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Here we go - Len’s free post on the G sides…(he has to pay for the others)
The following are the opinions and insights belong to Len Evans, and Lee Evans alone. They are posted here only as payment of a bet placed between the aforementioned and The G Sides.
I’ve been a fan since 1980 and I never would have imagined they would win twice in my lifetime so I’m as happy as can be. Living in Texas, I won’t be able to make the parade this time but it was a great year. 1st place from April 18th. My daughter is a 5th generation Red Sox fan and at age 8 she has no idea how good she has it. On a side note, her earliest memory is sitting in the dugout of Fenway Park when she was three years and three months old. We went there for the Ted Williams Memorial event and it happened to be on a day we had planned to go to Boston while family was visiting us in CT, months in advance.
The Rockies were hot to get there and I thought it could go 6 games but between the layoff, the Red Sox pitching and great 2 out hits for the Red Sox it was over in four. I won’t trash Grant or Rockie fans because they love their team and they had a great run to get there. I remember the pain all to well of loving a team and having them rip your heart out. The only fan base I will take cheap shots at are Yankee fans. I lived in CT before they won the World Series and after. I got yelled at from a buddy from the Bronx who talks about growing up in “the neighborhood” when they lost in 03 to Boone’s homerun. I get emails from friends, true friends, who I hadn’t heard from in moths telling me “Boston Sucks!” after the Yankees swept the Sox for 5 games in 2006 to push them out of contention. After that, and more, there are no kid gloves for Yankee fans.
As a Sox fan what hit me this morning is they have a better chance of repeating this next year than they did in 2005. Less free agents and better rookies and home grown players who will be with the Red Sox for a few years.
Truly bad form of team Boras to break the news last night about A-Rod leaving the Bronx.
Go Red Sox!
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1 ray // Oct 30, 2007 at 7:55 am
East coast mentality on games seems to win the day - we in the west, however, are bored and done with the ‘attitude.’
Boston - we tip our hat to you - you had the team, (and yes, $159 million versus our $59 million DID help to make a difference), the mojo, the bats and lights out pitching. Your manager made clutch moves - and you hung on (yes, game 4 was not a gimme) to become the World Champs.
Now that you are at the top of the east coast sporting hill - EVERYONE will want to knock you off. Even the Blue Jays. Good luck holding on - the next round of free agency will drain your large market team once again - as it does all large market teams from time to time. Hope you are ready to see Lowell in pinstripes.
Rockies - you gave a whole state (not just a city) a lift and helped us to understand in a fresh way what ‘team’ looks like.
Thank you! Note to Monfort - look up Holliday to at least a five year deal. Do it today - and don’t wait until Scott Boras squeezes you for an insane amount of money.
Ranting so helps.
The West Coast, in the end, is the Best Coast. It may be on fire, but the ‘tude is so different. Enjoy your Nor Easters this winter - we’ll all be having a Rocky Mountain High! Oh I forgot - you’ll probably be out here boarding and skiing!
2 wayne // Oct 30, 2007 at 8:49 am
oh ray — such bitterness — you should inhale more deeply.
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