Congratulations Sox!

2Tone · #1 10-27-04, 11:42 PM

Great headline on Boston.com

AT LAST!

Pigs can fly, hell is frozen, the slipper finally fits,
and Impossible Dreams really can come true.

brokeagain · #2 10-28-04, 12:26 AM

we're still 25 up on em, i guess we gotta let them win once every 86 years

eddo31 · #3 10-28-04, 02:42 AM

nice math brokeagin, you might want to go back and check the historical record on that one.

the fact is, it doesnt matter how many rings you have overall, all that matters is who won it this year. it holds true for the celtics, who havent won shit since the 80s as it does for the yankees.

i am absolutely ecstatic about this. the red sox were the best team in baseball heading into this season, and they are the best team at the end. it finally is nice for it to work out that way.

jimmytheg · #4 10-28-04, 04:11 AM

Yeah, it sure seemed like you were LETTING us win when we came back and made you have the biggest playoff collapse in history. Just think about that....worst collapse in playoff history, by your good ole Yankees.

Never again will we hear that god-damned 1918 chant, or the who's your daddy (cause we are your daddy right now, until you smack us back and beat us)...

Yankees= Paper Champions
Red Sox = Best TEAM in baseball, 2004 World Series Champions

TajaUk · #5 10-28-04, 07:00 AM

Was worth staying upto 5am to see them win the World series and finally drop the jinx! it was a poor series tho for in terms of standard of play and excitment but whos cares they won.

Aequitas58 · #6 10-28-04, 07:24 AM

Leave it to the Red Sox to actually get to the World Series and make it a boring, shitty dance.

Ha.

Congrats Boston - Philadelphia needs baseball excitement.

GeoffM · #7 10-28-04, 08:45 AM

It's a shame they can't keep this team together. The list of free agents is long and key players will be lost:

Pedro (Yankees?)
Lowe (Yankees?)
Cabrera
Varitek

Tilter · #8 10-28-04, 04:51 PM

Its amazing. I didn't think they could do it but they did. Nomar was probably jinxing them the past couple years.

Also, Nomar gets a RING as well for being apart of the regular season team I believe.

jimmytheg · #9 10-28-04, 10:31 PM

I dont know if he gets a ring...but the team voted him a full playoff share, which was a nice gesture.

eddo31 · #10 10-28-04, 10:39 PM

nomar doesnt get a ring, because he wasnt a part of the team at the end of the year. he does get a full share though, because the team voted it that way. very classy move.

as for the free agents, i think that varitek will definitely be back. i also think that pedro will be back. i think he likes playing in boston, and that he thrives on the atmosphere, and that that is worth something to him. you cant find that anywhere but boston and new york, and i dont think that he really wants to go to new york.

cabrera and lowe are probably gone, and to be honest, we dont need them that much. hanley ramirez should be ready in 2006, and he will do a very good job, very cheap. i worked for one of the sox farm teams when hanley was there, and he was by far the most impressive player i saw al season. just loads of talent, and while he had some maturity issues in the past, from what i understand he i over those issues. we only need a short term replacement at shortstop, not a long term solution, and we would have to give cabrera more money and more years than he is worth to the team. lowe has been incredibly valuable to the sox for a few years now, but he will get overpaid by someone, and we will not match a huge offer for him.

jimmytheg · #11 10-29-04, 12:48 AM

I think the Sox will make an effort to get Cabrera back for 2 years, possibly with an option for the 3rd. Especially if they can get him for 6 or 7 mil. Hanley is the talk of the board on SOSH, concerning minor leaguers, but what about next year? And it's tough to just pencil a guy in for 2 years from now...what if he isnt ready, or gets hurt.

I think Cabrera was a monster part of this team, and I hope he doesnt go somewhere else. He should be affordable, and he must LOVE it here after being stuck in Montreal for his whole career. I really think he's coming back.

eddo31 · #12 10-29-04, 01:10 AM

to be honest i dont think that cabrera i going to be that affordable. i think we would be talking about 8 mil a year for three years at least, which really is a bit high.

i know that it is tough to bank on minor leaguers to step in at any specific point in the future, but the sox have four legitimate shortstop prospects waiting in the minors. now i know that a couple of them are a ways away, but having that many good options for the future suggests that we should go for a short term fix, and then if in 2 years we realize that none of the other guys will work out, then we go out and get a top free agent, or at least we get a great defensive guy.

i really believe that hanley is the real deal, especially because he has had to deal with some adversity on the way up, and he got by it. i have played pretty high level baseball, both with and against a number fo guys who were first round picks in the draft, and hanley is so far above any of those guys it just doesnt seem fair. he will make it in the bigs, i just hope that it is for us.

SirFWALGMan · #13 11-16-04, 10:12 AM

Living in Boston for the past 35 years (My Whole Life!). This Rocks! The Yankee series was AEWSOME, and the STL one was just boring but the end result was unbeleivable!