprehend when the universe changes before your eyes.

You're never sure why. You're never sure how. And normally, you're never sure when.

But if anyone asks, you can tell them you saw it all unfold on the last Sunday night in October, in a scenic Colorado ballpark nestled between the mountain peaks.

You didn't just see the Boston Red Sox win the World Series. You didn't just see the Red Sox sweep the World Series. You saw something bigger, something deeper, something historic.

This wasn't 2004. That's ancient history now. This wasn't 86 years of torment and misery, curses and ghosts, being washed away by events taking place on a baseball field. This was different. Very different. Couldn't have been more different.

This is a franchise that has turned life as we used to know it upside down. This is no longer a team defined by all the years it didn't win. This is a team carving a whole new niche in the sporting universe.

Make no mistake. The Red Sox now are one of baseball's powerhouse franchises. And what they just did -- in this World Series, in this October and especially in the past week and a half -- made that 100 percent official.

"It's a different organization now," Curt Schilling said after the 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies that completed this sweep and this journey. "It's different. Nobody feels sorry for us anymore. And they shouldn't. We're not the little guy on the block anymore. We're not David to Goliath. Payrollwise, we're up there with anybody now. But it's about a lot more than payroll. They built this franchise to last. And it's been a privilege to watch it take off."

Until Sunday, the only franchise in the history of this sport that ever swept two World Series in four seasons was the one, the only New York Yankees (who, of course, had done that four times).

But now the Yankees have company. Now the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox have moved in right beside them, leaving their stamp on their sport and its rich postseason history.

And this team stampeded up that mountainside in a way no team ever has. Well, not since baseball expanded its postseason in 1969, at least.

This team outscored the Los Angeles Angels, the Cleveland Indians and the Rockies by a combined score of 99-46 -- the greatest October run differential in postseason history.

These Red Sox finished that run by outscoring the Rockies 29-10 in this World Series -- the greatest World Series run differential in history.

Mike Lowell
A throw-in in the Josh Beckett trade, Mike Lowell is a big reason the Red Sox are the last team standing this October.
On a night when principal owner John Henry was moved to say, "We're not just a bunch of stat geeks," the Red Sox took possession of one of their favorite stats of all. Nothing measures domination like run differential. So those numbers -- plus-53 and plus-19 -- tell you just how thunderously this team imposed its will on all its victims.

"They beat us with small ball. They beat us with the long ball," Colorado's LaTroy Hawkins said after the Red Sox had finished blowing a hole in his team's 21-1 bubble with a howitzer. "They beat us every which way you could imagine, brother. I'm not going to sit here and say what Eric Byrnes said about us, that we outplayed 'em, because it ain't true. They got us. They got us good."

The Red Sox outhit Colorado, .333 to .218. They rolled up the second-highest World Series batting average of all time. They batted .419 with runners in scoring position -- while holding the team they were playing to a .167 average in the same spots. They trailed at the end of just three innings in the entire World Series (by one run early in Game 2) -- and never were behind at any point over the final 23 innings.

"This team," reliever Mike Timlin said, "was built to do what it did. But to be able to do it -- to sweep the World Series twice -- is just an amazing feat."

No doubt. But here's what makes it even more amazing:

Only 10 days earlier, Boston's dream season looked as if it was ready to tumble over a cliff.

The Red Sox arrived at the ballpark in Cleveland trailing the Indians three games to one. They'd lost three games in a row, by a combined score of 24-11. They had to face C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona in the next two games.

At that point, Dennis Kucinich seemed to have a better chance of being sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2009, than the Red Sox had of climbing out of that hole.

But that's not how they saw it.

"I remember walking in the clubhouse," said rookie dynamo Jacoby Ellsbury, "and it was exactly the same, down 3-1, as it was tonight, up 3-0. The music was going. Everybody was in a good mood. Nothing really changed. And maybe that's the key -- not changing anything."

Bingo. Only eight players in that clubhouse had lived through the miracle of 2004, the impossible scramble out of the 0-3 canyon against the Yankees. But those eight knew exactly what tone to set: Don't worry. Be happy.

"We were down 3-0 three years ago, so there was a whole different set of dynamics for us winning that one than there was this year," Schilling said. "It was almost like we played two World Series that year. But this year, down 3-1, I don't ever remember for a day thinking we weren't going to be here. I don't know if that's right or wrong, fair or foul. But I don't think anybody in that clubhouse thought our season was going to end before we got here."

And was that, he was asked, because Josh Beckett was pitching Game 5?

"Absolutely," Schilling answered.

Beckett unfurled a save-the-season, 11-strikeout five-hitter over eight innings that night to get the parade turned around. And the rest is, literally, history.

When we look back some day on the week and a half of baseball that followed, what will we find? We'll find a team that went on an October rampage we'll have a hard time comprehending.

Over the next seven games, the Red Sox outscored the Indians and Rockies by the mind-boggling total of 59-15. Roll that around your brain a moment: 59-15.

We took a look at the other six teams in history to rip off winning streaks of seven games or longer within the same postseason. The closest anybody came to that plus-44 run differential was a plus-30 by the 2006 Tigers, who outscored the Yankees and A's, 40-10, in their seven-game run through the LDS and LCS.

You thought that 2004 Boston squad -- a team that won its last eight and led at some point in every inning of the World Series -- had a dominating finish? Heck, those Sox were only plus-24 (49-25).

Remember the 1998 Yankees -- viewed as the most dominant team of modern times? They were just plus-23 (44-21) while winning their final seven.

And what about the '76 Big Red Machine -- one of the most storied teams of the division-play era? Nope, they were only plus-22 (41-19) while sweeping an entire seven-game postseason.

And this team doubled that. Amazing.

The Boston Red Sox are still a team dealing out the curses and the torture, all right -- except now they're dealing them out to everyone else.

"You know," Schilling said, "we didn't have our backs against the wall all season. And the first day we did, we never lost again."

After Beckett's masterpiece, they ripped off three straight offensive eruptions of 11 or more runs. Then Schilling, Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon tag-teamed their way to a 2-1 win in Game 2 of this series. Then Daisuke Matsuzaka and Ellsbury took charge of Game 3. And that brought us to this night.

• To Jon Lester, cancer survivor, weaving 5 2/3 downright cinematic shutout innings, leaving with a 2-0 lead to actual hugs in the dugout. "Wow," said pitching coach John Farrell. "What a storybook ending to a great year."

• To Mike Lowell, a cancer survivor himself, wrapping up a Series MVP award. Doubling and scoring in the fifth. Homering to lead off the seventh. "I'm on cloud nine," an emotional Lowell said afterward. "It's unbelievable."

• To Bobby Kielty, picked out of the Overstock.com bargain bin in August after the A's released him, bombing a pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning -- on the only pitch thrown to him in this World Series -- and having it turn out to be the winning run. "The most amazing moment I've ever had in baseball," Kielty said. "I felt like I was running on clouds."

• And, finally, to Papelbon, the Riverdance king, who would take the baseball in the eighth inning, after a Garrett Atkins homer had cut the Red Sox lead to 4-3, and head for home. Trying to become the first reliever to close out a World Series with a save of five outs or more since Jesse Orosco got the final six outs in 1986.

Four of those five outs were vintage, all-business, no-problem Papelbon. But it was That Other Out that almost rewrote this entire script.

With one out in the ninth, Papelbon left a 96-mph, 0-2 smokeball out over the plate to infielder Jamey Carroll. Nobody has ever mistaken Carroll for, say, Prince Fielder. But he took a Prince-ian hack, and the baseball went rocketing toward the fence in left.

Asked whether he was able to breathe OK as he watched that baseball roar through the Rocky Mountain night, Henry gulped and replied, "No!"

But, as he had so often in this enchanted October, manager Terry Francona had the right man in the right place to save the Nation. And that man, in this case, was not the usual left fielder extraordinaire, Manny Ramirez. It was Ellsbury, who had shifted over to left for defensive-upgrade purposes in the eighth.

Mike Timlin
It seems like old times. Mike Timlin is one of eight Red Sox players who were part of the 2004 miracle.
So the baseball and the new left fielder seemed to be charging toward the wall in lockstep, the drama building with every inch they flew. But inside Ellsbury's head, the same message kept playing over and over: This ball has to be caught.

"I was thinking, 'I'm going to get this somehow,'" he said. "If I had to climb the wall. If I had to run through the wall. But it wasn't landing."

He threw out his glove hand. The baseball dropped inside. He rattled against that fence. When the vibrations subsided, both the fence and the left fielder were still standing. And the Red Sox were one out away.

Papelbon did the rest, powering a 95-mile-an-hour heat wave past pinch-hitter Seth Smith for his third save of four outs or more in this World Series. Then the closer fired his glove toward the nearest mountain peak -- and the baseball universe had been transformed forever.

ESPN Radio's Jon Sciambi tried to interview Papelbon amid the on-field bedlam a few minutes later. Papelbon's mouth moved. But all that came out was this:

"I can't speak right now, dude."

And maybe those were the most eloquent words spoken on that field -- because this was, in fact, one of those occasions in sports when almost no words can sum up what just happened.

We have made it through most of our lifetimes thinking of the Red Sox with a certain simplicity, possibly even a little sympathy. But those days are over, friends. Over. Two World Series sweeps in four seasons have sealed that deal.

The Boston Red Sox are still a team dealing out the curses and the torture, all right -- except now they're dealing them out to everyone else.:thumbsup

[chr35919]

wow... +53 run differential in the post season

[rickyh24]

wow... +53 run differential in the post season



yeah thats insane

[thebestauntie]

*peeks head in, doesn't see anyone recognizable*

Ummm. Congratulations, I guess :shrug

*gets pissed off look on face, and flees thread*
You forgot to slam the door too Bob. ;) :hug :lol

[dowling25]

now about the offseason.

Who stays and who goes....
Schilling? Lowell? Crisp? i don't really know who else is a free agent or could be traded.

I think Crisp is gone now, he'll probably be traded away for something. However I can't decide on Schill. I really hope Lowell stays....

[rickyh24]

i think crisp and lugo might be on their way out

[aeroshady]

Where will everyone be for the Parade tomorrow?? I plan to drink a little and then either head down toward Fenway or stay up by the State Building.

[GinaNMU]

Where will everyone be for the Parade tomorrow?? I plan to drink a little and then either head down toward Fenway or stay up by the State Building.

:( I have to work. But the boy will be down there (he has the whole f'in week off, that asshole ;) )

[dowling25]

i think crisp and lugo might be on their way out


I doubt lugo is gone just because he hit well in the postseason. and they signed him to a longer deal.

Coco i think is pretty much gone. I wonder what they'll try and get out of him. probably not much.

ok so i said i wouldn't shave until the red sox lost after they lost game 4 to the indians, and since they never lost again does that mean that i can't shave till next april....
;)

[aeroshady]

:( I have to work. But the boy will be down there (he has the whole f'in week off, that asshole ;) )

I got lucky my Cancer Therapy Class is at 10 so I figured I would not be able to go...but the Parade is at noon!

[SoRight24]

I will be there in spirit. :(

[MGH4007]

hey, does anyone have any pics from kenmore?

[maya]

I will be there in spirit. :(

me too sugar, me too :(

[aeroshady]

hey, does anyone have any pics from kenmore?

Yeah I have a few i'll up them at some point.

[groton]

I will be there in spirit. :(

me too sugar, me too :(

Me three (why not a weekend)

[Fishbulb290]

So, Boston fans, do you think that even if you ignore the Cleveland series, the Rockies had any chance?

Let's say they didn't have any off-time and went right from the NLCS to the series, Rocks have any chance.

Let's try to be completely fair about this one as well...

[LaDude]

So, Boston fans, do you think that even if you ignore the Cleveland series, the Rockies had any chance?

Let's say they didn't have any off-time and went right from the NLCS to the series, Rocks have any chance.

Let's try to be completely fair about this one as well...

The time off killed the Rockies! Just like last year for the Tigers!

I don't think the Rockies would have won the series, but they may have got a game or two. They were playing great ball before the 8 day layoff!

[LaDude]

Enjoy the Parade today! If anyone sees a link to a live broadcast please let me know! Thanks!

[littlemoremagic]

Why must the parade be on a Tuesday?

[GavMan33]

I got lucky my Cancer Therapy Class is at 10 so I figured I would not be able to go...but the Parade is at noon!

Can I assume you are sick? I'm sorry to hear that brotherman. I walk in cancer walks relatively frequently, because of people I've lost and others have lost in their lives because of it. It's also to celebrate life. I'll be sure to think of you next time I walk :thumbsup

[LaDude]

Yes! The news stations are showing the parade online! I can view from across the pond!!!

Cheers!

[GavMan33]

Let me point to one key moment that I think turned around the Red Sox. Up to this point the Yanks were chasing them down, and I think without this at that particular moment, would've been overtaken. The return of Manny Ramirez to the lineup; and not only his return, but the way he played when he returned. It had a "subpar" year in terms of Ramirez years; remember this is the guy who had almost 100 RBI at the all-star break several years ago. I think he once came back as his status quo self, the Red Sox took off. So if I could point to one particular moment, I'd say it was that....

EDIT: And when Francona stopped the Gagne experiment

[DMBfan41]

hey, remember when the Red Sox won the world series??

It's amazing how nobody is talking about a world series champion and it was only 2 days ago

[rickyh24]

is the parade on TV at all?

[groton]

should be on Nesn

[rickyh24]

should be on Nesn

:thumbsup makes sense

[dmbgodagirl41]

I'm watching on wcvb.com...much better than NESN.

And I'm sorry, but anyone who wears two baseball hats is a douche. I'm talking to you, Manny.

[aeroshady]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wvgiay

A video I took of today!!

[aeroshady]

Can I assume you are sick? I'm sorry to hear that brotherman. I walk in cancer walks relatively frequently, because of people I've lost and others have lost in their lives because of it. It's also to celebrate life. I'll be sure to think of you next time I walk :thumbsup

Hey it is really awesome that you do this, and I would thank you for your support, but I am not sick (at least not that I know of), I am studying to become an Radiation Oncologist. I too do what ever I can to raise awareness of Cancer, walks donations and I hope to one day be an Oncologist to help others beat this horrible thing. :thumbsup I am glad that you are with me in the fight and I am sorry if my post confused you in anyway.


...Go Sox!

[aeroshady]

here is another Video I took of today's parade!!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2sc3ov

[GavMan33]

Hey it is really awesome that you do this, and I would thank you for your support, but I am not sick (at least not that I know of), I am studying to become an Radiation Oncologist. I too do what ever I can to raise awareness of Cancer, walks donations and I hope to one day be an Oncologist to help others beat this horrible thing. :thumbsup I am glad that you are with me in the fight and I am sorry if my post confused you in anyway.


...Go Sox!

Well good, I am glad you're not sick then. Good stuff man :thumbsup

Glad you got to see the parade today too. I remember I was out at school in Cincinnati in 2004, the first time. I remember 6 different people that bought airplane tickets to Boston so they could see the parade.

It's too bad the Red Sox are only one of many stories going on in baseball right now. With Joe Girardi in as Yankee manager, ARod opting out (during the clincher no-less), and Torre supposedly headed to the left coast, the Red Sox are playing second fiddle again. I don't want to say they're lost in all of the stories, because they're not, but they aren't getting the pub they should due to all of these other stories....

[SoRight24]

Well good, I am glad you're not sick then. Good stuff man :thumbsup

Glad you got to see the parade today too. I remember I was out at school in Cincinnati in 2004, the first time. I remember 6 different people that bought airplane tickets to Boston so they could see the parade.

It's too bad the Red Sox are only one of many stories going on in baseball right now. With Joe Girardi in as Yankee manager, ARod opting out (during the clincher no-less), and Torre supposedly headed to the left coast, the Red Sox are playing second fiddle again. I don't want to say they're lost in all of the stories, because they're not, but they aren't getting the pub they should due to all of these other stories....

I think it's that and the fact that the World Series was so lopsided.

I mean the Rockies never had a chance, so it wasn't a HUGE surprise when the Sox won it. It was sort of anti-climatic.

Don't get me wrong, I am STOKED that we won it all and so are all the other Sox fans, but to people that aren't, it's not that big of a deal.

[aeroshady]

Well good, I am glad you're not sick then. Good stuff man :thumbsup

Glad you got to see the parade today too. I remember I was out at school in Cincinnati in 2004, the first time. I remember 6 different people that bought airplane tickets to Boston so they could see the parade.

It's too bad the Red Sox are only one of many stories going on in baseball right now. With Joe Girardi in as Yankee manager, ARod opting out (during the clincher no-less), and Torre supposedly headed to the left coast, the Red Sox are playing second fiddle again. I don't want to say they're lost in all of the stories, because they're not, but they aren't getting the pub they should due to all of these other stories....

Thank you, and I 100% agree. Everyone involved with those stories are doing nothing but disgracing the game. Their timing was intentional to upend the Sox and it is totally tasteless oh them. What ever Sox Parade was awesome.

[Ascf33]

:lorraine

[SoRight24]

:lorraine

:lol

[thebestauntie]

:lorraine
Ohhhhh, T.J. are you going to be okay? :(









:lol

[tmorry326]

Totally jealous of three of my friends going to school in Boston. All three were at the parade (and legit Sox fans too).

[maya]

i opened the sport section of the Sydney Telegraph this morning to find a booby little article about the celebrations at Fenway :lol

[groton]

bah thats because you live on the wrong side of the world
give me your and lukes hat size's and your addy's and you two will have Xmas Gifts

[littlemoremagic]

i opened the sport section of the Sydney Telegraph this morning to find a booby little article about the celebrations at Fenway :lol
:confused What's booby mean when it's used as an adjective? I am not being a jerk, just curious. Actually, I am all for using the word booby as much as possible! :D

[groton]

:confused What's booby mean when it's used as an adjective? I am not being a jerk, just curious. Actually, I am all for using the word booby as much as possible! :D
it think it means small in Aussie talk.

[GinaNMU]

<----- Seriously considering ditching out of work tomorrow and going to Macy's to wait in line to meet Dustin Pedroia. And try to have sex with him. :hump


:lol

[thebestauntie]

<----- Seriously considering ditching out of work tomorrow and going to Macy's to wait in line to meet Dustin Pedroia. And try to have sex with him. :hump


:lol
DO IT!! And then I want details, lots and lots of details!! :evil

[GavMan33]

<----- Seriously considering ditching out of work tomorrow and going to Macy's to wait in line to meet Dustin Pedroia. And try to have sex with him. :hump


:lol

Play some Boyz II Men, or some Usher. Always works for me. Except not with guys. And definitely not Dustin Pedroia. :rolleyes

[DavefaninNZ]

Sox pick up the options on Tavarez and Wake. Not really surprised by the Wakefield decision but considering how little Tavarez pitched in September and wasn't on a single playoff roster, Im surprised they did this. I thought for sure the sox didn't want him back, for whatever reason.

[rickyh24]

yeah how much was tavarez's option?? i hope it was cheap.

[rickyh24]

i just got some pretty bad ass pics in my email....im really jealous of whoever took these...

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/youksleep.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/papelbon.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/ortiztrophy.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/ortizpapsvaritek.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/lowelltrophy.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image004.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image003.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image002.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image001.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/ellsbury.jpg

[GavMan33]

i just got some pretty bad ass pics in my email....im really jealous of whoever took these...

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/youksleep.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/papelbon.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/ortiztrophy.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/ortizpapsvaritek.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/lowelltrophy.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image004.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image003.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image002.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/image001.jpg

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f366/Rickyh24/ellsbury.jpg

:thumbsup Pretty good stuff actually. Except the one of Beckett. He's a joke. What the hell is that thing on his face anyway?

Papelbon drinks Bud, Lowell drinks Bud Light. There's some good trivia for you guys :lol

[yankees26mlb]

is that their private jet ride to the all star game? it says july 8th 2007 on the bottom

[rickyh24]

is that their private jet ride to the all star game? it says july 8th 2007 on the bottom

some of them could be...i guess that would make sense..

[rickyh24]

yeah i would think image001 - 004 are from allstar weekend the others are from the world series flight..thats what it looks like anyways

[dowling25]

those are some sweet pictures. who took them?

[rickyh24]

those are some sweet pictures. who took them?


i have no idea they were in an email that got sent to me....i wish i would have taken them.

[DavefaninNZ]

yeah how much was tavarez's option?? i hope it was cheap.

I believe it was 3.75 mil. I think that's fair considering he provides starting pitching depth if someone goes down, and can work out of the bullpen in long relief.

[dowling25]

so i heard that a-rod wants to play for boston.....i don't really want him.

[BlueWaterBF36]

so i heard that a-rod wants to play for boston.....i don't really want him.

A-Rod wants to play for whoever gives the most $$$ and if Boston is smart, which I believe they are, that won't be them.

[groton]

so Looks like Curt has reached a deal with the team to resign for one more year

[rickyh24]

so Looks like Curt has reached a deal with the team to resign for one more year



:multi :multi :multi :multi :multi

[rickyh24]

youk won a gold golve

[SoRight24]

youk won a gold golve

I love Youk! :thumbsup

[dowling25]

what a great day for red sox fans...youk wins the gold glove. and schilling agrees to come back for one more year! great day. except i wanted coco to win a gold glove.

[groton]

anyone hearing about Mike's deal getting worked out?

Buster Only(Yeah i know thats not how you spell his name) was reporting somthing about but he was the only one

[rickyh24]

anyone hearing about Mike's deal getting worked out?

Buster Only(Yeah i know thats not how you spell his name) was reporting somthing about but he was the only one



this is the latest ive seen

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071107&content_id=2294945&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[groton]

this is the latest ive seen

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071107&content_id=2294945&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb


yeah I knew about that.
I was just wondering if anyone up in Boston was reporting any Inside Info on a deal being almost done.

[GavMan33]

yeah I knew about that.
I was just wondering if anyone up in Boston was reporting any Inside Info on a deal being almost done.

Any chance they go after Gagne?

[rickyh24]

Any chance they go after Gagne?

:lol i hope not...

[dowling25]

Any chance they go after Gagne?


I bet he doesn't want to come back now.

[scoobycc]

I bet he doesn't want to come back now.

I spent all that money on his jersey for nothing

:(

[rickyh24]

I spent all that money on his jersey for nothing

:(



you bought a gagne jersey? ouch.

[BreakFree27]

I spent all that money on his jersey for nothing

:(

:lol . I feel your pain though, I bought a Damon jersey and the next year the guy betrays us for the evil empire....haven't worn it since.

[scoobycc]

you bought a gagne jersey? ouch.

I get enough ridicule from my group of friends. Although I always tried to play it of as if Gagne was the best pitcher ever.

I secretly hoped that Gange would save every game in the world series to add some value to the jersey.

[rickyh24]

I get enough ridicule from my group of friends. Although I always tried to play it of as if Gagne was the best pitcher ever.

I secretly hoped that Gange would save every game in the world series to add some value to the jersey.



he was good. he was.

[DavefaninNZ]

What really sucks about this Gagne situation is that when they first traded for him, the sox were hoping they could get a type A draft pick should they choose not to re-sign him. However, Gagne pitched atrociously, and his compensational draft pick value probably has gone down.

[dowling25]

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071109&content_id=2296693&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos

let's up that lowell accepts that.

[rickyh24]

I don't see why he wouldn't. Hopefully we hear something by the end of today.

[rickyh24]

some more cool pics i just came across

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=1613zckz.7uefw8j3&Uy=ytvvj5&Upo

[dowling25]

some more cool pics i just came across

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=1613zckz.7uefw8j3&Uy=ytvvj5&Upo


those are amazing. i love it! i wish i were in boston.

[dowling25]

i cannot believe beckett didn't win. even though whoever votes at the end of the season. beckett still was the more dominant pitcher.

[dowling25]

and what is this about lowell possibly going to the yankees. i will be pretty angry if he goes and does that.

[jmudmbphan]

a few al execs think lowell is giong to end up playing first for the yanks

[thebestauntie]

a few al execs think lowell is giong to end up playing first for the yanks
That would piss me off! :violent :BANG

[rickyh24]

a few al execs think lowell is giong to end up playing first for the yanks

that would be really stupid. His glove is almost as good if not as good as Arod's.

[rickyh24]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3111752

it just says the Yankees have contacted his agents. It doesn't say much more than that.

[jmudmbphan]

that would be really stupid. His glove is almost as good if not as good as Arod's.


?? what do you do with arod then?

[rickyh24]

?? what do you do with arod then?

not saying he should do anything, just saying it would be stupid for Lowell to move to first for the greedy Yanks. I really hope he doesn't consider this. if he does though I hope the Yankees grossly over pay which is pretty much a guarantee.

[jmudmbphan]

not saying he should do anything, just saying it would be stupid for Lowell to move to first for the greedy Yanks. I really hope he doesn't consider this. if he does though I hope the Yankees grossly over pay which is pretty much a guarantee.

greedy?? what makes going after the world series mvp greedy?

if anything, the players are greedy.

greedy, in my eyes, is giving away great young prospects for an old, has-been like gagne.

[thebestauntie]

?? what do you do with arod then?
I've got a couple of suggestions ...

[chr35919]

greedy?? what makes going after the world series mvp greedy?

if anything, the players are greedy.

greedy, in my eyes, is giving away great young prospects for an old, has-been like gagne.yeah, the yankees would never have done that as well:lol

[jmudmbphan]

yeah, the yankees would never have done that as well:lol


no one said that didnt make the yankees greedy

[rickyh24]

I really don't think Lowell is worth the 4 years he supposedly wants...too bad.

[TheShow]

greedy?? what makes going after the world series mvp greedy?

if anything, the players are greedy.

greedy, in my eyes, is giving away great young prospects for an old, has-been like gagne.

Because let's face it. A MAJOR reason in which they are going after him would be to simply keep him away from the Red Sox.

Until the Yankees start only concerning themselves with what THEY DO, and not making moves based on what the Red Sox do or don't do, they aren't going to win another championship...They are far too concerned with what goes on in Boston.

I hope Lowell stays in Boston, and IMO the only way he won't is if the Yankees offer him a 4th year and overpay big time for him. Which is entirely possible (Jonny Damon) The Yankees have been brilliant for overpaying for declining players...

He could also end up in Philly, but I think he'll end up back in a Sox uni..

I hope we sign Lowell to 3 years....

[TheShow]

I really don't think Lowell is worth the 4 years he supposedly wants...too bad.

Me neither...

[rickyh24]

looks like more seats and higher ticket prices for next year

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3114394

[dowling25]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3118926


yea!!!

[chr35919]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3118926


yea!!!:humpMike Lowell (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6133) and the Boston Red Sox (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bos) agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million deal Monday, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports.

http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6133.jpg Lowell

Both sides have been in intense negotiations all Monday. According to ESPN's Peter Gammons, both the Phillies and Dodgers were apparently willing to go to four years, but Lowell wants to remain in Boston.

Lowell followed a superlative regular season -- career highs in batting average (.324) and RBIs (120) to go with 21 home runs in 154 games -- with an outstanding October. In Boston's four-game sweep of Colorado, Lowell hit .400 (6-for-15) with four RBIs, three walks and a team-high six runs in winning the World Series.

He homered, doubled and scored twice in the Game 4 clincher at Denver's Coors Field en route to being named the World Series MVP.

Lowell, who made $9 million last year, was selected by the Yankees in the 20th round of the 1995 amateur draft. He played eight games for New York in the 1998 season before being dealt to the Florida Marlins (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=fla) in February 1999. He was acquired by Boston from Florida in November 2005 in the Josh Beckett (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6403) trade.

Lowell's teammates and fans made clear that they wanted to see him back in Boston -- and urged them not to pursue Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5275), who became a free agent before deciding to return to New York.

"Forget about A-Rod. We've got Mike Lowell in the house," Ramirez yelled out during the team's victory parade through Boston.

Lowell, 33, had initially pushed for a four-year deal with the Red Sox.

[groton]

Yes YES YES YES

[thebestauntie]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3118926


yea!!!
Saweeeet!!!!!!!!!!!! :multi :multi :multi

[ProudestAnt]

Good. And we got him for relatively cheap too. Great job by Theo...:thumbsup