Let's enjoy memories of the Red Sox of the past 20 years! What were your favorites (team/player/moment/etc)?

[Dick Drago]

Yeah, the whole ‘03 and ‘04 playoff seasons on this site were a salvation. Like someone said, others didn’t quite understand-the highs, lows, exhaustion-the game threads were magical.

The “her Father is the District Attorney “ show advertised non stop on the broadcast would come on, and lighten the mood briefly.

The Tony Clark at bat-I would have bet my life Foulke was squeezed on several calls, but when I watched later they were clearly balls. And 88 mph was about as hard as he could throw, I think his arm was so gassed the last FB was 84. The relief that came over me at that moment was incredible.

 

[Pitt the Elder]

My favorite years, in order:

1. 2004 - speaks for itself
2. 2013 - pure unexpected bliss
3. 2018 - domination, best team I've ever seen
4. 2007 - one of the four but it felt like gravy
5. 2003 - hero's journey, nothing else happens without this

My favorite players

1. Pedro - the best ever, appointment viewing
2. Mookie - an absolute joy, a privilege to watch him play
3. Ortiz - the pillar of it all
4. Pedroia - la Luna and the laser show
5. Wake - recency bias, but the flutter was poetry
6. Koji - it was brief but beautiful
7. Manny - most feared RHB of his generation
8. JBJ - "wow"
9. Nomar - hold over from the 90s but he still counts
10. Lester - one of our only home grown pitchers

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Two of my favorite stats.

1) Curt Leskanic’s last MLB pitch won the don’t let us win tonight game

2) The last pitch Bobby Kielty saw in his career was the only pitch he ever saw in a World Series. He hit the championship winning RBI with a home run, and ended up slashing 1.000/1.000/4.000 in the World Series.

 

[patinorange]

That's tough to beat.

 

[Shaky Walton]

1. Seeing the Ortiz homer going over Sheffield's head and into the bullpen to end game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. Until then, the Roberts steal and the Mueller RBI were setting up a potential Yankees sweep. I was in Section 36 at Fenway and turning to my left and seeing that game end might have been my biggest single dopamine rush of the post season.

View: https://youtu.be/xYxSZJ9GZ-w?si=nC6egFmR5jiC0rdH


2. Keith Foulke's K of Tony Clark to end Game 6 at the Toilet. Again, I was there, and I was standing by the runway level with the Yankees dugout. If it ended in disaster, I wanted to make a hasty retreat, and I had a perfect view, along with my kids, of the action. Glorious!

View: https://youtu.be/Bg6PNoVCfO0?si=TiZtmJjA1m6dhj6-


3. When Kenny Lofton was held at third base by Joel Skinner during the top of the 7th of Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS. Lofton would have scored to tie the game. Thank you, Joel Skinner.

View: https://youtu.be/eqoQH2zXp7w?si=0lnL7Hs750shI7du


4. Sale corkscrewing that miscreant Machado to end the 2018 World Series. F U Macado.

View: https://youtu.be/jNTzfZ39Kho?si=XT-XthfeiVNCImdx

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

When Kenny Lofton was held at third base by Joel Skinner during the top of the 7th of Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS. Lofton would have scored to tie the game. Thank you, Joel Skinner.

View: https://youtu.be/eqoQH2zXp7w?si=0lnL7Hs750shI7du

Such a crazy game. Not too often you see a pitcher get a save in an 11-2 game! Papelbon did.

 

[tims4wins]

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyB0TzEOqfM/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

[Hank Scorpio]

One that I feel is very underrated: Johnny Damon’s grand slam off Vazquez in Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS. Yes, we already had a lead, and yes it was relatively early in the game. But it had this cathartic feeling about it. It was really grinding the heel into the Yankees’ throat. It was unexpected, and maybe the first moment we all felt safe to believe it was actually all happening.

I still remember Castig’s call. It sounded more like exasperation than jubilation.

“Is this actually happening?!”

 

[reggiecleveland]

This guy never gets enough credit. # games in a row. The second one is underrated now, but we were all scared of another collapse after Pedro got lit up.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXPxy_e1sI


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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kYNJminXrE

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44aWktxxTH0

 

[Whoop-La White]

I finally got the sense that things were different when they reversed the call and awarded Bellhorn that home run in ALCS Game 6. Too many calls previously had gone the other team's way, and it was before replay when you had to persuade the umpire to get help on a disputed call (which they didn't always agree to do so, in which case you were out of luck).

 

[Max Power]

Of course, Mike Napoli was the Angels catcher and he started walking off well before the ball landed.

I have this picture saved from the next day. It happened to show up in my pictures of the day recently.

 

[Al Zarilla]

I have this picture saved from the next day. It happened to show up in my pictures of the day recently.

That's the best picture of the scene. Mike could have a thought bubble: "doggone it. Well, maybe there's a good food spread."

 

[scotian1]

As a Nova Scotian who was able to get to only a couple of games at most every year, there is no question about my favourite World Series win, it had to be 2004. Having been a Sox fan since 1962 and living through so many close brushes with victory in 67, 75 and 86, you had to wonder if it was ever going to happen in ones lifetime. And to do it after the entire baseball world had written them off after trailing 0-3 to the Yankees. The fantastic "Win it For" series that appeared here at that time is still something very special. That win laid so many baseball demons to rest. Favourite player David Ortiz followed by Manny. Those were two players who I never left my seat either at home or in Fenway if they were due up to hit. Moments, there were so many Dave Roberts steal, David Ortiz's numerous game changing or winning hits or homers, the final out in 2004. The Red Sox have provided me personally with so many special memories, they answered our (Bluenose BoSox Brotherhood) request and brought the World Series Trophy to Nova Scotia after the 2007, 2013 and 2018 WS wins, visiting schools and children's hospitals, gave us a Nova Scotia Day at Fenway and I along with 2 other of our members got to be at the mound for the ceremonial first pitch. A couple of years later I was tutoring a young teenage leukemia patient, reached out to the Sox and we were invited along with her parent to Fenway and treated like royalty. Luckily after a rough battle, she has been cancer free for three years. So even though there have been heart wrenching moments as a Sox fan, the highs and blessings I have received from this club have made it impossible to say anything other that I love this team.

 

[chrisfont9]

This guy never gets enough credit. # games in a row. The second one is underrated now, but we were all scared of another collapse after Pedro got lit up.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXPxy_e1sI


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_oo8QqXSTg


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This is the greatest Mark Bellhorn hype post ever.

I finally got the sense that things were different when they reversed the call and awarded Bellhorn that home run in ALCS Game 6. Too many calls previously had gone the other team's way, and it was before replay when you had to persuade the umpire to get help on a disputed call (which they didn't always agree to do so, in which case you were out of luck).

Ya same, and the McSlappy overturn an inning later. What is Jim Joyce doing on that HR call?? The outfield umps have two jobs, lines and homers, and he can't even get it right even though the ball mysteriously just drops straight down.

 

[Al Zarilla]

This is the greatest Mark Bellhorn hype post ever.

Ya same, and the McSlappy overturn an inning later. What is Jim Joyce doing on that HR call?? The outfield umps have two jobs, lines and homers, and he can't even get it right even though the ball mysteriously just drops straight down.

Yankees had Joyce in their pocket?

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Serious questions. Why did the Red Sox running roughshod over the Cardinals in '04 seem so inevitable? Just on paper, on offense, the Sox and Cardinals were pretty well matched up. Starting pitching leaned towards the Sox.. but Schilling's ankle was garbage, Pedro wasn't vintage Pedro. Derek Lowe seemed recovered... but could anyone feel confident that that was going to continue? Momentum? They were running on fumes compared to the Cardinals.
I'm asking in part, thinking of how something like focus and momentum can really carry a team and how comparatively to the recent Cora teams, it always felt like he coached momentum (and focus) right out of them. I don't know the answer, but I've always felt that if a player gets hot at the dish... you ride that as long as you can. No breaks. When it's broken... then, give that guy a rest. Screw the scheduled days off thing or working in a bench player just to get that bench player in.
Should I move this to the Cora thread?

 

[Bergs]

Serious questions. Why did the Red Sox running roughshod over the Cardinals in '04 seem so inevitable?

For one thing, it felt like we were a team of destiny at that point,

That said, there's a good chance if we didn't sweep, we would've lost in 7. Our pitching was toast.

 

[John Marzano Olympic Hero]

Serious questions. Why did the Red Sox running roughshod over the Cardinals in '04 seem so inevitable? Just on paper, on offense, the Sox and Cardinals were pretty well matched up. Starting pitching leaned towards the Sox.. but Schilling's ankle was garbage, Pedro wasn't vintage Pedro. Derek Lowe seemed recovered... but could anyone feel confident that that was going to continue? Momentum? They were running on fumes compared to the Cardinals.
I'm asking in part, thinking of how something like focus and momentum can really carry a team and how comparatively to the recent Cora teams, it always felt like he coached momentum (and focus) right out of them. I don't know the answer, but I've always felt that if a player gets hot at the dish... you ride that as long as you can. No breaks. When it's broken... then, give that guy a rest. Screw the scheduled days off thing or working in a bench player just to get that bench player in.
Should I move this to the Cora thread?

Because we all believe that life is a movie (even if it's proven time and time again that it's not) and for the way the 2003 season ended combined with how the 2004 ALCS ended and the fact that this was the last roundup for one of the coolest collection of Sox players in a long time, if the Red Sox lost in 2004 it would've been so god damn traumatic, I don't think anyone could consider the possibility.

That 2004 Cards team was pretty great but they weren't going to beat that Red Sox team in October 2004 no matter if it was a best of 101 game series. The Sox were on a roll like nothing any of us had ever seen before and I don't think that there was anyone on this board, in the city, in the region, in the country or in the world who questioned it. By mid October, they were a juggernaut.

 

[tims4wins]

I'm not so sure of that. I distinctly remember the Sox blowing multiple leads in game 1 and being very, extremely, super nervous that they were going to lose. Wake kind of sucked that game. Manny botched an easy fly into a multiple run play. I think the Sox committed 3 errors? 4? A lot of shit went wrong.

And then game 2, we didn't know if Schilling could pitch again.

And even game 3, Pedro wasn't PEDRO in 2004. Pitching on the road against that Cardinal lineup, who knew. Thankfully Manny threw that dude out at the plate, and Papi caught Suppan napping on the bases. Pedro escaped a based loaded, 1 out situation in the 1st, and then a 2nd and 3rd, no out situation in the 3rd.

In retrospect it seemed automatic. In the moment, it really wasn't.

I will say, once Trot hit the bases clearing double in game 4... I think we all started to feel pretty good.

 

[8slim]

I'm not so sure of that. I distinctly remember the Sox blowing multiple leads in game 1 and being very, extremely, super nervous that they were going to lose. Wake kind of sucked that game. Manny botched an easy fly into a multiple run play. I think the Sox committed 3 errors? 4? A lot of shit went wrong.

And then game 2, we didn't know if Schilling could pitch again.

And even game 3, Pedro wasn't PEDRO in 2004. Pitching on the road against that Cardinal lineup, who knew. Thankfully Manny threw that dude out at the plate, and Papi caught Suppan napping on the bases. Pedro escaped a based loaded, 1 out situation in the 1st, and then a 2nd and 3rd, no out situation in the 3rd.

In retrospect it seemed automatic. In the moment, it really wasn't.

I will say, once Trot hit the bases clearing double in game 4... I think we all started to feel pretty good.

Agreed. As cathartic and life-altering as the 2004 ALCS was, there was also a LOT of talk about how it wouldn't mean anything IF they couldn't beat the Cardinals. I have to imagine that I wasn't the only one who couldn't shake a lifetime of expecting doom just because the ALCS went so gloriously well.

I was optimistic about the WS heading into it, but I don't know many folks in my life who thought it was in any way automatic. Especially because it was the Cardinals, and 1946 and 1967 happened.

 

[tims4wins]

Agreed. As cathartic and life-altering as the 2004 ALCS was, there was also a LOT of talk about how it wouldn't mean anything IF they couldn't beat the Cardinals. I have to imagine that I wasn't the only one who couldn't shake a lifetime of expecting doom just because the ALCS went so gloriously well.

I was optimistic about the WS heading into it, but I don't know many folks in my life who thought it was in any way automatic. Especially because it was the Cardinals, and 1946 and 1967 happened.

The one positive about playing St. Louis from a karma perspective was that the Pats had beaten St. Louis not 3 years earlier. So that did feel like good vibes to me.

Didn’t work out so well for the B’s in 2019 tho.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

The one positive about playing St. Louis from a karma perspective was that the Pats had beaten St. Louis not 3 years earlier. So that did feel like good vibes to me.

Didn’t work out so well for the B’s in 2019 tho.

Also Cards were the team the Sox lost to in their two prior WS appearances (pre- Mets '86). I still want to face the Mets in a WS

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Also Cards were the team the Sox lost to in their two prior WS appearances (pre- Mets '86). I still want to face the Mets in a WS

Oh wait... forgot about the Reds in..... '77?

 

[BosoxFaninCincy]

So many great moments already posted but this one gets me every time. Felt like Kimbrel couldn't get get a toddler out at the time. I just had such a feeling of impending doom but Benintendi made the catch!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsAZhmoKiVM

I have this up as a 24"x36" poster in my office. Beni went to my daughter's high school and was kind enough to sign it for my non-profit organization. Not so many Sox fans here in Cincinnati, so I ended up mostly bidding against myself. In retrospect, maybe I should have had him sign two posters and just put one in the auction

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Oh wait... forgot about the Reds in..... '77?

77 ??????

 

[Al Zarilla]

I'm not so sure of that. I distinctly remember the Sox blowing multiple leads in game 1 and being very, extremely, super nervous that they were going to lose. Wake kind of sucked that game. Manny botched an easy fly into a multiple run play. I think the Sox committed 3 errors? 4? A lot of shit went wrong.

And then game 2, we didn't know if Schilling could pitch again.

And even game 3, Pedro wasn't PEDRO in 2004. Pitching on the road against that Cardinal lineup, who knew. Thankfully Manny threw that dude out at the plate, and Papi caught Suppan napping on the bases. Pedro escaped a based loaded, 1 out situation in the 1st, and then a 2nd and 3rd, no out situation in the 3rd.

In retrospect it seemed automatic. In the moment, it really wasn't.

I will say, once Trot hit the bases clearing double in game 4... I think we all started to feel pretty good.

Even Trot's hit to the right center field wall with the bases loaded and two outs only scored two. Bill Mueller inexplicably held up at third. Well, maybe he held up thinking it might get caught. So, we kind of had to nurse the 3-0 lead all rest of game, and did. No, edit, two outs, he should be running on anything and probably should have scored from first.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200410270.shtml

Derek Lowe saved our ass is one way to put it. Winning pitcher in the final ALDS game over Anaheim, in the ALCS final over NY and in the WS final game over St Louis. The last two as starting pitcher. Without looking at any video, I can see his effortless delivery and that wonderful sinker.

 

[Pandarama]

Serious questions. Why did the Red Sox running roughshod over the Cardinals in '04 seem so inevitable? Just on paper, on offense, the Sox and Cardinals were pretty well matched up. Starting pitching leaned towards the Sox.. but Schilling's ankle was garbage, Pedro wasn't vintage Pedro. Derek Lowe seemed recovered... but could anyone feel confident that that was going to continue? Momentum? They were running on fumes compared to the Cardinals.
I'm asking in part, thinking of how something like focus and momentum can really carry a team and how comparatively to the recent Cora teams, it always felt like he coached momentum (and focus) right out of them. I don't know the answer, but I've always felt that if a player gets hot at the dish... you ride that as long as you can. No breaks. When it's broken... then, give that guy a rest. Screw the scheduled days off thing or working in a bench player just to get that bench player in.
Should I move this to the Cora thread?

The Cardinals were not THAT good. Theo said back in the mid-00’s that playing in the NL in that era was worth 10 wins over the AL. (A 99 win NL team could be assumed to win 89 games if it were playing in the AL.)

The ’04 Cardinals pitching staff did not have swing and miss stuff. The Red Sox lineup knew what a strike looked like and were way less likely to chase pitches out of the strike zone than an NL lineup. If you look at pitch by pitch logs of that series, Cardinals pitching basically made every Red Sox hitter into vintage Ichiro.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

The Cardinals were not THAT good. Theo said back in the mid-00’s that playing in the NL in that era was worth 10 wins over the AL. (A 99 win NL team could be assumed to win 89 games if it were playing in the AL.)

The ’04 Cardinals pitching staff did not have swing and miss stuff. The Red Sox lineup knew what a strike looked like and were way less likely to chase pitches out of the strike zone than an NL lineup. If you look at pitch by pitch logs of that series, Cardinals pitching basically made every Red Sox hitter into vintage Ichiro.

Well the Sox were no doubt hot as hell heading into that series and I was 100% expecting a win. But that Cardinals teams had a great lineup top to bottom. I’m aware too that the Sox SP looked like a big advantage but like I said, heading into that series, Schilling may not have been able to pitch, Pedro was no longer great and was looking exhausted…. Then you had Lowe (always a wildcard and wasn’t even in the rotation Pre-playoffs), Wakefield (RIP… but also a coin toss) and Arroyo (a solid no. 4-type).

 

[pedro1918]

Do I remember correctly that, after the LCSs, noted Cardinal fanboy Tim McCarver predicted the Red Sox would “steamroll” the Cardinals? I think that happened.

 

[BrandyWhine]

"David Ortiz! David Ortiz!! David Ortiz!!

Also, David Ortiz all those other times. e.g., Game winning hits in 2004 playoffs; the "It's our [bleeping] city" after the 2013 Marathon bombing. Etc.

 

[tims4wins]

For those who enjoy nostalgia and old clips, bostonsportsthrowback is a great follow on Insta.

 

[PedroisGod]

Well the Sox were no doubt hot as hell heading into that series and I was 100% expecting a win. But that Cardinals teams had a great lineup top to bottom. I’m aware too that the Sox SP looked like a big advantage but like I said, heading into that series, Schilling may not have been able to pitch, Pedro was no longer great and was looking exhausted…. Then you had Lowe (always a wildcard and wasn’t even in the rotation Pre-playoffs), Wakefield (RIP… but also a coin toss) and Arroyo (a solid no. 4-type).

Spot on. Maybe it was being conditioned to expect the worst, but I didn't expect the Cardinals to be steamrolled. As you mentioned, Petey wasn't Petey in 2004. His game 2 start against the MFY wasn't awful, and I think we only scored 1 run against Lieber, but his Game 5 start wasn't his best. He also wasn't very good in September. Lowe came through in Games 4 and 7 of the ALCS, but he wasn't far removed from being left out of the postseason rotation. And we all knew Schilling's ankle was an absolute mess.

I took a look at St. Louis' offense the other day and realized that I had forgotten just how good Rolen, Edmonds, Pujols, and Walker were in 2004. And Game 1 was in jeopardy until Bellhorn drilled one off the Pesky Pole in the 8th.

It's easy to look back with hindsight and say the World Series was just a four game coronation, but I don't think that was the mood, nor the expectation at that time.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Spot on. Maybe it was being conditioned to expect the worst, but I didn't expect the Cardinals to be steamrolled. As you mentioned, Petey wasn't Petey in 2004. His game 2 start against the MFY wasn't awful, and I think we only scored 1 run against Lieber, but his Game 5 start wasn't his best. He also wasn't very good in September. Lowe came through in Games 4 and 7 of the ALCS, but he wasn't far removed from being left out of the postseason rotation. And we all knew Schilling's ankle was an absolute mess.

I took a look at St. Louis' offense the other day and realized that I had forgotten just how good Rolen, Edmonds, Pujols, and Walker were in 2004. And Game 1 was in jeopardy until Bellhorn drilled one off the Pesky Pole in the 8th.

It's easy to look back with hindsight and say the World Series was just a four game coronation, but I don't think that was the mood, nor the expectation at that time.

Also want to add that the Sox bullpen was really running on fumes and a few ripped ligaments and torn tendons too. I was shocked that Foulke was able to keep pitching... and that guy is still so underappreciated around Boston for '04

 

[PedroisGod]

Also want to add that the Sox bullpen was really running on fumes and a few ripped ligaments and torn tendons too. I was shocked that Foulke was able to keep pitching... and that guy is still so underappreciated around Boston for '04

Yeah, Foulke was completely running on fumes and I don't think it's crazy to think that his use in the 2004 postseason hastened the end of his career. He only had about 3 ineffective, injury plagued seasons afterwards and was out of baseball at 35.

 

[Archer1979]

From start to finish, at no point did the Sox trail in a game.

Thing with Game One of the 2004 WS was that the Sox jumped out to a big lead only to have St. Louis tie it up in the 8th.

My great memory of the 2004 World Series was trying to wake up my then six year old son (the one that had tears in his eyes when I explained that the Sox lost Game Seven of the 2003 ALCS and wondered to myself what the Hell have I done to my kids???). We all remember the big eclipse that night. I woke him up and he was groggy and wanted to keep sleeping. Then I told him about the eclipse (which was pretty much done in WMass at that point) which woke him up... showed him some cloud cover and sat him down with me to watch the last inning. Because the games had gone so long, I watched the end of every game from the start of the ALCS alone, drenched in sweat, in the same T-Shirt, pants, and underwear.. yeah I smelled a little funky.

Game Four of the 2004 World Series was the first one that I watched the end with him and we still remember exactly where we sat when the ball hit Eye-Chart's glove.

 

[The Filthy One]

The thing about the 04 Cardinals was that their pitching -- particularly their starters -- was average. Because Chris Carpenter had a nerve injury in his shoulder, he missed the 04 post season, and they were left with Jason Marquis as their "best" starter. None of their starters in that series had an ERA+ north of 115 and none of them had swing-and-miss stuff. After the World Series, Gammons said something about the enormous disparity in swinging strikes. The Red Sox only swung and missed like 13 times in the series while the Cardinals did far more often. It speaks to the fact that their pitching couldn't match up with the Sox at that point, even with Boston's injury and fatigue risk.

 

[PedroisGod]

Yeah, I remember being relieved that we didn't get Houston. Houston would have been a lot more difficult with Oswalt and Clemens and a bullpen with more swing and miss arms. Their offense was also really good with guys like Berkman, Kent, and Beltran who was on fire that postseason. I just don't remember feeling that the series against STL was as fait accompli as it ended up being.

 

[trekfan55]

OK, I don't remember the exact date, but David Ortiz winning two games vs Cleveland. One with a homerun (off Fausto Carmona) and another with a double. RedAverages still owes us money.

 

[Skiponzo]

Agreed. As cathartic and life-altering as the 2004 ALCS was, there was also a LOT of talk about how it wouldn't mean anything IF they couldn't beat the Cardinals. I have to imagine that I wasn't the only one who couldn't shake a lifetime of expecting doom just because the ALCS went so gloriously well.

100%...so many people called or saw me and said some version of "What an amazing postseason. Way to beat the Yankees" and my response was always the same. It was great but it's not about beating the Yankees. It's about winning the World Series.

 

[Jason Bae]

2008 ALCS Game 5. Just an awesome comeback at a time when it felt like the season was over. Ortiz going deep, Drew goes deep, Crisp's amazing at bat to tie it, and Drew walking it off. I can't believe it's been 15 years.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl6ODuyJEq8

 

[tims4wins]

Today, 1999

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyRrSaUuY6z/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Today, 1999

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyRrSaUuY6z/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Twenty years, my friend.

 

[Sin Duda]

Twenty years, my friend.

Someone said "no math".

 

[grepal]

It feels like all of 2004 could be the top moments and even thinking about that year give me a special feeling.

Some of the ewer mentioned but here are mine;

• 2004 WS - I was basically by myself for the final out but I was in tears in the street talking to my mom after.
• Buch's No Hitter - I was watching at a bar with my darts teams. I said "give him the hook" and he did
• Lesters No Hitter - Seeing him and Tito after was such a great moment. I still love watching their embrace
• Pedroia's "F- yea" - great play by favorite player
• Mookies Slam "its time to party!" - the emotion from him and Eck was amazing
• Meeting Wake last year, one of my all time favorites. So thankful I had that experience
• Overall there have been so many good times with friends watching the Sox. Sunny days on the decks in Portsmouth, SRO at Fenway, late nights at bars and counties text messages.

It has kept me close to friends and brought new ones into my life. Even if we don't win for a while the last 20 years have been amazing. Not just the Sox but all Boston sports and Ill be happy even if I don't see another title.

Coming back from 3-0, tears of joy flowing down my face. So many memories. Papi's smile. Manny being Manny. Pedro and Roger, absolute brilliance. Yaz final tour around Fenway. Too many to keep listing.

 

[SwedishSoxFan]

I've got a couple of memories to share.

The first one is the first, and only, game I've witnessed live. People with more knowledge than me (pretty much everyone) can steer me to the right game, I believe it was 2009, Baltimore at Fenway. Dice-K pitched and I distinctly remember Manny being Manny, peeping out of the Green Monster at some break. This was the game that made me fall in love with baseball - we don't get much coverage in Sweden and I didn't know anything before my trip to the US. I think we won 2-0.

I also remember the World Series win 2013 as a vivid memory. I was living in a one bedroom apartment with my girlfriend, setting the alarm for the middle of the night, turning on my computer to watch the game on MLB.TV. To paint a picture, the computer at that time was right next to the bed. My girlfriend was mildly impressed with me when the clock struck, what, 5.30 AM or something?, and Koji struck out the final guy, me trying my best to keep my voice down, going crazy in the apartment. Man, Koji was so good and that team was so easy to cheer for, at least from a far. Bearded weirdos who played good baseball.

 

[Al Zarilla]

I've got a couple of memories to share.

The first one is the first, and only, game I've witnessed live. People with more knowledge than me (pretty much everyone) can steer me to the right game, I believe it was 2009, Baltimore at Fenway. Dice-K pitched and I distinctly remember Manny being Manny, peeping out of the Green Monster at some break. This was the game that made me fall in love with baseball - we don't get much coverage in Sweden and I didn't know anything before my trip to the US. I think we won 2-0.

I also remember the World Series win 2013 as a vivid memory. I was living in a one bedroom apartment with my girlfriend, setting the alarm for the middle of the night, turning on my computer to watch the game on MLB.TV. To paint a picture, the computer at that time was right next to the bed. My girlfriend was mildly impressed with me when the clock struck, what, 5.30 AM or something?, and Koji struck out the final guy, me trying my best to keep my voice down, going crazy in the apartment. Man, Koji was so good and that team was so easy to cheer for, at least from a far. Bearded weirdos who played good baseball.

I got a hearty chuckle out of your last line. And a nice post overall!

Edit, I wonder which of the nicknames was better, the Idiots of 2004 or the Bearded Weirdos of 2013. It's too bad we lost in 2003 (in many ways) because the Cowboy Up one was a pretty good one too.

 

[Max Power]

I've got a couple of memories to share.

The first one is the first, and only, game I've witnessed live. People with more knowledge than me (pretty much everyone) can steer me to the right game, I believe it was 2009, Baltimore at Fenway. Dice-K pitched and I distinctly remember Manny being Manny, peeping out of the Green Monster at some break. This was the game that made me fall in love with baseball - we don't get much coverage in Sweden and I didn't know anything before my trip to the US. I think we won 2-0.

I also remember the World Series win 2013 as a vivid memory. I was living in a one bedroom apartment with my girlfriend, setting the alarm for the middle of the night, turning on my computer to watch the game on MLB.TV. To paint a picture, the computer at that time was right next to the bed. My girlfriend was mildly impressed with me when the clock struck, what, 5.30 AM or something?, and Koji struck out the final guy, me trying my best to keep my voice down, going crazy in the apartment. Man, Koji was so good and that team was so easy to cheer for, at least from a far. Bearded weirdos who played good baseball.

It must have been 2008 since Dice-K didn't pitch against the Orioles in 2009.

Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox Box Score: July 13, 2008 | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[SwedishSoxFan]

It must have been 2008 since Dice-K didn't pitch against the Orioles in 2009.

Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox Box Score: July 13, 2008 | Baseball-Reference.com

You're right, that's the game. Thanks!

 

[RobertsSteal]

Damon’s slam in G7 at The Toilet was when, for the first time in my then-34 years, I allowed myself to believe that the unthinkable could happen.

So I’m going with that.

 

[tims4wins]

Damon’s slam in G7 at The Toilet was when, for the first time in my then-34 years, I allowed myself to believe that the unthinkable could happen.

So I’m going with that.

Honest question, you didn't believe when Papi hit the home run in the top of the 8th in G7 2003? 5-2 lead with Timlin and Williamson available? I sure believed. I think a lot of people believed.