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[Gehrig38]

Jose, I am pretty certain you need no more prodding from me. You know what to do, how to do it, and who to do it to. 27 outs stand between the team and the nation's 2nd World Series in 4 years, make it happen.

[richard]

Dude. Rock.



Millar wants to see this again. He's alright with it if he's not actually there this time.

[twoBshorty]

Let's get Manny that cake.

Win.

[8]

I'm waiting for the Win It For thread...maybe not.

The choke hold is applied,CRUSH THE MOTHERFUCKERS

[TomRicardo]

[ScubaSteveAvery]

Finish Them!!

[Pearl Wilson]

Rookie magic. Lester has it too. Tonight's the night.

[Jim Lonborg]

WIN! That is all.

[happybooker99]

It's time to finish it.

Win.

[TheoShmeo]

04: 3-0, 4-3, 3-0 and won game 4

07: 3-0, 4-3, 3-0 and will win game 4

[scotian1]

Jon Lester: Born January 7th. Capricorn
Life Pursuit: To be proud of their achievements
Vibration: Poweful resilient energy
Capricorn Secret Desire: to be admired by their family and friends and the world at large
Description:
The sign of the high roller, Capricorn is regarded as the zodiac’s top, but also quiet, life and business achievers..
The Capricorn is always climbing higher and higher; never content until reaching the top. Capricornians rise to the occasion when faced with a new task or deadline. Even if something comes to a grinding halt, their ambition to reach the ultimate keeps them moving forever onwards and upwards (prompted by the strict influence of ruling planet Saturn).
The rulership of Saturn - the planet representing responsibility, structure and hard work - ensures that Capricorns in their truest of expression, are ambitious, practical and superb organizers


Courage: the Call to Action.
Courage is a fabulous force of nature that allows us to harness and unleash our being at the same time.
It is a call to action like no other. It provides each person on this planet with an endless source of power and access to their being.
Have the courage to attain a vision and you can manifest your own destiny always.
Courage is the common thread that links all our virtues, values and prioities and brings us into being as a force to be reckoned.
Without it we waiver. With it we acheive.
Combine consciousness, integrity and courage individually and collectively throughout the world and peace will always prevail.
Courage by nature is not forceful or unkind and, courage is always capable of conquering without firing a shot.
There are consequences for those who misuse courage and rewards for those whom apply it humbly and lovingly.
Check your courage and check it often. Check it with those around you.
Apply your courage vigorously, unselfishly and relentlessly.
Life's reward will be a life worth living.

Jon Lester's courage is unquestioned!

Win it For You and Your Teammates

[BosoxBob]

I've got to admit, I didn't think Curt had it in him. Sure, he's got the experience, but at his age, lasting for six didn't seem all that likely. It seemed much more likely that he'd have to get pulled for another game thread starter before now. Sorry I doubted you, man. You are nails when it comes to the postseason.

[jacklamabe65]

Last time, we won it for all of those who died and believed - but never lived long enough to witness the events surrounding the Miracle of '04.

This time, win it for us.

Edited by jacklamabe65, 28 October 2007 - 06:53 AM.

[wibi]

2004 was a cathartic win. 2007 is pure joy and elation. No pressure to win today. Stomp on their throat and crush the weak NL like they deserve to be crushed. Win.

[William Robertson]

Go Sox.

Cake and Champagne are good together.

[DeltaForce]

In their entire history, the Red Sox have never played a game after October 27.

Undefeated.

[Trautwein's Degree]

Win this, tonight.

I need sleep.

[RedOctober3829]

This is why we follow this team and go through the ups and downs of a 162 game season then the march to 11 wins. Well, we have 10 of those 11 wins. There is nothing more exciting than the anticipation of winning a championship. Don't let these fuckers breathe. Stomp on their heart right now. Lester is the Man tonight.

WIN.

[scotian1]

Win it for Bob Fitzgerald of Newton and Steven Manganello

http://cosmos.bcst.y...p...37&src=news


http://sports.espn.g...=simmons/050120

[educatedcheese]

Magic Number: 1

FINISH THEM

[jsinger121]

Just Win.

[AnkleStigmata]

Tranquilo.

[stiffysboss]

Win this, tonight.

I need sleep.

Amen. And stuff those friggin' towels!!!!

[5belongstoGeorge]

Close it out and we all get to dance.

[5belongstoGeorge]

Oh yeah, fuck a bunch of towel wavers and their Dragonlayer.

[Catch Me Bruno]

The simplest joys are the ones that clutch your heart:

Your dog’s tail thumping endlessly on the couch as you come home, because he’s thrilled to see you.
The smell of freshly-baked choco-chip cookies wafting through your house in October.
A neice’s hug and smile.
Your partner’s love and generosity.
The determination you find within yourself to get back up after you get knocked down.
The Red Sox taking Game 3 in the World Series.

I will never cease to be fascinated by the emotional reaction of millions of people to a game that’s happening thousands of miles away, to the sharing of a bond with strangers who just happen to wear a Sox hat, to the frenetic joy that explodes in the hearts of the Faithful when their team wins a Baseball Game.

Amazing. Go Sox.

[Archer1979]

My sig line says its all:

Why Not Us?

[Lynchie]

Keep the pressure on, Red Sox. Give them no quarter. Play to win!!!!

Amen. And stuff those friggin' towels!!!!

My sentiments exactly. At least they'll have something to dry their tears with.

[Jneen]

Let's go, boys.

I'm really looking forward to some champagne later.

[InsideTheParker]

I will never cease to be fascinated by the emotional reaction of millions of people to a game that’s happening thousands of miles away, to the sharing of a bond with strangers who just happen to wear a Sox hat, to the frenetic joy that explodes in the hearts of the Faithful when their team wins a Baseball Game.

Amazing. Go Sox.

Yes! It's strange and wonderful.

(even if said strangers can't wait to tell each other how stupid they are for not wanting to trade player X for player Y, or if said Faithful can't wait to berate the team's manager for replacing pitcher A with pitcher B as the game unfolds)

Now, tonight, guys, please WIN, as I need to get some sleep (damn you, Fox, damn you to hell).

[Number45forever]

Win it for my next door neighbor's son. He was born in January of 2005 and has never witnessed a Red Sox World Championship. With just one more victory, his suffering can end. Please let it happen.

[Fratboy]

Magic Number: 1

FINISH THEM

It's actually 2.

This is the year we've been waiting for. The Sox have led nearly wire-to-wire. They've had the best record in baseball nearly all of the year. And they're on the brink of winning the World Series. Does it get any better than this?

[Rooster Crows]

When it became apparent Tim Wakefield (shoulder/back) wouldn't be able to pitch in the World Series, Lester got the nod for Game 4. . . .
"Maybe there's a reason for it," Wakefield told Edes. "Maybe it's Jonny Lester's time to shine."

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It IS your time to shine, Jon - KICK ASS and bring it home! May rookie I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery, and some timely hitting, be with you. Go Get Them!

GO SOX - WIN TONIGHT!

[PedroKsBambino]

Win Today.

[FarvinMoosey]

Winning is awesome. Lets do that again tonight.

[bellyofthebeast]

RIGHT WHERE WE WANT 'EM, BABY!



They always win when I wear the Green Hat!

Edited by bellyofthebeast, 28 October 2007 - 11:18 AM.

[Rasputin]

I gots a question. If we win tonight and our esteemed thread starter changes jobs betwixt now and next year and we make it back to the playoffs, who starts the game thread?

[Fratboy]

This is the first time all season the Red Sox have won 6 games in a row.

Let's make it 7 and have a parade on Saturday.

[Fratboy]

I gots a question. If we win tonight and our esteemed thread starter changes jobs betwixt now and next year and we make it back to the playoffs, who starts the game thread?

Either dusty15, yooooooouks20, djdru7, okidoki37, or tacobyellsbury46.

[Rough Carrigan]

Every day the words of the great Dane Mellancamp become more obviously true,

There's only ONE country!

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This is OUR October!!

[Rough Carrigan]

Either dusty15, yooooooouks20, djdru7, okidoki37, or tacobyellsbury46.

I was really hoping for BadMan24

[NYCSox]

I gots a question. If we win tonight and our esteemed thread starter changes jobs betwixt now and next year and we make it back to the playoffs, who starts the game thread?

If the Sox win tonight, then G38 has to get a contract extension. We can't afford to mess with game thread I am unoriginal and unfunny. Please put me out of my misery.

[jose melendez]

10/28/07--World Series Game 4: Thus Spake Nietzsche

It’s time for Jose Melendez’s KEYS TO THE GAME.

1. “God is dead.”

Thus spake Nietzsche.

Of course, Jose doesn’t believe that God is dead, he’s something of a Pascal man, determining that the potential benefits of belief are a far better gamble than atheism.

But the Colorado Rockies must be wondering this morning if Nietzsche wasn’t right after all? Because if God is alive, why oh why would the Rockies be down three games to none?

Jose wants to be clear. He is not mocking God. He is not mocking religion. Heck, his parents just went to church two minutes ago. Sure, it’s a Unitarian church so it doesn’t count, but at least they’re going through the motions.

What Jose is mocking is the incredibly foolish and self-indulgent notion that God is the equation changer in baseball games. It is nonsense, and it holds one’s faith up to ridicule and doubt. If one proclaims as Rockies Chairman and CEO Charlie Monfort did that “I believe God sends signs, we're seeing those" or as Team President Keli McGregor told Time that God is "using [The Rockies] in a powerful way," does it not follow inevitably that should the Rockies lose this series one of two things is true: either a) the Rockies have done something displeasing to God or b) if God really does care about baseball games, He is not powerful enough to actually win them?

The way Jose sees it the Rockies have put God in a terribly awkward position, and if Jose were God (note: he is not) he would be really resentful.

This is why God is best left out of baseball. Jose decided long ago after praying for Celtic playoff wins, that athletic victories were too small, too unimportant in a world of suffering to waste valuable prayers on.

We do not need religion in baseball; the intermixing of the two demeans them both. What we need in baseball is what we have—superstition. For decades, forever really, the true faith of baseball has been the soft animism of superstition. When Curt Euro hops over the base lines is he not appealing to some mysterious force in the universe? When Wade Boggs shoved chicken after chicken down his curious gullet was it not a form of prayer?

When Jose crosses his fingers, or kneels on the floor or rocks back and forth or visualizes base hits, is it not an appeal to some troublesome spirit? (Note: Or possible signs of an anxiety disorder?)

That said, the funny thing is that Jose has become a baseball atheist. Out in the world he is a deist, but with his eyes on the ball field, he has come, albeit slowly, to reject the heathen gods of bat and ball. It does not matter if he crosses his fingers. It is irrelevant if Curt Euro steps on a baseline. What matters is having the best players, the best preparation and the strongest minds. Now ritual can play a role in that. Simple repetition can focus the mind and relax the body, but it is vestigial, nothing more than the token remains of a rite that once had meaning.

Perhaps this is the legacy of 2004, the lesson at last learned by Red Sox fans, that one wins or loses not on the strength of one’s superstition, but on the strength of one’s bats and arms, and on the competence of one’s management.

Superstition would demand that Jose now, yell out “UNO!!!!” as he did three years ago, to proclaim, as in the card game, that there is just one win remaining. But he no longer feels the need. What he says and what he does are irrelevant to the outcome. What matters are the men on the field and the minds in the dugout.

UNO! UNO! UNO! UNO! UNO! Of course, Jose did say he tends toward Pascal’s Wager, so let’s not anger the baseball gods, just in case they are real.

2. As the seen shifted to Denver and National League rules, there has been an absolutely appalling amount of silly talk about how the Red Sox should rejigger their defense to keep David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, and Mike Lowell all in the lineup. While the solution last night was to sit Youkilis, that is not particularly creative. We have heard calls for Youk to play right field, for Mike Lowell to play shortstop, and for all Jose knows, for David Ortiz to catch. (Note: David Ortiz has bad knees. He should not catch.)

But no one has come up with the most obvious solution—let Mike Lowell pitch. Jose knows it sounds crazy at first, but this could totally work. The guy’s got a gun for an arm, and… well, that’s about all Jose’s got. Maybe it isn’t such a good idea.

Okay, let’s try a variation on that. Mike Lowell should be on the lineup card as the pitcher and should bat in the nine hole, but Jon Lester should do the actual pitching. How would this work? Disguise.

How hard can it be for Jon Lester to pass for Mike Lowell? They are both cancer survivors, so if Lester just constantly chats up the ump about “When I had cancer,” and remembers not to say it was lymphoma, as Lowell had testicular cancer, that’s a start right there. Then all you need is some modified Groucho glasses that keep the eyebrows but shrinks the nose a little bit, and some makeup to make Lester look 50 years older and presto—Mike Lowell is your pitcher.

Now, Jose knows what some of you are thinking “Hey, that’s cheating!” But come on, it’s not that bad. It’s not like they’re doing something really reprehensible like video taping the game or hitting umpire Chuck Meriwether with a steel chair or anything.

For KEY 3, a comparison of 2004 and 2007, visit http://keystothegame.blogspot.com/

[DeltaForce]

Hey Sox: You better not let them win tonight --- 'cause if they win tonight, you get Francis tomorrow and Jimenez in Game 6, and anything can happen in Game 7.

[someoneanywhere]

Tonight, after years of mocking my obsession, disdaining my fandom, and spitting in frustration at my complex -- to say nothing of leaving the house during the 2004 Series -- my wife has promised to watch the ballgame with me.

Win it for . . . her.

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

10/28/07--World Series Game 4: Thus Spake Nietzsche

Okay, let’s try a variation on that. Mike Lowell should be on the lineup card as the pitcher and should bat in the nine hole, but Jon Lester should do the actual pitching. How would this work? Disguise.

How hard can it be for Jon Lester to pass for Mike Lowell? They are both cancer survivors, so if Lester just constantly chats up the ump about “When I had cancer,” and remembers not to say it was lymphoma, as Lowell had testicular cancer, that’s a start right there. Then all you need is some modified Groucho glasses that keep the eyebrows but shrinks the nose a little bit, and some makeup to make Lester look 50 years older and presto—Mike Lowell is your pitcher.

Now, Jose knows what some of you are thinking “Hey, that’s cheating!” But come on, it’s not that bad. It’s not like they’re doing something really reprehensible like video taping the game or hitting umpire Chuck Meriwether with a steel chair or anything.

For KEY 3, a comparison of 2004 and 2007, visit http://keystothegame.blogspot.com/

Jose, maybe Lowell could borrow one of Bobby Valentine's disguises.

[baghdadjamie]

Just 1 more to go.

Get it done

[Catch Me Bruno]

I gots a question. If we win tonight and our esteemed thread starter changes jobs betwixt now and next year and we make it back to the playoffs, who starts the game thread?

SeanBerry

[Frisbetarian]

I heart KEYS.

Tonight I have two MFY fans coming over to watch the game. It would really be nice to have them see the Trophy given to a team on the verge of a dynasty. That's right, I said it.

One more win and it's pau hana time.

Okole hau.

[RedOctober3829]

Let's go, boys.

I'm really looking forward to some champagne later.

We'll get to inform Ryan Garko just how sweet champagne tastes on the road.