Posted on 03/02/2005 5:58:52 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative
Is he going as Derek Jeter...?
How cool is that? Thank goodness my son will be home from school at 3:00! Anyone know who, if any station is televising this? It will be a keeper!
as much as I hate the Red Sox, I was glad to see Shilling a Damon were of such good character. It made their win more palitable to me, and at least one contender from Boston was shot down.....Thank God!
The only politician in the MLB World Series DVD? A Republican-- Mitt Romney.
It seems to me that many athletes are Conservative and not afraid to say so. It's not like Hollywood, that's for sure.
I was refering to John Effin Kerry as being from Bean town and loosing.....Mitt Rino, is just that a Rino
Johnny Damon would have been the last one I thought would be a "Bushbot"!
LOL!
Has anyone viewed the NESN DVD, and what did you think about it? I have the MLB DVD and it is excellent.
My information from my daughter, who is going to school out in the Boston area and is a big fan, is that the NESN DVD is much better, as it covers the whole season, and especially goes into the Red Sox/Yankee games (both in- and post-season) more.
Yes, I know. I was just saying that GOP politicians got benefits from the WS win.
The NESN DVD is better, but they should have had way more extras on it. They produced many hours worth of original content during the season and only included two of them on the DVD. The best is Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino. HBO knows how to produce films.
Updated with more quotes from another story...
Curt Schilling campaigned for him, Mike Timlin backs him and Nixon shares his religious fervor and love of baseball.
"I'm sure he doesn't have the amount of time that we all have to sit there and watch ESPN and see highlights," Nixon said. "He's got other things he needs to worry about."
He doesn't think Bush will have a problem with Damon's long hair, Millar's frosted brown locks and both of their playful natures.
"We're all created in the eyes of God. You don't judge somebody by the way they look," Nixon said. "I'm sure he read the paper and understands what kind of ballclub (we have), how special the season was last year."
Still, Millar will have to keep his sense of humor and mouth in check.
"I'll get some of these guys to do something" unusual, he said.
The Red Sox added another activity to the annual tradition of baseball's champions visiting the White House. After what's expected to be about a 40-minute ceremony, they'll visit wounded veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
"The Red Sox can go there and make a lot of people happy," Damon said.
"That (visit) is probably even a bigger honor in itself, to be able to sit and talk or maybe cheer up someone who's been defending my way of life," reliever Mike Timlin said, "laying his life on the line or her life on the line to be out there in front of an enemy's bullet. Protecting me when I'm just over here enjoying a game."
Like Bush, Timlin is from Midland, Texas. They met behind the batting cage in the early '90s when Bush was with the Rangers and Timlin was pitching for Toronto.
Timlin said he was honored to meet "one of the leaders of the free world."
Red Sox principal owner John Henry and general manager Theo Epstein, who both supported Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, will be there. So will team president Larry Lucchino, a friend of the president's.
Henry will also take part in a ceremony earlier in the day, during which Jackie Robinson will be posthumously awarded a Congressional gold medal.
The players' meeting with Bush is scheduled for mid-afternoon.
"His Secret Service guys might tackle some of our guys. Kevin could be in trouble," Nixon said. "He could get a warning shot fired over his head."
Damon wants Bush's autograph for his 5-year-old son.
"He knows every single president," Damon said. "His favorite, of course, is Zachary Taylor because he carried a sword. So I'm going to tell President Bush (to) start carrying a sword. He's going to have a stronger fan base."
Please ping me if you see any video on TV of the Sox' visit to the White House today. Hopefully we'll get to see some footage of it somewhere.
I am pretty certain that the Red Sox were the very last MLB team to actually have a black player on their roster. Years ago I recall reading articles which pretty much made it evident that Tom Yawkey (owner for decades) had an attitude toward black Americans.
Possibly another reason for the 86 years drought some might say.
I'm just ticked that as the founder of "Red Sox Fans for Truth" that I didn't get an invite to the White House today. All I got to do was go to the White House a week and a half ago for a lousy bill signing ceremony for the Class Action reform bill for my day job....
Aaaaah....I never get tired of hearing or reading those words...
The 2005 Boston Red Sox - DEFEND THE FLAG
As a Brooklyn born Yankee fan since the day the dodgers left for LA, I can honestly say if it couldn't be my baseball guys, I'm jumpin'for joy finding out that my political guys won! 86 years was enough punishment for selling the Babe.
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