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so much better than the NL that the Rockies would be lucky to get to a sixth game against any of the Indians, Sox, or Yankees and the same would be true of the Angels if they'd been healthy.

Who cares if the AL is 100 times better than the NL. The Rockies have been the hottest team in the playoffs and they have had a lot of days to rest, which historically is a huge advantage. The Rockies also took two out of three from the Sox this year.

Also, the yankee fans making the argument aout how many world series they have... who cares, the redsox are better than you right now. Both teams have a high payroll and both teams have the luxary of purchasing talent.

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10-24-2007 , 11:41 AM

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badblood44

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Minor detail: Schilling originally came up in the Red Sox organization and was traded to Baltimore in 1988 in the Mike Boddicker deal.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/...01.shtml#TRANS

So home grown? Maybe.

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10-24-2007 , 12:28 PM

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davidlong14

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v.v.v.v. niiiiiiiiiicccce!

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10-24-2007 , 12:45 PM

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DoTheMath

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Red Sox in the World Series... Thanks to poker...

I'm confused. How did poker help the Red Sox get into the World Series?
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Oh, I know - the umps were up all night playing poker, so they were too bleary-eyed to make the correct calls in the last game of the ALCS.

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10-24-2007 , 12:50 PM

#55

Xaston

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Red Sox in the World Series... Thanks to poker...

One of two things can be concluded from this post.

A) Your reading comprehension stinks.
B) Your sense of humor stinks.

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10-24-2007 , 12:55 PM

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Pudge714

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That prospect in Hanley Ramirez who is better than Lowell and Beckett. Also if the Yanks weren't ******ed and used there prospects well starting Hughes and Joba they would have been the best team in baseball.

Anibal Sanchez says "blow me."

Ya I was thinking about including him, but have no idea how he played this year and didn't want him to include him and someone make a post LOLZ he sucks, etc.

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10-24-2007 , 03:18 PM

#57

budblown

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Any boston fans care to make a wager on the series?

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10-24-2007 , 03:58 PM

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DoTheMath

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Red Sox in the World Series... Thanks to poker...

Up to seven things can be concluded from this post.

A) Your reading comprehension stinks.
B) Your sense of humor stinks.
C) You're a disgruntled Cleveland fan.
D) You are less of a Bosox fan than I am.
E) You really know how to abuse an ellipsis.
F) You're a former umpire.
G) Your sense of humour stinks.

FYP

At least three of your conclusions are correct.

And he was safe at second!

srsly, tho - lighten up...
and have a great time at the game.

Edited for spelling...
and reading comprehension.

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10-24-2007 , 04:02 PM

#59

drexah

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sick! if i had been playing seriously more than the past couple months i definitely would of went.

GO SOX.

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10-24-2007 , 04:28 PM

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HSB

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so much better than the NL that the Rockies would be lucky to get to a sixth game against any of the Indians, Sox, or Yankees and the same would be true of the Angels if they'd been healthy.

The Rockies are hot because they played the Diamondbacks who should have finished fourth.

Let me put it this way. The Rockies outscored their opposition by about a hundred runs. The Red Sox outscored their opposition by about two hundred.

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10-24-2007 , 04:29 PM

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HSB

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Just no. Not remotely.

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10-24-2007 , 04:45 PM

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dumbndumb

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27 world championships

With the payroll they have, there is no excuse for the last 6 years... GO BO SOX!

Please name the heart and soul of hte BOSawx:

Ortiz (purchased)
Manny (purchased)
Lowell (purchased)
Beckett (purchased)
Schill (purchased)

Red Sox fans telling Yankee fans they just buy stuff is absurd.

Other teams fans can say that, you cant.

papelbon, pedroia, varitek

and lol @ ortiz being purchased. he was a castoff nobody when the sox picked him up

And Lowell's career was going backwards before he came to sox

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10-24-2007 , 04:46 PM

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dumbndumb

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27 world championships

How many this millennium?

0 cause they suck

go SOX

Jessica,

Sweet avatar

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10-24-2007 , 04:53 PM

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dumbndumb

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so much better than the NL that the Rockies would be lucky to get to a sixth game against any of the Indians, Sox, or Yankees and the same would be true of the Angels if they'd been healthy.

Pretty much agree w/what you wrote with the exception of implying that taking 2 out of 3 earlier this year is meaningful. It is not.

As a Red Sox fan, I can admit that we have luxury to purchase talent. Interestingly, our high-priced talent is not what has helped us nearly as much as our more covert pick-ups and organizationally developed players.