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[Andrew]

Do it again.

[LiveAndDieWithTheSox]

No let up. More of the same. Schilling to sack up again.

WIN!

[patinorange]

Andrew, you picked a fine time to get on a major roll.

That was the most stress free post season game, like ever, in my 40 plus years of following the Sox.

Another one would be nice.

Happiness would be a 2-0 lead going to Denver.

Win game 2!

[NatetheGreat]

Ubaldo is exactly the kind of inconsistent hard-thrower the Red Sox eat for breakfast. I'll be shocked if the first inning doesn't see at least tek to the plate.

if we give schill that kind of support, in a game this big at Fenway, we win. that simple.

[Yazdog8]

We interrupt this game thread to bring you a nice musical interlude by the Red Sox Bullpen Drum Corps.



WIN!

[asection8]

[Cyberlibrarian]

Andrew's continued his Game Thread tradition, but G38 hasn't started his Game 2 thread at the Big Boys' board. I hope this isn't a bad omen.

[ypioca]

Andrew's continued his Game Thread tradition, but G38 hasn't started his Game 2 thread at the Big Boys' board. I hope this isn't a bad omen.

He did, really... here.



Yesterday, repeat yourself. Curt's last stand will be a colossal one.

Here's to more of this:



And this.




WIN.

[redsoxfan1776]

WIN!!!

[hittery]

Andrew's continued his Game Thread tradition, but G38 hasn't started his Game 2 thread at the Big Boys' board. I hope this isn't a bad omen.

He actually posted quite early, shortly after midnight.

Anyway...here's a 1970s medley for you.

I've got the sweetest hangover
I don't want to get over
So..
Do that to me one more time
Once is never enough
For a girl like me.

Do this. I have trepidation about our playing in Colorado. A 2-0 lead would ease that considerably.

[vyrago]

The Sox better end this series quick--like in four games--or Shari's going to be all worn out.

Oh, wait a minute....never mind about that worn out stuff.

The Spirit of Shari commands you to WIN tonight!

[ham_sandwich]

It worked yesterday

Om.

Aum.

We got this. Win.

[Cyberlibrarian]

Oh, and one more thing...

WIN!!!

[Effa]

Andrew, you picked a fine time to get on a major roll.

A-HEM!!!!! What most Lurkers don't realize is that Andrew and I are working in tandem. Ex: his birthday was the 21st, mine was yesterday. And no, I'm not going to tell you how old I was...

I got a birthday present yesterday from one of my clients - a little scarecrow figurine, which I had on my desk all through the game last night. But he's been transformed --and now holds a Red Sox logo baseball in his arms, along with a little bat and a glove!

Also still wearing my "World Champions - 2004" T-shirt.

Still posting while I can...WIN TONIGHT!!!!!

[MakeMineMoxie]

General Patton was highly pleased with yesterday's attack. Colonel Schilling, today your battalion will attack.

"Hold 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass!"

[BigPapiLumber Co.]

Last night the Sox gave the Rockies as many losses as they'd had in their previous 22 games. After tonight, the number of Rockies' losses in 2 games will exceed the number of losses in their prior 22 games.

Schilling plus pen plus bats = the lamentations of the Rockies' womenfolk!

[stanleysteemer]

I'm not feeling complacent, are you feeling complacent?

What's with that m****f**** Tulowitzki's obsession with Derek Jeter? He even wears his scent? err. That sounds a bit.... strange?

Here's are some more tidbits from http://sports.aol.co...s-derek-jeter/:

Troy Tulowitzki grew up idolizing Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. But his connection goes beyond his No. 2 jersey. He's hoping to get an autographed bat from Jeter during this series. He already has a gold medallion - sort of. When the Rockies were at Fenway Park, Tulowitzki bugged the clubhouse manager, asking him to come up with any equipment Jeter might have left behind. On the Rockies' last day in Boston, the clubbie proudly announced he found something, handing Tulowitzki a plastic gold necklace with a dollar-sign pendant. It now hangs from his locker.

A dollar sign pendant. How very classy...

Hmm. I don't know about you but this makes me want to

KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL

No mercy, no remorse, go for their throats here.

(but the kid does have a hell of a cannon for an arm, does he not?)

[Sprowl]

This is a fine time of the year for a fine winning streak. Don't change a thing, WINston -- if you would be so kind:

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.



The Canadian Rockies support the Red Sox.

[Scippycup]

World Series Game 2. RED SOX vs Rockies. 8pm tonight

It doesn't get much better than this.

WIN

[dynomite]

It's 106 miles to [Denver], we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

[patman]

World Series Game 2. RED SOX vs Rockies. 8pm tonight

It doesn't get much better than this.

WIN

I'm glad I'm on central time - I only have to make it 'till 7:00pm



More of the same tonight please. Make the Rockies wish they'd never taken up baseball.

[foulkehampshire]

Imagine what he's going to with a healthy ankle this time.

WIN

There is no such thing as a Fake Edit, I am just an idiot who can't figure out how to put a secondary thought into my posts without this crutch: *for some odd reason this picture reminds me of the Shroud of Turin

Edited by foulkehampshire, 25 October 2007 - 10:18 AM.

[rembrat]

Don't let up.

[Jonathan]

Game 1 was a delight.

Lets go Schill - win Game 2!

[RedSoxTarheel38]

We're two cavemen on an awful show on ABC, and we approve of this board.

[doc]

Song of the Sausage King
by Hunter S. Thompson (slightly edited by doc)

There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed Offensive machine is one of them - but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one. That is why they are dangerous.

Everybody has potent bats these days. Some teams score 900 runs in a season, but not often. There are too many oncoming fastballs, too many umps with wide strike zones and too many stupid animals in the way. You have to be a little crazy to ride these super-torque high-speed offenses anywhere except the AL East- and even there, they will scare the whimpering shit out of you... There is, after all, not a pig's eye worth of difference between going head-on into a Beckettor sideways into the Schillings. On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.

When the sandbox called me to ask if I would road-test the new Yankee best offense ever, I got uppity and said I'd rather have a Boston Red Sox. It seemed like a chic decision at the time, and my friends on the baseball board circuit got very excited. "Hot damn," they said. "We will take it to the batting cage and blow the bastards away."

"Balls," I said. "Never mind the cage. The cage is for punks. We are Game People. "


I am not without scars on my brain and my body, but I can live with them. I still feel a shudder in my spine every time I see a picture of the 2004 team or when I walk into a public restroom and hear crippled men whispering about the terrifying OBP... I have visions of compound femur-fractures and large black men in white hospital suits holding me down on a gurney while a nurse called "Bess" sews the flaps of my scalp together with a stitching drill.

Ho, ho. Thank God for these flashbacks. The brain is such a wonderful instrument (until God sinks his teeth into it). Some people hear Tiny Tim singing when they go under, and some others hear the song of the Sausage King.

When the Re Sox turned up in my driveway, nobody knew what to do with it. I was in New York, covering another Yankees first round collapse, and people had threatened my life. My lawyer said I should give myself up and enroll in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Other people said it had something to do with the Yankees crowd.


The brand-new Pedroria through Ellsbury line up double-barreled magnum Red Sox Offense filled me with feelings of lust every time I looked at it. Others felt the same way. My garage quickly became a magnet for drooling baseball groupies. They quarreled and bitched at each other about who would be the first to help me evaluate my new toy... And I did, of course, need a certain spectrum of opinions, besides my own, to properly judge this lineup. The Woody Creek Perverse Environmental Testing Facility is a long way from Fenway or even the IL.

I was hunched over the plate like a person diving into a pool that got emptied yesterday. Whacko! Bashed on the concrete bottom, flesh ripped off, a Sausage Creature with no teeth, fucked-up for the rest of its life.

We all love slugging, and some of us have taken it straight over the high side from time to time - and there is always Pain in that for the opposing team... But there is also Fun, the deadly element, and Fun is what you get when you screw this monster on. BOOM! Instant take-off, no screeching or squawking around like a fool with your teeth clamping down on our tongue and your mind completely empty of everything but fear.

No. This bugger digs right in and shoots you straight down the pipe, for good or ill.

I never got to the sixth inning, and I didn't get deep into fifth before I cried for a mercy rule. This is a shameful admission for a full-bore baseball nut, but let me tell you something, old sport: This offense is simply too goddamn powerful to unleash in any kind of normal game unless you're ready to go straight down the centerline with your nuts on fire and a silent scream in your throat.


The Original



GONZO WIN TONIGHT

Because when the going gets weird the weird turn pro.

[LiveAndDieWithTheSox]

It's 106 miles to [Denver], we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

HIT IT!

[doc]

Tom Verducci has this advice for the Rockies pitcher tonight:

2. So what are the odds that Rockies Game 2 starter Ubaldo Jimenez can attack the strike zone early and command both sides of the plate? Not great. Yes, Jimenez has a live arm, but you're talking about a rookie who is one of the poorer strike throwers on the Colorado staff. And he's facing a red-hot lineup that has done something no other team has done in postseason history: thrown up three consecutive double-digit games.

The Red Sox lineup is wearing out postseason pitching with one quality at-bat after another, particularly at home. Boston is averaging 8.9 runs per game at Fenway this postseason while hitting .339.

And here's the telling story of how Boston is winning this postseason through a decided edge in the quality of their at-bats: the Red Sox have outwalked their opponents, 54-24. Thirty more free baserunners over 11 games? That's a huge advantage.

Jimenez's game plan should begin with aiming his hard stuff toward the middle of the plate.

Link

[Savin Hillbilly]

The Canadian Rockies support the Red Sox.

So do the Scottish Highlands.

[astilla espléndida]

Tom Verducci has this advice for the Rockies pitcher tonight:



Link

Jimenez's game plan should include running for cover if he aims his hard stuff towards the middle of the plate.

[BernieRicoBoomer]

Please WIN because it gets me one step closer to being able to concentrate at work again...

You don't want me to lose my job now do you???

[January]

It's 106 miles to [Denver], we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

To continue in a Sox-specific way...


Timmeh: "I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! It wasn't my fault, I swear to god!"

[rembrat]

Julio "Crazy Eyes" Lugo leads the way.

[Aldogg]

My manager is on his way there now as we speak. Last time he went was the back to back to back to back game. After telling me our opposing pitchers scouting report, I can see him witnessing that again tonight. I demand slaughter, blood everywhere on the field, lots of torn and tattered Rockies pitchers.

[Ferm Sheller]

Who am I? Here are some clues, I:

*Pitched only 7.2 big league innings prior to this year
*Pitched 93.1 innings this year (incl. posteason), making 17 starts
*Pitched no more than 7 innings in any one start
*Pitched more than 5 innings in only 10/17 starts
*Averaged about 16.5 pitches per inning
*Gave up 45 BB in 93.1 IP...(which, for the sake of comparison, is 3 more than Beckett did in 230 IP and 21 more than Schill did in 160 IP in a tougher league)...

...and did all of this strictly against NL lineups.

I also:

*Have never pitched at Fenway
*Have never even faced an AL team
*Have never faced an offensive with the firepower of the RS
*Have never faced a lineup that didn't include a pitcher..
*...and therefore have never faced a lineup that has included a DH
*Have never pitched in the WS
*Have never pitched with my team trailing in the playoffs
*Will be making only my 8th road start this year tonight

Ubaldo Jimenez...welcome to your own private hell...you can take Carmona's ALCS locker.

[PayrodsFirstClutchHit]

I posted yesterday that I had a hard time finding a reason to hate the Rockies.

The Fox ball washing of Tulipbitchsky and the CI comparisons have given me a target for my scorn.

Win!

[astilla espléndida]

My manager is on his way there now as we speak. Last time he went was the back to back to back to back game. After telling me our opposing pitchers scouting report, I can see him witnessing that again tonight. I demand slaughter, blood everywhere on the field, lots of torn and tattered Rockies pitchers.

If tonight is anything like last night, the Rockies bullpen will look like a scene from Braveheart, and Jimenez hopefully will be rocking back and forth crying in the dugout, shellshocked after two.

[Rudi Fingers]

More anti-Coors Light I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery:



The fact that the Coors Twins are from Worcester does not reverse anti-Coors Light I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery.

Posting this makes me feel like I'm posting gratuitous model pictures like Gregg Easterbrook - and that is not a good thing nowadays.

*Rinsing off and restarting*

...Tonight isn't about anti-I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery - this is Game 2 of the %$^ing World Series. It's one of those nights we dream about.

It's the 20th day in my lifetime where I can say "I'm seeing the Red Sox play in the World Series today".

The total team effort displayed yesterday was unforgettable. Tonight I'm looking forward to see the fruits of G38's studies - whenever he pitches I know I'm watching the work of someone totally prepared - someone dedicated to exploiting any edge he can find. Yeah, he's hardly alone in his dedication - G38 happens to be eloquent about explaining it to the fans, and it helps me relate to him so well when I watch him pitch.



I loved this commercial and couldn't wait to see Curt's first start on the Sox, and he has exceeded all of our wildest expectations.

WIN tonight. The legend continues. I hope to see you back in a Sox uniform next year, Curt, and I hope tonight's I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery carries you all the way to Cooperstown.

[Barbara]

I have no great animosity against the team from Colorado (well at least at this point in time).

I just want to win.

Let the Rockies Horror Show continue for its limited engagement.




Let's Go Red Sox!! ClapClap ClapClapClap

[jbjust]

In other words, Hurdle wants his pitchers to come at the Red Sox and not be afraid to challenge them. Armed with a fastball that is consistently in the mid- to high 90s, Jimenez is more than happy to follow his manager's wishes.

The Dominican Kyle Farnsworth. I'm excited.

Edited by jbjust, 25 October 2007 - 03:17 PM.

[ShortSox]

Little Man Wielding the Big Stick.

I am 4'11" and I totally approve of this picture.

(Saw this on the main board game thread - Had to steal it)

[Doooweeeey!]

Because when the going gets weird the weird turn pro.

Ahhh. More HST I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery! Thanks doc!

While I'm thinking of it.....



The Vincent Black Shadow

"...Not much in the corners, but pure hell on the straightaway..."

[Andrew]

These arrived today. Good omen.

Edited by Andrew, 25 October 2007 - 03:45 PM.

[BernieRicoBoomer]

What draws my admiration?
What is that which gives me joy?

- Dames!
- Boozin'!

Baseball!

A man stands alone at the plate.
This is the time for what?
For individual achievement.
There he stands alone.
But in the field, what?

Part of a team. Teamwork...

Looks, throws, catches, hustles.
Part of one big team.
Bats himself the live-long day,
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on.

lf his team don't field...what is he?

You follow me?

Nothing.

Time for another Al Capone bat lesson...

[LiveAndDieWithTheSox]

Timmeh: "I ran out of gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts! It wasn't my fault, I swear to god!"

Edited by LiveAndDieWithTheSox, 25 October 2007 - 04:13 PM.

[RedSoxTarheel38]

These arrived today. Good omen.

Where did you get these?

[DeronJohnson'sTriple]

Now, yesterday only means something if we get today.

No letup. Get the second.

[deythur]

Where did you get these?

you can get them at
www.sportspropaganda.com

[neil]

As I said last night, it was important to not just win, but BEAT Colorado in the first game. We've thrown off their momentum.

Tonight we must win for different reasons. We want to go into Colorado strong and have them on their backs.

Unfortunately for me I have a quiz tonight and a midterm tomorrow so I won't be around.

WIN