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I'm taking the family to Boston tonight for Saturday's parade. I'll look for the guy jumping off The Pru!

Actually, ignorant Chokee Fan, this is Boston's SIXTH World Championship. So we only need 20 more to match the Yankees, not two dozen. ;D It's funny how Chokee fans are so quick to bring up 26 World Series titles, most which were won before they were even squirts in their daddy's undies, yet they conveniently forget that Boston won five of the first 10. We forgive you though. Thanks for choking!

Yeah it does. Especially when rejects like "Guapo's Toenails" get accepted and you have to wait. Still the best RSN board to lurk on, though.

http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/fenway/unique.html The Citgo Sign Whether you're emerging from the T at Kenmore Square or driving in your car on Storrow Drive, that first view of the Citgo sign signals your proximity to Fenway. During the game, its blinking lights are as much a fixture as the Fenway Frank. When I lived outside New England, driving by a Citgo station always brought a smile to my face and reminded me of home. It all began in 1940, when Cities Service erected a sign over their divisional offices building. The Citgo sign as we know it today was installed in 1965. When the sign's lights were turned off in 1979 to save energy, Sox fans rallied, asking that the sign be declared a Boston landmark. While it never achieved official landmark status (because the city of Boston would be financially responsible for maintaining it rather than the Citgo company), the public outcry was so great when Citgo tried to remove the sign a few years later, that the company agreed to leave it in place and turn the lights back on. Citgo Sign Facts *  The sign was built over a Cities Service divisional office in 1940.  *  Said to be the largest sign in New England, the CITGO sign is double-faced and measures 60 feet by 60 feet.  *  The computer-operated sign illuminates the night from dusk till midnight. *  The sign contains more than five miles of neon tubes - 5,878 glass tubes of neon - that are lit by 250 high-voltage transformers. *  It has withstood five hurricanes, all packing winds over 80 mph. *  The sign was deemed an "Objet d' Heart" by Time magazine, photographed in a 1983 Life magazine and featured in the New York Times. *  In 1968, the critically acclaimed short film "Go, Go CITGO" captured honors at the Yale Film Festival. The flick featured the sign along with music by the Monkees and Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar. *  In 1987, an animated film was made by a local artist to immortalize Kenmore Square's "neon god." Inspired by Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence," the three-minute film "CITGO Dance" won an award from the Artists Foundation's Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program. *  Every time a baseball player hits a home run over the left field wall at Boston's Fenway Park, CITGO is seen by thousands of fans at the stadium and on television. For all the facts and statistics, as well as info on the Keeper of the Sign, please visit Citgo's page on Citgo's Boston Sign page.

I've been reading Simmons, BostonDirtDogs, and SoSH for about three years now. Simmons is an absolute MUST read for me every time he's published. The guy is brilliant.

It's nice he finally came out of the closet.

It's not like Jesus Christ himself painted that picture. Would you be as offended if the photoshop artist replaced all the faces on the "Dogs Playing Poker" picture? ;D

Just in case you couldn't tell or anything... I know how sly I can be about these things. ;D

I hope he doesn't wake up until after Game 4. ;D

From Boston.com: If they win tonight, the parade is Friday. If they win tomorrow night, the parade is Saturday. If they go back to Boston and win Game 6, the parade is monday. If it goes 7, they have no set date.

Don't blame me, blame BostonDirtDogs.com. I just post the pics, I don't make em. ;D

Suspence... thanks. I'm glad you're rooting for the good guys. I knew you had it in you. ;D I for one hope they win it in STL. If they win it in Boston, the city will burn down, and I'm only half joking. Boston needs to win it on the road so that their fans won't be AS rowdy (imagine 200K people outside Fenway PLUS the 35K in the stands after the win). Not good times. Once they get this monkey off their back, then can come back next year and win it at home. ;D

I just wonder when George will realize that the solution for winning isn't just to throw money at the problem. He's just digging the franchise into a giant hole for the future. I'm no Yankees fan, but the fallout from this spending spree is going to be enormous if he keeps it up, which will be sad, because the Yankees ARE such a proud franchise. Steinbrenner is going to turn them into the Redskins if he's not careful.

As much as I want you to go to this game, KR, I want the Sox to finish these bums out tonight. Don't let these f*#$ers breathe. Put them away now.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/26/ex_mates_vote_garciaparra_in/ Ex-mates vote Garciaparra in By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff October 26, 2004 ST. LOUIS -- In some ways, he is the 26th man. Nomar Garciaparra played such an integral role in helping the Red Sox become a championship-caliber franchise that his former teammates have not forgotten him even as they approach the threshold of a dream. When the Sox huddled last month to allocate the windfall they would reap in the postseason, they made sure to award Garciaparra a full share of their playoff cash. The Marlins last year divided a $14.9 million playoff pool after they won the World Series, awarding 37 full shares of $306,000, 29 partial shares, and 11 cash awards. The runner-up Yankees split nearly $10 million, handing out 39 full shares of $181,000 and 45 partial shares. Garciaparra also hasn't forgotten the Sox. He recently called Jason Varitek and Trot Nixon, his closest friends on the team. "Being the class act that Nomar is, he wished us well," Varitek said. "He's been a tremendous part of this organization through the years, even this year. He's as deserving as all of us to be here." The Sox ended Garciaparra's 10-year relationship with the team at the July trading deadline, sending him to the Cubs in a four-way deal in which they acquired Orlando Cabrera and Doug Mientkiewicz. Garciaparra's days in Boston did not end happily amid friction with management, but no one has questioned his contributions to the franchise or the community during his lengthy tenure with the team. "He wished us well and told me to tell the guys he was thinking about them and was happy for us," Nixon said. "We all understand that certain things happen in baseball you can't control, but for as long as he was with the team and for everything he did, it doesn't feel right that he's not here." The Sox have welcomed Cabrera, Garciaparra's replacement, who played a pivotal role in helping them reach the World Series. But Nixon, Varitek, and many of their teammates continue to honor Garciaparra's legacy as well. "Nomar was such a big part of getting us to this point and helping this organization," Varitek said. "I'm not taking anything away from the job Orlando has done. I love everything about him. I just wish we could have both of them here." (...continued at link...)

New York Gov. George Pataki, left, dons a Boston Red Sox jersey to settle a bet with Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, at a hotel in New York Friday, Oct. 22, 2004. Because the New York Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series, Pataki agreed to wear the jersey to a public function.

Courtesy of "suckydent" at YankeesSuck.com Top 10 things George Steinbrenner needs to do this morning: 10. Avoid getting tears on final paychecks while signing. 9. Break Kevin Brown's other hand. 8. Change name of TV network to "No." 7. Begin eating heart out. 6. Steal and hide all of neighbors' newspapers. 5. Finally come out. 4. Order A-Rod more Vagisil. 3. Assign blame (stay away from all mirrors). 2. Pack bag for Florida. 1. Meet with Devil. Plead for one more year on Earth.

http://www.nypost.com/sports/31088.htm Yankees Inspired Sox Run by Kevin Kernan October 26, 2004 ST. LOUIS  The Yankees wanted to build a championship team this year. They did. In Boston. The Red Sox have become baseball's version of the Patriots, the NFL winning machine that churned through the Jets on Sunday for their 21st consecutive victory. These Red Sox have become a postseason machine, and just like the Patriots it's not always pretty, but the job gets done. The Red Sox have won six straight postseason games  four against the Yankees and the first two games of the World Series against the Cardinals. That's six straight wins in the toughest part of the year to win. Six straight wins against two teams that led their respective leagues in victories and won a combined 206 games. And it all goes back to the Yankees taking a 3-0 lead on the Red Sox in the ALCS, which got Boston's attention. From that point on, this band of goofballs decided to get serious and now, if Pedro Martinez can beat ex-Red Sox Jeff Suppan tonight at Busch Stadium, Boston will be one victory away from winning its first World Series since 1918. "We're so focused," Kevin Millar explained. "That last series really locked us in being down, 0-3." In other words, thank you Yankees. The Red Sox know how quickly the worm can turn in the postseason. They went from the outhouse to the penthouse overnight because the Yankees lost their pitch-to-pitch focus and killer instinct. The Red Sox haven't. "We know this series is not over," Millar said. "We know we're not going to get too giddy. We know we have to stay focused and go into their place where they play well at home. They won the most games in the Major Leagues. We know this is going to be a tough series, even at 2-0." This is not just a case of Millar saying the right things. You can see it in the eyes of the Red Sox that they want to finish the job. There are no thoughts like, "Let's win one of three in St. Louis, so we can come home and finish the job in front of our fans." Reliever Curtis Leskanic is one of the more cut-to-the-chase Red Sox. "I just want to get this over with. Without a doubt that Yankee experience helped us; we learned a lot from that series," he explained. "If we're up 2-nothing, 3-nothing, that doesn't mean it's over. We still have to win four games in this series. "We're getting timely hitting, great pitches when we need them and that's just what good ballclubs do." That's what the Derek Jeter, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius Yankees did. These Red Sox have stolen a page from Joe Torre's book. It's not just superstars. It's about tough guys getting tough hits and tough outs. "There's 25 guys on this team," Leskanic said, "and every one of them has a different personality, but I think Yogi Berra said it before: We've got nine individuals who play as one. This team really does. We pick each other up." Now you know the Red Sox really have it going when they start quoting Yogi. It doesn't hurt either that the Red Sox have had 38 baserunners in 16 innings of at-bats against the horrible St. Louis pitching. "This is basically a football team with a baseball uniform on," Leskanic added. "These guys really aren't afraid to fail. If you get us this inning, we're going to get you next inning. If you get us this game, we're going to get you next game. We're just a relentless bunch of guys. We're going to keep coming after you. "It's just an awesome mentality," Leskanic added. Sure is, the same kind of dirt dog mentality that once made the Yankees champions.

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...BELLHORN! Boo Frickin Hoo, Yankees losers.  ;D BW

Psst... KR... those are facts.  Don't bother sharing them with a Spankees fan.  They're too busy chanting "1918" and "Who's your Daddy" to bother with the truth. BW