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plaid, given that you say we will lose the World Series either way, I have to go with the ALCS win over the Yankees.
If you change it so that if we play the Twins, and win the World Series, I'd pick that option.
The sentiment in the greater "Red Sox Nation" is more split on that point though, I think. A world series, won in almost any way, would be the sweetest thing in sport for this area... We're talking 5x or 10x the Patriots Super Bowl victory rallies (that had about a million people at them). We might even have another funky state holiday that the rest of you don't have, like Patriots' (of the Revolution, not football ) Day or Evacuation Day.
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If the sox win th eseries, I have this picture in my head of lots of people streaming out into the streets with torches, a big explosion, and then the smoke clearing and there being nothing but rubble where new england once was.
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quote: If the sox win th eseries, I have this picture in my head of lots of people streaming out into the streets with torches, a big explosion, and then the smoke clearing and there being nothing but rubble where new england once was.
hmm . . .
That's very tempting, believe me, but no, sorry, we won't let you.
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Let us do a little rhyming exercise. What rhymes with Yank?
Skank Wank Plank(as in dumb as a...) Stank Crank Dank Prank Rank(as in the odor, so do not even try to make it positive) Sank Spank
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The red sox beat up the angels with greater ease, and the angels are a better team then the dodgers?
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Yeah, right. Like these weren't the games you were supposed to win.
Remember? We don't have an ace at all. Mussina is average and Lieber sucks. Versus this year's Red Sux ace and last year's ace.
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Pedro didn't pitch badly. He had no run support. Schilling did pitch badly, but he was off. Something is very wrong with his ankle. Posts: 14745 | Registered: Dec 1999
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Especially when they compared his numbers pre- and post- 100.
Then again, I don't know that I would have taken out Lieber after a leadoff single in the eighth when he was pitching a 3-0 shutout. I think I would have waited at least until someone was in scoring position. But maybe Torre was running scared after how close you guys made it the night before last.
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I think Torre was scared. How quickly Mussina got broken down by the Sox had to affect his decision to take out Leiber when they got the first sign of a rally.
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Just read that Schilling probably won't be able to pitch the 5th game
That's always hard when you lose a pitcher in the postseason... I think part of the reason the Yankees lost last year's World Series was that David Wells's back went out on him in game 5...
(But if the Red Sox can still win without Schilling, that'll be WAY impressive)
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Boston will never hang it up. I figured out, they're the Goonies of baseball. And Goonies never say die.
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