Pesky and Schilling...
Pesky and Schilling...
A 92 year old neighbor of my father in law in norther Mass said it best when I talked to him this last weekend. (My wife and I were up there last weekend for a wedding). He said that his earliest memory was of a Red sox world series and he now can die content with another.
Caption: This one's for "The Teammates"! (Hint: Read the Halberstam book)
The first Red Sox game I saw in person, Pesky was the manager.
Buckner to Red Sox fans: Don't forgive me
Bill Buckner's name has been brought up a lot now that the Red Sox have finally won a World Series championship after an 86-year drought.
But after becoming the whipping boy of the Red Sox nation over a crucial error in Boston's last trip to the World Series in 1986, Buckner doesn't want anyone saying he's now "forgiven" for his mistake.
"I don't want to bring a downer on the whole situation because I'm very happy for the Boston Red Sox ... and they certainly deserved to win the World Series this year." Buckner said on Sporting News Radio's James Brown Show.
"I'm just a little disappointed with the whole thing. This whole thing about being forgiven and clearing my name, you know, I mean ... cleared from what? What did I do wrong? It's almost like being in prison for 30 years and then they come up with a DNA test to prove that you weren't guilty.
"I've gone through a lot of, what I feel, undeserved bad situations for myself and my family over a long period of time, and for someone to come up to me and say, 'Hey, you're forgiven.' I mean, it just kind of brings a really bad taste in my mouth."
There has been talk in some circles of trying to include Buckner in this year's victory celebration, but Buckner made it clear where he stood on that notion.
"Not a chance. Not a chance," Buckner said. "There are a lot of great people in New England and great fans, and obviously they're very passionate about their team. This is their championship; this is what they did, and I'm happy for them. But my team in '86 didn't win and this team did."
The James Brown Show airs nationally on Sporting News Radio weekdays from 10 a.m.-noon ET.
Posted on Thu, Oct. 28, 2004
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Red Sox Will Be on Wheaties Box
Associated Press
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - The Boston Red Sox will be the first World Series winner featured on a Wheaties box since the 1999 New York Yankees.
The special edition package will picture slugger David Ortiz on the front of the box, along with his Red Sox teammates, cereal maker General Mills said Thursday. The box will be available in mid-November.
Boston beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0
Wow...now that brings a tear to the eyes.