Posted on 10/20/2004 9:01:21 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
IN WHAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS THE BOSTON RED SOX WIN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT!
Dry run for Nov. 2 call.
converted a couple of fence riders today. "A Matter of Character" by Ronald Kessler helped.
Thanks for the support too. Go Astros/Cardnials.
Am I broken?
I want the Cubs to play against the Red Sox in the World Series.
He can say it all he wants. He doesn't act like a real fan and throws like a girl. W can outpitch him any day.
Btw, I'll bet that Terry F. takes a call from W tonight before Kerry.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Sorry Sterling!
"Okay, what does this whole "Who's your daddy" thing mean? I heard the crowd cheering this, but don't understand it. Can someone explain?"
Pedro started it in a press conferenece when the SOx lost to the Yankees. He said "Guess the Yankees are my daddy."
The Yankees throw it back in his face when he pitches poorly.
Kerry to talk about sports and look like a buffoon.
Great point. turn a negative into a positive.
I had my doubts when they pulled Lowe after only 69 pitches, but things worked out.
Actually, W threw out the first pitch of the WS last year..would that be a slap or what?
yeah the sheep and the cows.
Is it still baseball season?
Beantown definitely got braggin rights! This gives them an huge advantage in the series, IF, IF, they can clinch it early.
Remember that skerry took a slam at the Sox Fan's and the president during the second debate?
He said it's OK to live in fantasy land if you are a Red Sox fan, but not OK if you are the president(not the exact words).
So I am glad the sox are still in the game.
What will happen is: The Red Sox curse will be transferred to the presidency. No Democrat will win the presidency for the next 84 years.
I am not a baseball fan at all. I think the fate of the country is more important than ANY sports team.
...and Kerry should be known as the Boston BoTox.
To "be a daddy" means to spank, or to discipline. The Yanks regularly "spanked" the Sox when Pedro Martinez would pitch. So Pedro causually observed about a week ago that the Yanks were "his daddy".
Thus the origin of a very annoying chant..
News to me and I've lived here for 45 years!
Check this out.
John Kerry attended last night's Yankees-Red Sox game at Fenway Park. He wasn't scheduled to be there, but at the last minute decided to attend the game with his wife, billionaire Teresa Heinz Kerry. In honor of Sen. Kerry, the Red Sox asked him to throw out the first pitch, which he did, a perfect strike... if only he were bowling. The fans promptly booed him.''I love the Red Sox. The idea of missing a Yankees-Red Sox series right before a convention week was not acceptable, so we changed the policy. I'm going to go have some fun, " said Kerry.
The partisan crowd at Fenway Park was obviously expecting more from the potential commander-in-chief. After all, our current president throws perfect strikes (with movement) off the mound. Perhaps they were booing him for his 'stinker' ball, or perhaps they were booing him for his embarrassing knowledge of the Boston Red Sox -- his home town team.
Peter Gammons wrote the following in his July 20 column on ESPN...
John Kerry last week professed to be a big fan of "Manny Ortez," then re-emphasized the phoofery by correcting it to "David Ortez." No, that was Dave (Baby) Cortez and "The Happy Organ." A few years back Kerry went on a Boston station with Eddie Andelman and said "my favorite Red Sox player of all time is The Walking Man, Eddie Yost," who never played for the Red Sox.
For those of you who aren't baseball fans, Kerry confused Red Sox first baseman David Ortiz with Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez (yeah, he never misses a Yankees-Red Sox series).
Gammons anecdote about Eddie Yost prompted this observation from Slate.com...
Eddie Yost was a mediocre hitter who became an All-Star by letting the opposing pitcher screw up: he often led the league in walks, was near the top in on-base percentage. Boring, seemingly passive, reliable, effective.
Right. Maybe Kerry's being candid, not phony. What does it say that he admires a player who got on base not by hitting but by walking? Hmmm. a) Kerry survives in Vietnam in large part by making his boat a small target. b) His standard political technique is to avoid clear, assailable stands. c) His 2004 strategy is remarkably passive, dependent almost entirely on voter satisfaction with the incumbent.
Seemingly, he wants to get to the White House Yost-style, by a base on balls! The obvious question: Is someone who attains the presidency by getting a walk in any position to achieve much, either domestically or internationally? The answer isn't necessarily no. (Gerald Ford wasn't wholly ineffective.) And note how Kerry's passive, Yostish approach dovetails with the "return to normalcy" theme suggested by Peggy Noonan. If you want a break from Bush--if you think he's been swinging a bit too hard for the fences--an Eddie Yost might seem like just the man to send to the plate.
Anyway....GO RED SOX!!!
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