For me, that started it and then the A-Rod saga later that winter made SoSH essential reading. I did not become a member until many years after that, though.
Me too, but I don't actually remember where I read about that. But I found it and lurked for a while. I gained membership in December 2004 and spent many a fun winter evening going through the post-season game threads.
Im not sure if it was this specifically, but there were 3-4 things that happened around the same time that made this place "famous." Bill Simmons posting here and mentioning it in columns, I think WEEI hosts would mention it. SoSh became a think people talked about sometime in 2003. Hard to say where I would have first heard about it.
I saw that thread years after it happened and the board had migrated, so it was at least saved for some time.
At least some of the mash-up is still here: http://champagne.atspace.org/. I say some because one cell I clicked on gave me back a bad url response but two other links had the mash-up.
Also enjoyed these lines
That really is unbelievable. That story sort of rings a bell but I had no idea it was such a factor, what a fun read.
So Must The Streets Be Filled With Craig Breslow would have been a good screen name.
If you want to lose another few days, I just found out a website that looks to have the original "Win It For" thread: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/sonsofsamhorn/win-it-for-t1611-s240.html.
I assumed it was Simmons where I first heard of the site, but now that I read this, I think I did hear about it on EEI as well. In fact, I remember being in my girlfriend's internet-less, cable-less basement apartment in Brighton, with the radio on the highest shelf trying to catch a static-riddled signal from WEEI on that infamous Thanksgiving weekend, hoping to get the latest Schilling news. No doubt Mikey Adams or Craig Mustard or whoever else was on mentioned gehrig38's foray on to a fan message board.
