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[ToeKneeArmAss]

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

- Dylan Thomas

(PS - yes, I know that tomorrow's an off-day. You want a piece of me? See above.)

[Brianish]

All right, I demand a long winning streak in the interest of a long series of literary game threads.

[E5 Yaz]

All right, I demand a long winning streak in the interest of a long series of literary game threads.

I'm fairly certain we're down to a choice of Nicholas Sparks or the guy who writes the backs of Salada tea bags

[budcrew08]

Love the early game thread. Lead us.

[SemperFidelisSox]

The O's are 16-10 since Showalter took over and have a better record than the Red Sox and Yankees in the month of August

[BucketOBalls]

While the Sox have been effectively eliminated, the O's have been mathematicallyeliminated.

Lets put off math for a while longer, ok?

[mikeford]

Losing to the Orioles is humiliating, I don't care how well they've been playing.

[CoolPapaBellhorn]

[Al Zarilla]

Rodney and Sally Kellerman in Back to School? I don't know, this season is evoking some pretty strange stuff around here. I don't take shit from nobody was a pretty good line though.

[TheoShmeo]

Does acceptance come before or after rage?

When Lackey failed, again, to put up a shut down inning, I got to full fledged acceptance.

Rage sounds better.

[Captaincoop]

Appropriate that the final chapter of the 2010 season is kicked off with poetry from a guy who drank himself to death.

[BucketOBalls]

Despite the thread title they are still just a rat in a cage.

[PeaceSignMoose]

Nothing to say. Baby steps.

Edited by PeaceSignMoose, 30 August 2010 - 10:13 AM.

[hittery]

I have to keep the faith, because the only game I'm going to is this Friday, and I need something to root for. So, I still believe.

[CJM]

Miracle Max: You got any money?
Theo: One-eighty.
Miracle Max: I've never worked for so little. Except once, and that was a very noble cause.

[RingoOSU]

There is no way to lose today.

[absintheofmalaise]

How many more drinks did you have last night?

[The Gray Eagle]

Don't give up. I am so confident that I guarantee that there will be October baseball at Fenway this year. It seems unlikely right now, but I predict that we'll face the Yankees in October and beat them.

[Brianish]

Don't give up. I am so confident that I guarantee that there will be October baseball at Fenway this year. It seems unlikely right now, but I predict that we'll face the Yankees in October and beat them.

[Jack Rabbit Slim]

Miracle Max: You got any money?
Theo: One-eighty.
Miracle Max: I've never worked for so little. Except once, and that was a very noble cause.

It just so happens that our friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead.

[AimingForYoko]

[I am an Idiot]

7th anniversary of Charles Bronson's death. Do it for Charlie.

[ToeKneeArmAss]

How many more drinks did you have last night?

Enough to make me feel like Dylan Thomas this morning.

[Doc Zero]

We were in dire need of a "fuck the rules" thread. I can get behind this.

[Adrian's Dome]

Appropriate that the final chapter of the 2010 season is kicked off with poetry from a guy who drank himself to death.

Yep, fitting.

Five words that can sum up 2010 Red Sox baseball: "Fuck me sideways raw, sport."

[Sprowl]

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death
Horseman, pass by

[bean8282]

No Worries. Fucking Win.

[Blue Monkey]

fucking you tube

Edited by Blue Monkey, 30 August 2010 - 03:49 PM.

[hittery]

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death
Horseman, pass by

Very nice. However, this is engraved on his tombstone, so...

[topps148]

I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored.
I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd.
I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind.
I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
Communist, 'cause I'm left-handed.
That's the hand I use, well, never mind!

I been Phil Spectored, resurrected.
I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered.
Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay.
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce,
And all my wealth won't buy me health,
So I smoke a pint of tea a day.

I knew a man, his brain was so small,
He couldn't think of nothing at all.
He's not the same as you and me.
He doesn't dig poetry. He's so unhip that
When you say Dylan, he thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas,
Whoever he was.
The man ain't got no culture,
But it's alright, ma,
Everybody must get stoned.

I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered.
Andy Warhol, won't you please come home?
I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled,
Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled.
I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone.

I lost my harmonica, Albert.

--(New Yorker) Paul Simon

Yeah, well, what's he know? If we had to be rational, would we be hanging out here?

Let our beggars' banquet begin tomorrow: first course, poultry.

[Sprowl]

Very nice. However, this is engraved on his tombstone, so...

We need what no man can provide, Mr. Lawrence. We need a miracle.

[Redkluzu]

forget 34th street ---

MIRACLE ON YAWKEY WAY

Edited by Redkluzu, 30 August 2010 - 05:30 PM.

[barbed wire Bob]

Charge!

[Celtic745]

Guys! Mitch Williams still believes in us!

http://www.nesn.com/...y-mistaken.html

[LynnRice75]

Guys! Mitch Williams still believes in us!

http://www.nesn.com/...y-mistaken.html

This gives me hope, too. (Course it may just be the Youtube inspirational speeches in 2 minutes still reverberating in my head.)

Linky Hopefulness

[luckysox]

I love baseball on MASN.


No really, I do.

At least lets win so Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer don't get all cocky. I don't want to kill my TV tonight.

[Foulkey Reese]

A few breaks and the Sox would have been 2.5 behind the Rays as of Monday morning.

It's Tuesday morning and they're now 7 back.

Fuck.

[RingoOSU]

Average wins by position in AL East: 100.5 97.0 89.9 83.6 60.1
AL East W L Pct3 Avg W Avg L Champions Wild Card Playoffs
Rays 81 50 .586 99.0 63.0 54.25009 44.40246 98.65255
Yankees 81 50 .593 98.5 63.5 45.48618 52.11158 97.59776
Red Sox 74 57 .524 89.9 72.1 .26339 3.36390 3.62729
Blue Jays 68 63 .535 83.7 78.3 .00034 .02953 .02987
Orioles 48 83 .431 60.1 101.9 .00000 .00000 .00000

[Nuf Ced]

Why is this game still listed on the tv schedule? Dan Shaughnessy said the Red Sox are all done for this season. Doesn't that mean everybody just goes home now?

[BucketOBalls]

Why is this game still listed on the tv schedule? Dan Shaughnessy said the Red Sox are all done for this season. Doesn't that mean everybody just goes home now?

So are the Orioles.

So this game is between 2 teams that have gone home. It does not actually exist.

[mikeford]

Days without baseball suck. I really wish this team could've got it's shit together to make it so this would've extended beyond the first week in October.

[P'tucket, rhymes with...]

We need what no man can provide, Mr. Lawrence. We need a miracle.

King Tut is starting for us tonight?

[mikeford]

King Tut is starting for us tonight?

His career is in better shape than Josh Beckett's is right now.

[joe dokes]

His career is in better shape than Josh Beckett's is right now.

not dead yet . . .

[smokin joe wood]

A different kind of rage.

Edited by smokin joe wood, 31 August 2010 - 01:46 PM.

[Foulkey Reese]

So who can be this year's version of Carlos Pena that Lowell can block by playing everyday?

[InsideTheParker]

I feel rage against Theo for not getting Kerry Wood or Fuentes. Does that count?




Go Sox, etc.

[RingoOSU]

We couldn't get Fuentes, the twins were below us on the waiver wire when he was claimed.

[Sprowl]

Little Manny gone, Oki probably going before the deadline, and Robert Manuel called up. It's a busy day for Theo the Seller.

[The Gray Eagle]

So who can be this year's version of Carlos Pena that Lowell can block by playing everyday?

Lars Anderson? Lowrie and/or Saltalamacchia trying to learn to be useful part-time first basemen? Carlos Delgado?