Red Sox Begin Championship Defense Tonight @8pm EST

[WilliamPitt]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050401&num=0

ESPN2 at eight.

Here we go again.

[yvr girl]

1. You are like a kid in the candy store

[tekriter]

2. Not to nitpick, Will...

but it's on ESPN2.

Wouldn't want anyone to miss it. Who do you think will be the first batter getting one in the ear?

[WilliamPitt]

3. is it on ESPN2?

It is, just checked. Thanks.

A-Rod.

[tekriter]

4. Excellent choice!

go cards.

[WilliamPitt]

5. Indeed

Especially the Card playing shortstop for the Sox.

Should be good.

[tekriter]

21. Oh, that hurt....

but we used his money to get Mark Mulder and a couple of others...

[WilliamPitt]

22. The Cards are going to dominate this year

so you'll be fine. :)

[WindRavenX]

6. Red Sox begin another 86 years of futility

Starting TONIGHT! :bounce: :bounce:

[WilliamPitt]

10. Probably

But since we get a 500 year grace period, I don't really care.

All the pressure is on the Yankees this year.

BA-A-A-A-A-L-L-L-C-O-O-O-O...

;)

[WindRavenX]

23. I dunno...

...I'd say the pressure is on the Sox just to prove they weren't a fluke

[sasquatch]

28. Or George Steinbrenner makes some cardioligist happy this year

When he has a major heart attack when he see's his team lose again.

[yvr girl]

7. Are you ignoring me again?

I actually think it's great that you are such a sports nut. It gives your life balance.

:hi:

[WilliamPitt]

9. Tell me about it

I have organized a bunch of friends to come watch the game tonight. Gonna sit on my same stool I used during the championship run. Good times.

[yvr girl]

11. I think if you made a big sacrifice, they'd win again.

You could give up beer. If you loved the Sox, you'd do it.

[WilliamPitt]

13. But my beer is why they won

I sat in the same stool.

I ate beef stew every night.

I drank PBR.

*That* is sacrifice.

[yvr girl]

14. I haven't had that much stew in the last 10 years!

I don't get the stool though. Don't you have anything more comfortable to sit on? Is your place the ultimate in minimalism?

[WilliamPitt]

15. Fourth from the right along the bar

Near the TV.

I sat in it all through the division series and they won.

I sat in it through the entire ALCS and they won.

I sat in it for the entire World Series and they won.

Fourth from the right.

[yvr girl]

16. You're hosting the party at your OTHER home

Gotcha.

Did you ever have to physically pull some bastard off your stool or do they rope it off when you're not there.

[WilliamPitt]

17. At first, I had to pull people off

but once the bartenders understood that the ENTIRE KEY TO VICTORY was having my ass on that stool, they defended it for me.

[yvr girl]

18. I'm in AWE of your ass then.

Couldn't you have used its powers to get Kerry a victory? Or was it tapped out by November?

Have fun tonight.

[Lindsay]

8. Opening Day...

always puts a big smile on my face.

Go Tribe!

[jus_the_facts]

12. LOL....my favorite part o'that article.....

On the "Going a little overboard celebrating a championship" scale, where did the 2004 Red Sox rank among the all-time greats?
Let's see:

Schilling and his family appeared on Barbara Walters' year-end special, complete with Schilling hobbling on crutches around Fenway with sappy music playing in the background...

AND lest we forget his appearances for BUSH '04:dilemma:

... Damon became a certifiable C-list celebrity, hitting the talk-show circuit and releasing his own book ... Schilling appeared on "Celebrity Poker" ... five Sox players appeared on that "Queer Eye" show ... the owners paraded the championship trophy around New England like hunters showing off a deer's head ... and various Sox players posed for about a combined 1,700 magazine covers....and every Red Sox fan took a vote and decided to agree that the "Queer Eye" thing never happened. You hear me? It NEVER happened.

:rofl: :rofl:

[VelmaD]

19. It finally feels like Spring...

the weather here is crisp and clear and there's baseball on tonight. :) Time to go lay down for a nap in the warm sunshine and rest up for opening night.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

20. Prepare to defend... and lose

:P

[WindRavenX]

24. WORD

:headbang:

[WilliamPitt]

25. BA-A-A-A-A-L-L-C-O-O-O

:)

[WindRavenX]

26. why I oughta....!

:P

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

27. kick his ass?

;)

[JohnKleeb]

29. I wonder if we'll win the season series again

[GOPisEvil]

30. I suppose I should ritualistically burn my defective Cardinals cap.

Some rally cap IT turned out to be. :eyes:

That said, I'm ready for some f-ing baseball!