Weird seeing Arod as a pinch-runner and therefore a bench player. (1995 ALDS Game 5 ESPN)
Junior was fast
Junior was fast
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They play it a lot. They are sadists, but we don't have to be masochists anymore.For those into pain I just happened across 2003 G7 ALCS on ESPN
Sox up 4-1 B6th
I hate this fucking game
If Pedro can give us one more inning, I think our pen can hold it...For those into pain I just happened across 2003 G7 ALCS on ESPN
Sox up 4-1 B6th
I hate this fucking game
I like your thinking, Timlin in the 8th and Williamson in the 9th.If Pedro can give us one more inning, I think our pen can hold it...
It's Idiot-proof, too bad the Cubs blew it. What a series it would be. Watched by billions.I like your thinking, Timlin in the 8th and Williamson in the 9th.
At the college I attended in western MA, the next day there were anti-suicide and suicide-helpline posters all over the walls.I literally tossed and turned and could not get to sleep after this game
I was so pissed.
Red Sox v Cubs would have been great.It's Idiot-proof, too bad the Cubs blew it. What a series it would be. Watched by billions.
The Marlins did soften the blow a little.At the college I attended in western MA, the next day there were anti-suicide and suicide-helpline posters all over the walls.
Red Sox v Cubs would have been great.
Yankees v Cubs, though, would have been a disaster.
I am so incredibly thankful that the Marlins beat the Yankees that year.
Do they still go after Schilling? Or Foulke? Would the MFY have still ended up with ARod? So many what-ifsIt would be interesting to see how 2004 would have played out if they had won Game 7. Does Grady Little still get fired if they lose to the Marlins in the World Series? Probably not. They still likely pursue Schilling in the offseason, but Grady is manager in ‘04.
First time I ever thought I might die without seeing a Red Sox championship. It’s so hard to get to even an LCS. A year later we shocked the world, and never let up. Well, Bobby Valentine year, but nobody‘s perfect.I literally tossed and turned and could not get to sleep after this game
I was so pissed.
Al-I totally get it, i had some dark dark thoughts and lots of time to stew in them, on that miserable October 2003 night.First time I ever thought I might die without seeing a Red Sox championship. It’s so hard to get to even an LCS. A year later we shocked the world, and never let up. Well, Bobby Valentine year, but nobody‘s perfect.
That's something I never really gave much thought.It would be interesting to see how 2004 would have played out if they had won Game 7. Does Grady Little still get fired if they lose to the Marlins in the World Series? Probably not. They still likely pursue Schilling in the offseason, but Grady is manager in ‘04.
Now you're just baiting @mt8thsw9th .I like your thinking, Timlin in the 8th and Williamson in the 9th.
Honestly, I think the only thing that would have saved Grady's job was winning the World Series. Everyone in the front office was ready to let Little go before Game 7 happened. Didn't Henry even say in the moment that he left Pedro in to face Matsui, or maybe when Pedro took the mound to start the eighth, "can we fire him now?" Little was clearly incompatible with what Theo was trying to do with baseball operations. Only winning it all could have possibly swayed Theo from getting his own guy into that job in 2004.It would be interesting to see how 2004 would have played out if they had won Game 7. Does Grady Little still get fired if they lose to the Marlins in the World Series? Probably not. They still likely pursue Schilling in the offseason, but Grady is manager in ‘04.
I didn't speak to my husband for about a week. Of course, he was rooting for the other side. That was an excruciating night, and how people can rewatch that game eludes my capacities of understanding.Me, I didn't speak to any of my friends on the ride home from the Riviera
13th?13th inning. Wake in. Time to check the fridge for heart attack symptoms.
One of my best friends, a huge Cardinals fan, called me in the eighth inning of that game so we could "count the outs together". I immediately knew it was a terrible idea, but he stayed on the phone until the lead was lost. I still give him crap about "tempting the baseball gods" like that and how 2004 and 2013 were part of his penance.For those into pain I just happened across 2003 G7 ALCS on ESPN
Sox up 4-1 B6th
I hate this fucking game
I still haven't watched it. I left the house after Matsui, and every time ESPN feels like tormenting us by showing the "Boonie," I flee the room.I never watched the Boone home run.
She passed away in 2013, and the department's memorial for her was the same day as the Sox victory parade, which I did not come up for as I had for the 2004 and 2007 parades. But as a co-worker said to me at the time, citing that story, "Well, if you did miss her memorial service for a Red Sox parade, you know for sure that she would have understood it."I still haven't watched it. I left the house after Matsui, and every time ESPN feels like tormenting us by showing the "Boonie," I flee the room.
P.S., your boss was wonderful to say that.
They all linger. I can still see Yaz popping up against Gossage. I remember exactly how I felt, the mixture of anger and frustration and sadness, the belief that it was just too goddam unfair.I’ll never rewatch the Boone game, curious though I am to see if I can see myself on the broadcast. Even after all the happier games since, that one lingers.