Posted on 10/30/2013 8:41:17 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
Edited on 10/31/2013 6:30:11 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Shane Victorino's three-run double broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third inning and John Lackey allowed one run over 6 and 2/3 innings as the Boston Red Sox wrapped up their eighth World Series title in franchise history and third in 10 seasons with a 6-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
The win completed a remarkable turnaround for the Red Sox, who finished last in the American League East with a record of 69-93 in 2012, but won 97 games under first-year manager John Farrell and defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and Detroit Tigers to reach their first World Series since 2007.
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Manny Ortiz?.. he isn’t the typical Red Sox fan.. LOL
A Yankees fan?! Oh. I’m sorry.
LOL didn’t see your post until now.. good call
Very gracious comment, and very true about the damnyankees.
Still hating, I see. Sigh.
It is indeed interesting that the roosters have come home in order to get Christmas music on the iPod (two days early) and to strut about the place as if they own it.
"Halley-Up" to those who yearn to ride the wave and face the consequences of their actions. Wish everybody could be that way.
LOL
Don't support the Texas Rangers, eh? Figgers....
Congrats to the Red Sox! And David Ortiz!
Always sad when we reach the end of the baseball season.
Love those Os!
Mattingly was great; it was a shame he never won a Wrold Series. It was nice to see Michael Strahan get one with the (football) Giants in his last year; he’d never played for another team, and he was a great player.
I live 25 miles from Boston, but I have become an adult, I just never had any interest in baseball in general or the Red Sox in particular.
When I was a pre-teen, baseball was my favorite sport by far, back in the Sixties.
When I was in boot camp at Great Lakes in 1975, I remember getting underneath my rack when everyone was sleeping and listening to the 6th game of the World Series on a little AM radio. Very strange. I cannot for the life of me remember why or how I had that radio, and why I was on the floor, but that was the last time I was really excited about baseball.
I have gone to a few baseball games over the years, but it is more of a social thing than anything else. I do remain a fanatical football fan and have been since 1971 (except for about a 10 year interval where I really got into watching and playing hockey)
Now, I find baseball (and basketball) about as interesting as soccer, which for me, is not very. But I am happy for people around me who are interested. I work in a hospital, and the past week or two they have sent out dress code guidelines to allow people to “support their team”.
It’s all fun...:)
Kerry (spit) is probably all excited for Manny Ortiz...
...in response to ‘Take Vermont Forward’...
ALL of Red England is ‘sodomite and abortion friendly’...
As I get older I’m much less interested in sports in general than I’ve ever been; with the exception of the World Cup there are few events that I go out of my way to see. On a slow Sunday I’ll put football on, but there are so many commercials you really have to watch something else more or less simultaneously; basketball and hockey were fun to play when I was younger but impossible to watch on TV (though live hockey is the greatest sport). Non-World Cup soccer is boring as Hell unless you’re watching two great European teams; soccer’s main selling point (actually its Achilles Heel financially) is the lack of commercials.
It is incredible how much time & money Americans dedicate to professional sports every year; it really is “bread & circuses” in comparison to things that really matter. The upcoming Super Bowl will be played about five miles north of me, next to a mall that was finished years ago (including an indoor ski slope) that never opened as the economy collapsed; it is truly eerie to see close-up. Every Saturday in the flea market held next to the stadium I see illegals buying tools from desperate Americans, passing on their livelihoods to those who took the jobs. The NFL has seen the writing on the wall and now American football is included in Telemundo and Galavision (Spanish channels) news...
Yes, the tyrants are always pleased when “panem et circenses” keep the masses preoccupied.
To correct the record, when asked about his favorite Red Sox player, Senator Heinz said in a clear voice, “Manny Ortez” to the astonishment and consternation of the entire Red Sox Nation. We knew he was stupid, but did not appreciate the monumental nature of his stupidity until that colossal blunder. He should have stuck with a former player that he could pronounce, like “Ted Williams”.
“Yes, the tyrants are always pleased when “panem et circenses” keep the masses preoccupied.”
It can’t go on forever; the bar business in my town, which really capitalized on football, is in tatters as fewer and fewer people have any money to spend in a bar. Even the Hispanic sports bars that are replacing “American” bars are having a hard time making a go of it (as our illegals are idled). Anyone I knew who held season tickets to the Giants or Jets gave them up when the new stadium was built; it was simply the worst timing imaginable...
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