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I am on an unbelievable high right now. Baseball is probably the single most important thing in my life, and the red sox, and their history, make up a huge chunk of who I am. I never expected to be able to watch the red sox win, while my father was alive... and tonight, I watched them win the world series with him. Un... be... lieveable. I simply can't comprehend that this happened. It wasn't supposed to, but millions of red sox fans through the years have hoped and dreamed of this, and finally it came true.
Tonight, Bill Buckner can sleep easy. We forgive him. Tonight, Tim Wakefield does not worry about Aaron Boone. It is erased. Bucky bleeping Dent has the Bleeping removed from his name... the pain has faded. Fisk's home run into the night is now that much greater. The impossible dream team, has finally had its promise fullfilled, 37 years later. Ted Williams' .200 in '46 is forgiven, and Johnny Pesky did not hold the ball, and we finally believe it when we say it.
Tonight, the world is right for Red Sox fans... and if we're lucky, that feeling will never fade.
Ted Williams, this one is for you. May you sleep easy.
Bill Buckner, this one is for you. A class act, even in defeat. You never deserved what you've gotten.
Mr. and Mrs. Yawkey, this one is for you. You tried to win, and never could. Now your spirit has.
Yaz, this one is for you. May your agony be eased.
Rocket, and Nomar, and Mo. Fisk and Rice and Lynn. BArrett, Hurst and Oil Can. Space man, Boomer, and El Tiante. Dom Dimaggio, Pesky, Doerr, Parnell and Kinder. For all the great ones, and for all the unsung players of past great teams, this one is for you.
But most of all... this one is Boston's. We love you, Johnny, and Kevin, Youk and Pedro, Timlin, Lowe, Foulke, Schilling, Manny, Bellhorn, Gabe and Trot, Billy, Big Papi, Tek, Doug and Doug, Bronson and Wakey, Alan and Curtis, Mike, Pokey, Dave, and David... you will forever live in our hearts as the team that brought the title home. You are our heroes.
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They were a class act all the way through, too, as were the Cards.
The interview with the Cards manager was a really good one, and he gave a lot of compliments to Boston, instead of railing against his own team for choking.
Because that is what they did, too. Boston scored runs, and there was no doubt they would from the start, but they also comitted a record number of errors in a WS (per game), and somehow the Cards were unable to use that to score.
I am so happy for my mother-in-law and my wife, as they have been fans for their whole life. My mother-in-law is older, and she came over to watch most of the game with us last night. It was really special to be able to do that with her, as she has waited her whole life to see them do that.
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quote: Tonight, Bill Buckner can sleep easy. We forgive him.
huh? For what? New York tied the game before his error (why did the pitcher never get the same grief for his wild throw that tied the game?), and had a man on second. And he was injured before that game. The treatment he got was almost as unfair as Steve Bartman's.
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Icarus, of COURSE Schiraldi and the Steamer were more to blame then Buckner... no one ever said living in infamy was a fate that was decided by FAIRNESS.
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That is the point, Icky....that he never should have been ostricized that way, and now that the curse haas been lifted (even though it was merely an excuse to lose) people can forget about the drought and those who extended it for Boston.
I have heard that Buckners family and children recieved death threats...now THOSE people need to get a life, possibily a life in prison.
Of course, in 1986 I was living in Detroit, and Tigers fans hated the Red Sox fans, so when I watched Buckner miss that ball I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants... Posts: 15082 | Registered: Jul 2001
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