Um the link is for the 2004 docToo soon. I hope there's some cool inside baseball stuff in there because going over this season again, especially Aug/Sep, will be painful.
It's '04. They could make one narrated by Kevin Spacey or Bill Cosby and I'd watch.Can they produce a version that does not include The Shank and his unsufferable naration?
My dad punched a hole in the wall in 03The 04 yanks series was the most taxing and exhausting stretch of games in my lifetime.
I'm glad i wasn't old when it happened or i probably would of had a heart attack or stroke during it.
I threw a beer bottle through a window at a bar in Houston. Not my proudest moment.My dad punched a hole in the wall in 03
Or Mike Francesa.Can they produce a version that does not include The Shank and his unsufferable naration?
I walked a few miles home in the rain. It felt appropriate.I threw a beer bottle through a window at a bar in Houston. Not my proudest moment.
I think it's supposed to be released around next spring training.So the '04 doc comes out 10/23, do we know when the 2024 doc comes out?
My dad, weeping, said:I threw a beer bottle through a window at a bar in Houston. Not my proudest moment.
I did the exact same. God. I was watching with my girlfriend at the time and she had only been watching baseball for basically that summer/fall with me. Then Grady doesn't pull Pedro and she asks "why isn't the pitcher out of the game?"My dad punched a hole in the wall in 03
This made me think of the other time I got so angry after a Sox loss. It was 2011 and we were in Seattle for the final game. Two days before we were in Baltimore and I almost got kicked out for taunting Carl fucking Crawford.I did the exact same. God. I was watching with my girlfriend at the time and she had only been watching baseball for basically that summer/fall with me. Then Grady doesn't pull Pedro and she asks "why isn't the pitcher out of the game?"
Anyway, Boone's homer goes up, and before it even hits the bleachers, I walk upstairs, punch a hole in the drywall (the only other time I got "violent" after a loss was G1 of the 1999 ALCS -- I kicked a door in my freshman dorm so hard I had to get crutches to help me walk), and called my Mom.
The next day, I visited my faculty advisor (who's a wonderful person but also a diehard Yankees fan) and I knocked on his office door and he invited me in. We sat there for about 3 minutes in silence before he broke the tension, "You'd think a group of idiots would know that a pitcher was spent, right?" Honestly, I cracked up -- I love that guy, and we stay in touch (he's also a Giants fan, so talking to him after the two Pats/Giants Super Bowl was painful but also cathartic.
But yeah, I did the same. I was so furious beyond words.
Casablanca isn't better than 4 Days in OctoberNot sure how this can be better than 4 Days in October, but sure, I'll watch.
Casablanca doesn't have Lenny Clarke in it, though?Casablanca isn't better than 4 Days in October
I know it's stupid but the best moments of my life are:My dad, weeping, said:
"I think I'm going to be a Yankees fan now, being a Sox fan hurts too bad."
As shocking, as terrifying as that was... In that moment I couldn't argue with him.
To make it worse, my brother had a bet with one of his fraternity brothers that whoever lost had to take the other guy to a World Series game. He was looking for tickets before we could even mourn.
We got over it eventually, but it's hard for me to explain to anyone who isn't a longtime member of SoSH just how much 2003 sucked for me and my family.
Thank God for you guys. And thank God for 2004.
Thank God my dad didn't follow through on his weakest moment.
Jimmy Fallon says hi:I know it's stupid but the best moments of my life are:
1) birth of my kid
2) 2004 Red Sox title
3) my wedding day
My wife got mad at me when I told her this, but I explained that "you didn't torture me for my entire lifetime and then do the most miraculous thing ever, take it easy."
I had just moved to NYC in the spring of 2003. I stayed at work listening to the game by myself for as long as I could hoping the Sox would just win and be done with it. I finally left work and went to join my friends who were watching at ‘Down the Hatch’ on Christopher st.. I hadn’t even had a drink before Boone hit the home run.. one of my friends was so drunk he started trying to celebrate with me before I told him it was the Yankees.. I walked outside and a dude yelled “they’re never going to beat us.. they’re never going to beat us”.I did the exact same. God. I was watching with my girlfriend at the time and she had only been watching baseball for basically that summer/fall with me. Then Grady doesn't pull Pedro and she asks "why isn't the pitcher out of the game?"
Anyway, Boone's homer goes up, and before it even hits the bleachers, I walk upstairs, punch a hole in the drywall (the only other time I got "violent" after a loss was G1 of the 1999 ALCS -- I kicked a door in my freshman dorm so hard I had to get crutches to help me walk), and called my Mom.
The next day, I visited my faculty advisor (who's a wonderful person but also a diehard Yankees fan) and I knocked on his office door and he invited me in. We sat there for about 3 minutes in silence before he broke the tension, "You'd think a group of idiots would know that a pitcher was spent, right?" Honestly, I cracked up -- I love that guy, and we stay in touch (he's also a Giants fan, so talking to him after the two Pats/Giants Super Bowl was painful but also cathartic.
But yeah, I did the same. I was so furious beyond words.
ok. You, my friend, are a boss.I married s girl who grew up in a yankee household. Before we tied the knot I made her sign a contract that swore her allegiance to the sox, and that she would never put any sort of yankee garb on any children that we may have. She would never play any part in letting her brother or father bring them to yankee stadium, etc. etc...
We got married in the spring of 2004 and it hung on my wall for years after we were divorced![]()
In consecutive years, no less. Great post.Little did we know, all three of our curses would all be lifted eventually.
Just sent you a DM regarding Fever Pitch...I got hired to work on Fever Pitch. I spent the late summer and fall working in Fenway Park. Got to go to cast parties and premiers. Drew Barrymore hugged me more than once; I signed my name on the wall inside the Green Monster. The curse was broken. So much changed in a year.
My hole in the wall story was Game 3 in 2004. I take full credit for the turnaround that happened afterwards.My dad punched a hole in the wall in 03
I understand completely. I went out to the meadow and screamed and cried. My husband made a snarky remark and I actually considered divorce that night.We got over it eventually, but it's hard for me to explain to anyone who isn't a longtime member of SoSH just how much 2003 sucked for me and my family.
Similar... I married a Yankee fan and, in a moment of weakness, I allowed her to persuade me that our first son shouldn't have to deal with the likely bullying that would accompany his being a Red Sox fan while attending a New York City public elementary school in the 1998-2003 before-times. Fortunately, by the time my second son came around, I strengthened my resolve and he's a Red Sox fan, so through the century our house has been split 2/2. Every October was like a reality TV show.I married s girl who grew up in a yankee household. Before we tied the knot I made her sign a contract that swore her allegiance to the sox, and that she would never put any sort of yankee garb on any children that we may have. She would never play any part in letting her brother or father bring them to yankee stadium, etc. etc...
We got married in the spring of 2004 and it hung on my wall for years after we were divorced![]()
This is the most civilized thing I've ever read on this site. Bravo for your family.My wife was a little upset with how emotional all the men in her life got about our behavior every October, especially in 2003. So headed into October 2004 (the boys were 9 and 11), we drew up a contract with a half-dozen rules, including things like "You can say 'Jeter Sucks' or 'Pedro Sucks', but you can't say your brother sucks", and "No hitting, at least not anywhere besides the shoulders", and "At the end of the series, we still need to be a family." We all signed it and, to the tune of maybe 75%, honored it. I still have it framed in my office.
And all this time, I thought it was Iggy.I understand completely. I went out to the meadow and screamed and cried. My husband made a snarky remark and I actually considered divorce that night.
We all know, in retrospect, how much sweeter 2004 became in contrast. The main reason I root for the Mets now is that my Mets-fan in-laws were rooting hard for the Sox. The mutuality of NYY-hate brought us together.
This was me exactly. Was at an Old Chicago with work friends and had already paid up staying to watch the last 2 innings. I walked to my car at the sound of the bat.I never saw the Boone home run land, the TV got turned off as soon as it was launched.
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I’m feeling much better now.
Just finished watching it. Can't believe they did it......AGAIN!I watched the whole thing this morning. It was incredible and I was an absolute mess at the end.
I just paused the doc to come online and say that. I cannot stand that he is in this documentary.God I fucking hate Grady Little
When he said he didn't pay attention to the pitch count and went by his gut I wanted to punch him through the screen.I just paused the doc to come online and say that. I cannot stand that he is in this documentary.