Resilient Red Sox just won't go away

MSNBC.com ^ | 8/17/06 | Ron Borges

[Durus]

We've heard about Yankee's "insurmountable" leads before.

[Airborne1986]

I didn't need to see that picture. I was there. If you look closely at the picture, you can see a 13 year-old boy curled up in the fetal position.

[frogjerk]

A Classic

[JerseyDvl]

Who did this...Polanco?

[Minn]

Three of the four games in this series will be nationally televised by ESPN this weekend. The only game that won’t be show is part of a double header.

Meanwhile, at a point well west of the center of the universe known as the east cost, the defending world champs and the hottest team in baseball since June 1st will lock horns with only two games separating them in the wild card race. These two teams are resigned to the wild card race only because another team in their division (that is completely ignored by the east coast types at ESPN) is the best team in baseball this year.

How many games of this series will the national audience of ESPN see? The same number as Cub world championships since 1908. You east coast Yankee/Sox types and your Bristol bobos can stuff it. Your rivalry is boring and your self importance is nauseating.

[Aquinasfan]

It's funny. I had lost all interest in baseball, but for some reason tuned into game 4 of that series in about the eighth inning. It was an interesting game, especially when what's-his-name was put in as a pinch-runner. I couldn't believe that a Red Sox player was actually a threat to steal. The cat and mouse game was great.

The next day, I told my Massachusetts co-workers that the Sox had a good chance to take the series, with Schilling and Martinez coming up in the rotation, and everyone laughed.

[RabidBartender]

That would be an effective commercial.

"The Bronx Bombers have not won it all since Hillary took office. Vote Out Hillary '06"

[Psalm 73]

Hey, don't worry about the 12-run whupping they got from Baltimore yesterday - the Yankees are a much better team than the Oriole's.
So don't fret Yankee fans, I doubt the Bosox will get much more than 12 runs a game......

[andy58-in-nh]

Boston sucks and we are going to whip their ass PING!

Would that be with your purse or with A-Rod's?

[frogjerk]

So don't fret Yankee fans, I doubt the Bosox will get much more than 12 runs a game......

And Tampa Bay is a great team.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

They lost their two corner outfielders and until buying Abreu at WalMart, had to patch together a line up with the likes of Bubba Crosby. I don't say this as a yankee fan for if Saddam Hussein had a baseball team I'd root for them against the Yankees, but in the interests of accuracy.

Completely agree, and I'm a Sox season ticket holder. Given the Yankees' "depleted" roster this season, and the fact that GayRod sucks, the Sox should be 5 or 6 up on the Yanks right now, not 1.5 back. The TB/KC 1-5 road trip was an unmitigated disaster, and the 1-2 homestand v. Detroit didn't help things either.

Jason Johnson sucks, Lester is fresh out of diapers, Beckett is turning into Waybeckett, and Wells is a crapshoot. The only guy who's a guaranteed gamer is Schilling.

[wireman]

Ron Borges is a notorious Boston butt-kisser...He writes for the Boston Globe - what did you expect?

[JerseyDvl]

No worries here, the Sawx have their Championship for this century already.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Check out GayRod picking up the hem of his skirt. Where's his blue lip gloss when he needs it?

[Psalm 73]

"...the Sawx have their Championship for this century already."

And how many World Series have the Yankmees won this century??

[JerseyDvl]

A-Rod's, the reigning MVP.
Even with a sub-par season the Red Sux are still trailing.

[JerseyDvl]

The same, and more to come before the New England "Nancies" get another.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Like you guys will go away

[Airborne1986]

"You east coast Yankee/Sox types and your Bristol bobos can stuff it. Your rivalry is boring and your self importance is nauseating."

I hope you have a nice day also.

[cripplecreek]

Who did this...Polanco?

Yeah but it apparently looked worse than it was. They expect him to be back in time for the playoffs.