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[Doc Zero]

fuck the rules. no, seriously: fuck the rules. it's my birthday today and I'm calling on a little late september, good-to-be-alive mojo. I didn't want to start a game thread this season but it feels appropriate.

I'm pissed and I've been pissed for weeks now. I think we're all tired of this bullshit. the nonsense ends here. this team is better than this. do what you gotta do: roll into new york, sweep these clowns, and move onto fenway south to embarrass the birds.

the wild card is not up for grabs -- it's ours. it's not getting away from us. 2.5 games. that's as close as it's gonna get. the line must be drawn here. this far. no further.


it is on.
kill them all.

[Foulkey Reese]

Finally. You finally stepped up.

[Doc Zero]

foulkey, I am, much like yourself, sick of the put downs.

[NoMaRRaMoN]

[InsideTheParker]

What's worse than the put-downs is your Yankee-fan husband being "kind" to you b/c the situation is so grim. Screw kindness! Win the damned ball-game!

[I am an Idiot]

[brs3]

If anyone can cause a nice win streak via gamethreads, it's Doc Zero.

[RedOctober3829]

Doc(k) Rope shall lead us.

[Verryfunny2]

The Doc will lead us, i feel better now.

[strek1]

fuck the rules. no, seriously: fuck the rules. it's my birthday today and I'm calling on a little late september, good-to-be-alive mojo. I didn't want to start a game thread this season but it feels appropriate.

I'm pissed and I've been pissed for weeks now. I think we're all tired of this bullshit. the nonsense ends here. this team is better than this. do what you gotta do: roll into new york, sweep these clowns, and move onto fenway south to embarrass the birds.

the wild card is not up for grabs -- it's ours. it's not getting away from us. 2.5 games. that's as close as it's gonna get. the line must be drawn here. this far. no further.


it is on.
kill them all.

THE LINE MUST be drawn here!

[mikeford]

Fuck the rules and fuck the Yankees.

Bring us home, Doc

[Nomar813]

With only a week left in the regular season, we're pretty familiar with these 2011 Boston Red Sox. They have a streaky, but very strong offense; a top-heavy, oft short-handed pitching staff; many of them are held together by tooth picks and chewed gum; they're no better at Fenway than they are elsewhere. But most of all, the one never-ending constant about this Red Sox team - they play their asses off against the Yankees and leave the wretched pinstriped wanks bloodied in their wake, especially at The Bidet. And so it comes to pass that this team descends into the smug, urine-drenched douchescape of the Bronx and remembers, "oh yeah, there are actually some fairly decent professional athletes in this organization; let's prove it."

[strek1]

THE LINE MUST be drawn here!

It All ends NOW!

[rajendra82]

I remember the last time I was this mad at the team. A few games against the Yankees is all it took to wipe that anger away. As it was in 2004, so it shall be in 2011.

[LeoCarrillo]

Good on ya', mate!

Up yours, Yankees and O's and Rays and Angels and Yankees.

It's muthafucking tambourines down the pants time!

Edited by LeoCarrillo, 22 September 2011 - 03:36 PM.

[mauidano]

It's the last day of cheering for the MFY's and now the Jay's. Let both Rays and Angels lose today. Pressure will be off and we can focus on humiliating the MFY's and their fans with a 45 year old pitcher on Saturday for our own amusement. Lester will obviously win tomorrow. It's in the bag, we got this.

[JohntheBaptist]

Doc(k) Rope shall lead us.

Dock rope! My all-time favorite Sosh mini-meme.

This portends to good things. Also people that aren't Foulkey need to start cracking me up as often as Foulkey does.

Edited by JohntheBaptist, 22 September 2011 - 03:53 PM.

[gatorgurl67]

AmalieBenjamin Amalie Benjamin
by GlobeSox
Russell Martin on facing the #RedSox this weekend: "Anything to get the Red Sox out would be awesome for me. ... I'd love to see them lose."
I now hate them even more. Our pitchers need to send a message to this jerk.

[Blue Monkey]

Realistically they need to win 3 of their last 6 games. If they do that TB or LAA have to go 6-1 to win the WC. If the Sox go 4-2 TB has to win out.

[right_arm_of_God]

I was on vacation in a place with no TV and limited cell connectivity for the past 2 weeks or so. Most mornings I'd wake up and go for a run on the beach and by coincidence there was a place during the run where my iphone worked so I would check the previous day's scoreboard. 4 days into the vacation I started leaving my phone at the house. Still, we'd go out to dinner and the scores would scroll by at the bottom of the screen at the bar. I had to look. Watching the ticker scroll by was like watching Grady Little do math or a Lady Gaga acceptance speech.


Anyway, that is all in the past. 2.5 games up with 6 games to play... I like our chances.

There is no quit in these Sox (well Crawford). We saw at the beginning of the year. I expect they will leave it all on the field, regardless of the outcome.

I just heard that Manny wants to play again. This is a good sign.

[mikeford]

Dear Tampa and Anaheim,


Love,
Boston

[priestvalon]

Dear Tampa and Anaheim,
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=V4UfAL9f74I

Love,
Boston

Didn't Gandalf get... you know... wtfpwned about a minute later?

Are you saying Theo is gonna become Theo the White? That would be the most awesome thing ever.

[TheoShmeo]

The meta physical discussion about not rooting for the Yankees REALLY, and rather rooting for the Rays to lose was, no doubt, fascinating for all.

But this is beter. This is pure. Red Sox win, Yankees lose. Neat and clean.

Boston Nine: Ground NY into dust, injure them and their women, win on Friday night and stop this madness.

Enough is indeed enough.

[Red PR]

YES........

FUCK THIS WHOLE WHOS TO BLAME BULLSHIT AND WIN THE GODDAMN GAME.

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

Ash escaped The Evil Dead, returned inexplicably in The Evil Dead 2, and conquered the Army of Darkness.

Can we make Bruce Campbell proud and earn his finger point? Can we defeat our own Army of Darkness? Is that allowed? Will one of our starters get a Quality Start ever again?

Fucking win.

[kartvelo]

I just heard that Manny wants to play again. This is a good sign.

Can he pitch?

[koufax32]

Win tonight.

Do it for the children.

[abty]

Just once I want to see the Yankees experience a late season 2006 Sox-esque, ambulance inducing, nightmare collapse that destroys their post-season. I want to see a re-enactment of the civil war throughout this series. I want Gimpy Jeter, "Oh Noes Elbow" Rivera ...




I want the Bronx Zoo and I want it more than Cameron Diaz wants the cure for Ellen Barken Face Syndrome. Embarrass them. Conquer them. And if the Sox need motivational locker room speeches then please do better than Rick Flair. I would have preferred the ghost of Red Foxx:



"Man, I haven't seen so many banged up, crying white b***es since Wilt Chamberlain snuck into the Laker cheerleader dressing room. Stand up, get on that field and win the game, dummies!"

You heard the man. Until then, let the Yankees win tonight and let it be forever known as:



in Yankee land for a long long time to come.

[JFS7]

Has bartolo's "medicine" expired?

The Rays scored 4 runs in the 1st 3 games vs the Yankees. They have
scored 3 runs off Colon in 1st 5 batters tonight.

[Jed Zeppelin]

Time to start winning games assholes. Might as well begin tomorrow night.

[exGloucester]

Bedwetters stay home in your pissy sheets. You can get back on the bandwagon in a couple of days when it's all better.

[mikeford]

Didn't Gandalf get... you know... wtfpwned about a minute later?

Are you saying Theo is gonna become Theo the White? That would be the most awesome thing ever.

He won the battle against the Balrog, didn't he?

[Sprowl]

He won the battle against the Balrog, didn't he?

The Balrog has returned, to Chile in June 2011.

[Rasputin]

The Balrog has returned, to Chile in June 2011.

And, apparently, scuffed his feet on the carpet.

[86spike]

Do this

[Joe D Reed30]

That'll do, Edwin.

[OldSaintJohn]

We're gonna win the wild card and we're gonna shock baseball (what about the world?) ok, we're gonna shock the world when we beat Verlander in G1.

Let's fucking do this

[Blue Monkey]

Everything will fall into place

[Age of Aquarius]

He won the battle against the Balrog, didn't he?

Yes, yes he did. Also:

[Rasputin]

Go here. Watch this. And remember...
http://www.archive.org/details/BrianFoxRedSox2004Playoffhighlights
...if you experience an erection lasting four hours, seek medical attention.

This team has accomplished the impossible in our lifetimes. This shit is fucking cake in comparison.

No, not cake...pie. Mmmm, pie.

[rembrat]

Trying to sleep and something just popped into my head. Wouldnt it be awesome if the boys clinch while they are in the Bronx? I'd love it if they can let loose again in that clubhouse.

Get it done!

[garzooma]

"I'm the 82nd Airborne, and this is as far as the bastards are going."
http://rfpic.blogspot.com/

[rappermc]

Let me ask you this: what year haven't the Sox caused a bit of a scare? These little hiccups aren't just what make the Sox so awful to love, they are what make us the most begrudging, abused, exhausted fans in baseball.

But they also, at the end of the day, make us the most faithful. I've been pissed the fuck off with this team this month, just like the rest of you...but I've also been in love with the same group of assholes at other points. When Pedey was dubbed the Muddy Chicken in that long ass game, the first time Adrian Gonzalez laced one off the Monster. Realizing Ortiz wasn't going to suck this year. Reddick knocking that shot down the RF line against the MFYs after they IBBd to get to him.

I have been elated far more than I've been pissed, and I know that that is the team that will deliver a WC entry for us in 2011. They are in a funk, but we loved them. We love them.

Baseball is a game of beautiful dichotomies, parallels, coincidences, etc, and so I'm holding onto this:

Our first win this year came against the MFYs. We won that series, and it righted the ship. Our boys had to face their demons to get on the right track, and they did it. What unfolded was one of the finest seasons I've watched.

Here we are again, end of the season, same bad streak, and same demons to tackle.

Let's right the ship this series. Right this ship, you lovable sons of bitches.

[patinorange]

Doc Zero.

It's about time. You have never been more needed. I remember your last streak fondly. May this one take us to the WS.

[Rasputin]

Doc Zero.

It's about time. You have never been more needed. I remember your last streak fondly. May this one take us to the spring training.

Yeah, I done fixed that for ya.

[gixer1k]

Just fucking win.

P.S. Hey Lester, drill Martin in the ribs so he has a reason to hate us and not some contrived bullshit because he put on the pinstripes crap.

[TheoShmeo]

P.S. Hey Lester, drill Martin in the ribs so he has a reason to hate us and not some contrived bullshit because he put on the pinstripes crap.

Hey Lester, just pitch well. As the CHB accurately pointed out this morning, neither Beckett or Lester have given the Sox ace like performances and with the dreck on the rest of the staff, they absolutely need to step up. Russell Martin is a cheeseball footnote who should be ignored.

Edited by TheoShmeo, 23 September 2011 - 07:35 AM.

[Rooster Crows]

WIN . . .or go home. Yes, its a marketing cliche for another sport, but you're pretty darn close. Jon - whatever's been ailing you, work through it and kick ass - time for another gutsy, if not dominant, win. Guys, get your freaking acts together, get some fire in your belly, get the backs of your teammates, and get those MFYs by any means possible.

GO SOX - WIN TONIGHT!

[LeoCarrillo]

Against Freddy Garcia:

Mike Aviles (11 PA): .636 BA/.636 OBP/.909 SLG; 1 HR
Marco Scutaro (15): .533 BA/.533 OBP/.867 SLG; 2 triples

Left side is righteous.

[ObstructedView]

One x-factor that I haven't heard discussed: the NYC weather for tonight and tomorrow looks horrendous. As if Tito needed anything more to worry about when trying to manage his pitching....