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My feelings on the RED SOX....today.

JimG.

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Paul said:
At least our players don't slap.

Or wear purple lipstick...

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Mmmmmmmm....Grape!

But you have to admit that purple lipstick would look lovely with the aforementioned and recently departed corn-rows!
 

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JimG. said:
atomic68 said:
Pop music star Bronson Arroyo , spurred on by Theo Epstein, is to blame. Dont tell me he couldnt have one at least two more games this year if he had been more focused on baseball and not on his god awful music....that skinny little geek

Well, at least he finally lost the corn-row hairstyle.

I think he was better with them. :lol:

Good point about "Brandon" Arroyo, of course, most of the Sox's pitching has been close-your-eyes bad this year...
 

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Paul said:
Good point about "Brandon" Arroyo, of course, most of the Sox's pitching has been close-your-eyes bad this year...

Except for Wakefield...that guy's a real pro.
 

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kickstand said:
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At least our players don't slap.

True, but ours don't try to beat up old men (although that ex-Sox is now a member of that other NY team).

maybe the old man shouldn't try and attack guys less than half his age...

Zimmer...the guy whose nickname is "The Gerbil"...attack?

Please. Throwing him on the ground was lame.
 

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JimG. said:
kickstand said:
JimG. said:
skibum1321 said:
At least our players don't slap.

True, but ours don't try to beat up old men (although that ex-Sox is now a member of that other NY team).

maybe the old man shouldn't try and attack guys less than half his age...

Zimmer...the guy whose nickname is "The Gerbil"...attack?

Please. Throwing him on the ground was lame.

granted it is a 70-something year old guy, but when he breaks from the pack and makes direct route for Pedro, what is he supposed to do, run? He's certainly not going to hit Zimmer. Just toss him aside...

either way, the whole thing was comical - a 70-year-old guy charging at a professional athlete, and said athlete tossing the guy aside by his ears. You can't think this stuff up....
 

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JimG. said:
kickstand said:
JimG. said:
skibum1321 said:
At least our players don't slap.

True, but ours don't try to beat up old men (although that ex-Sox is now a member of that other NY team).

maybe the old man shouldn't try and attack guys less than half his age...

Zimmer...the guy whose nickname is "The Gerbil"...attack?

Please. Throwing him on the ground was lame.

Wait... which team had relievers picking fights with fans in the bullpen? and throwing punches at fans in right field?
 

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kickstand said:
JimG. said:
kickstand said:
JimG. said:
skibum1321 said:
At least our players don't slap.

True, but ours don't try to beat up old men (although that ex-Sox is now a member of that other NY team).

maybe the old man shouldn't try and attack guys less than half his age...

Zimmer...the guy whose nickname is "The Gerbil"...attack?

Please. Throwing him on the ground was lame.

granted it is a 70-something year old guy, but when he breaks from the pack and makes direct route for Pedro, what is he supposed to do, run? He's certainly not going to hit Zimmer. Just toss him aside...

either way, the whole thing was comical - a 70-year-old guy charging at a professional athlete, and said athlete tossing the guy aside by his ears. You can't think this stuff up....

Yes, in the end it is comical. That's what makes it fun.
 

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blacknblue said:
Wait... which team had relievers picking fights with fans in the bullpen? and throwing punches at fans in right field?

Hold on...let's not get crazy. I'm not picking on the Sox or anything, just responding to a few posts.

Do you think those punches were thrown without provocation? Who was picking fights with whom? Are you telling me those fans were being complimentary and nice? No doubt they were being as obnoxious as your typical Yankee fan at a home game.

Nelson and Garcia were being assholes, no doubt; but I think the court case determined there was reciprocal blame too.

A case where the event was decidedly unfunny.
 

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slow down a minute, guys. The "fan" was an employee who was stationed in the Yankees bullpen and was openly routing for the Sox. When Nelson asked him to tone it down, he refused and things escalated. Things out of hand in there, and it was unprofessional of both the employee (his name escapes me) and Nelson. However, what Garcia did was uncalled for, and they have some great footage of him blatantly throwing punches, despite his denial.

that whole situation was a bit over the top

now, Chris House, out in right field, I wish Sheffield had clocked him. Talk radio the next day was very interesting, especially with his friends calling up to defend him. People will do that for you when you have 8 season tickets in a choice area. The only problem was, all the stories - his friends, his own and the people who sit near there - all contradicted each other.
 

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kickstand said:
slow down a minute, guys. The "fan" was an employee who was stationed in the Yankees bullpen and was openly routing for the Sox. When Nelson asked him to tone it down, he refused and things escalated. Things out of hand in there, and it was unprofessional of both the employee (his name escapes me) and Nelson. However, what Garcia did was uncalled for, and they have some great footage of him blatantly throwing punches, despite his denial.

that whole situation was a bit over the top

now, Chris House, out in right field, I wish Sheffield had clocked him. Talk radio the next day was very interesting, especially with his friends calling up to defend him. People will do that for you when you have 8 season tickets in a choice area. The only problem was, all the stories - his friends, his own and the people who sit near there - all contradicted each other.

Thanks for clarifying...you got my point.

You'll never hear me pick on any other team's fans because when it comes to being obnoxious, Yankees fans are the winners hands down.
 

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kickstand said:
now, Chris House, out in right field, I wish Sheffield had clocked him. Talk radio the next day was very interesting, especially with his friends calling up to defend him. People will do that for you when you have 8 season tickets in a choice area. The only problem was, all the stories - his friends, his own and the people who sit near there - all contradicted each other.

What's even more interesting is that Chris's brother, Dennis, is the anchor for the 6 o'clock news here in Hartford.

Guess which station barely gave this story a mention? :lol:
 

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Brettski said:
Don't forget ray-o-vac day at Yank-me stadium

Was that the day after rolled-up quarters day? Only a Yankee fan would think of using $10 worth of quarters as a weapon :dunce: to throw at someone with a glove to catch things with.
 

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Paul said:
kickstand said:
now, Chris House, out in right field, I wish Sheffield had clocked him. Talk radio the next day was very interesting, especially with his friends calling up to defend him. People will do that for you when you have 8 season tickets in a choice area. The only problem was, all the stories - his friends, his own and the people who sit near there - all contradicted each other.

What's even more interesting is that Chris's brother, Dennis, is the anchor for the 6 o'clock news here in Hartford.

Guess which station barely gave this story a mention? :lol:

that's funny. I hadn't heard that one before.

it was very comical the next morning listening to all his friends calling, saying what a stand-up guy he is, how he would never intentionally do anything like that, then hearing fellow season ticket holders call up and say he's a drunk, how he can barely walk up the stairs by the 4th inning, how they almost got in a fight with him, how he constantly uses foul language when there are clearly kids present....

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder....
 

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You'll never hear me pick on any other team's fans because when it comes to being obnoxious, Yankees fans are the winners hands down.

Yankee fans are choir boys compared to Raiders fans. :wink:

BTW, ever notice that Yankees fans think they are "best/most" at everything...even being the most "obnoxious". :wink: :wink:

Ever see the footage when a stadium (forget the place) had "seat cushion" day. The umpire made a bad call and 20,000 seat cusions came flying onto the field.

Raining here in Boston...hope they can squeeze it in.
 

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Jaytrek57 said:
BTW, ever notice that Yankees fans think they are "best/most" at everything...even being the most "obnoxious". :wink: :wink:

Amazing! And I thought I was being self-deprecating by agreeing with what I ALWAYS hear from EVERY other sports fan I know.

Leave it to a Sox fan to take that and turn it around to sound like I was bragging or something :roll: .
 
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