2004 WS Celebration
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Now I am sad as it doesn’t look like DO (aka “announcer boy,” a nickname he got from Wake) can make it as the Padres have home games on the 8th and 9th. (I mean he could if he didn’t sleep and had police escorts to/from airports, but that seems unlikely and unfair)
Pads are in town at the end of June. Maybe they do something with Announcer Boy then.
Who was the last active player from the 2004 team? Ortiz, I'd guess. But if so, who was the next longest lasting player at the ML level?
Bronson Arroyo (2017) has Ortiz (2016) beat by one year.
After that, looks like Lowe and Youk were active until 2013.
Good call.
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Also, what's your favorite weird factoid/incident about the 2004 team?
Mine might be this game: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS200404180.shtml only because it featured Lieutenant Frank Callisto's final (and scoreless) appearance for the Sox.
One of my favorite factoids is that Mark Bellhorn had a stretch of 8 RBI in 4 games, starting with ALCS Game 6.
Bellhorn's HR in ALCS Game 7 off Tom Gordon was kind of a classic moment for me. It came right after the Yanks had scored 2 off Pedro to "cut it" to 8-3. The ball was hit a mile in the air to right and clanged loudly off the screen inside the top of the foul pole. It kind of shut up the Yankee crowd again. No comeback this time, guys.
Bellhorn's HR in ALCS Game 7 off Tom Gordon was kind of a classic moment for me. It came right after the Yanks had scored 2 off Pedro to "cut it" to 8-3. The ball was hit a mile in the air to right and clanged loudly off the screen inside the top of the foul pole. It kind of shut up the Yankee crowd again. No comeback this time, guys.
Yep. What I recall about Opening Day 2005 was they had a moment of silence for the pope and Dick Radatz. There was a standing ovation when Mariano Rivera was introduced. They did the WS Ring presentation.
I didn't make to the Opening Day game but I went to either the second or third game of the season against the Yankees. What I remember was it was cold as hell and I had to spend a bunch of money in one of the souvenir shops for additional clothes to stay warm.
Last pitcher to lose a game for the 2004 Red Sox…..
Ramiro Mendoza, lost G3 and never played for Boston again. In fact, he only pitched one more game in his career.
Who do we think is the least likely living member of that team, besides Schilling, to show up on Opening Day?
I’d be pretty shocked to see BK Kim.
I’d be pretty shocked to see BK Kim.
Holy shit. It feels like Ortiz recently retired. I can’t believe it’s been 8 years.
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If Nomar shows the house should go absolutely nuts. Hate the way it ended but there were too many teams of Pedro+Nomar and some guys.
As E5 Yaz astutely pointed out, it's probably Dave Roberts
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Isn’t that the answer E5Yaz gave literally 16 posts ago to literally you? Good get.
You just love to stir some shit.
I clearly stated it wasn’t a comparison. I said I can separate the ball player from the man.
Regarding the book… it was well done. I expected more great American hero. I left thinking Williams was a raging asshole, an abusive figure to almost everyone close to him… in today’s world he’s the definition of a bad guy. In the end, I just didn’t admire him at all.
One answer that he didn't have to google to come up with.
Just for fun, Bill Mueller is also a current coach for the Marlins, so he's probably equally as not likely to be there.
The 5 starting pitchers in the rotation did not, to the best of my recollection, miss a turn during the season due to injury. They did not start every game due to rainouts, doubleheaders and the like, but they didn't miss any time due to injury.
Fun quiz: without looking it up, name the 3 pitchers who also started games for the 2004 Red Sox besides the 5 regular starters.
Also, Mendoza was charged with the loss though giving up only 1 of 19 Yankee runs. Crazy game.
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Dave McCarty, having had over 1500 PA's coming into the season, made his only 3 pitching appearances of his career in '04.
Yes. 3 starts for Kim in 2004.
2 more. One of whom I never ever ever would have guessed.
The Pokey Reese two HR game against KC - one inside the park, one over the Monster. Only 2 HR game in his career. “Pokey would’ve had it.”
Oooh - nice call. We all know the playoff hilights, but I think things like this get lost sometimes.
I am partial to this game as well:
Aug. 27, 2004
The one and only time I've sat in the Green Monster seats. Foulke had hurt himself or gotten nicked up before the game, so he was unavailable. Mueller was hurt too, so they put Bellhorn at 3B and started Ricky Guitierrez of all people at 2B. And naturally, Ricky had 3 hits and 2 RBI, Bellhorn had 2 hits and an RBI, and the Sox won 5-3 with the save coming from Leskanic after Timlin had gotten into a 1st and 3rd, no outs jam in the 9th.
One of the most unusual games, but that year everyone stepped up.
Yeah man we were all there. That was a very good day.Holy shit, I was there? Good thing I quit drinking....
I just clicked "purchase now" on a pair of seats for the home opener, RF box 95. I'm pumped to go to this game.
Derek Lowe. Performed so badly/erratically he lost his starting gig in the playoffs…and was the winning pitcher in all three series ending games.
Very cool. I hope the sun is warm, the winds are calm and that the game is everything that any of us hope for it to be.
I'd certainly be interested in one too. Will pay for shipping and donate to The Jimmy Fund (or somewhere else).
I hope the pregame ceremony is shown in MLBtv so I can see it.
They usually air those things free streaming on redsox.com if it's not on mlbtv
My favorite innocuous moment was when Keith Foulke was sitting in the pen tossing a ball up in the air to himself. It was the World Series and he looked like he was 12 years old. Made me think about how much fun baseball really is. The sound of the ball popping around the infield, shagging fly balls, a well struck ball, smell of good Rawlings leather, playing over the wires or hit the bat, pick up games in any open field, etc. Foulke sitting there flipping the ball up in the air reminded me that behind it all is a very fun kids game.
Foulke may have also done it in the WS, but the shot I think you're referring to occurred before he came in to save Game 6 of the ALCS in slightly terrifying fashion. It was indeed a great shot and Buck and McCarver did a good job commenting on the symbolism of it. And in retrospect it was that kind of what-me-worry attitude of the 2004 team that enabled them to do the impossible.
And here's a fun factoid - he forgot his glove in Boston and had to wear Leskanic's. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/keith-foulke-reveals-little-known-fact-2004-alcs-red-sox-yankee-stadium/
Someone remind me of Lowe's shoe problem again?