# Official Red Sox World Series Champs Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615 "2004-10-28T03:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/41 "2004-10-28T14:13:26Z")
As a Cardinals fan, all I can say is that I’m happy one team showed up to play. I don’t mean to take anything away from the Sox. They showed incredible talent and an infinite amount of heart. If there was a jinx (and I’m superstitious enough to believe there was) then everything aligned just right to overcome it. Enjoy your partying, but please try not to get anyone else hurt. ---
**Author:** ![fruitbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fruitbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fruitbat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/42 "2004-10-28T14:50:33Z")
That was incredible. I can’t wait for Stephen King’s book on the 2004 Sox to come out. I sat a couple of rows behind him in Yankee Stadium on September 18th, watching Derek Lowe give up seven runs in the first inning. It was cold and raining and Yankees fans were giving us all hell. After that game it was tough to imagine that the Sox could come back and win it all, especially on the back of Derek Lowe. Somehow I am now picturing the team becoming a Red Sox museum. In 2018 Trot Nixon will be hobbling around right field, and Sox fans still won’t countenance letting him go because he drove in two runs in game 4 of the World Series. I like this team so much that, that is just fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/43 "2004-10-28T14:58:33Z")
Sh\*t. I mean, good on Boston and all, but that was the worst collapse by one of my city’s teams since the 2000 St. Louis Blues. However, nice work, Boston. Try not to burn your city down over the weekend. It’s bad form. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/44 "2004-10-28T15:12:54Z")
Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/45 "2004-10-28T15:43:08Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > I mean, good on Boston and all, but that was the worst collapse by one of my city’s teams since the 2000 St. Louis Blues. Yes. This was _not_ the team that played so well up through the league championship. As I said in another thread, someone must have stolen the Cardinals’ mojo. But I liked **edwino** ’s explanation in that same thread: his law of conservation of good baseball, that the quantity of good baseball in a season is conserved. With dramatic, nail-biting, great baseball in both LCS’s, the WS _had_ to be lame and anticlimactic. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/46 "2004-10-28T16:05:22Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Sh\*t. > > I mean, good on Boston and all, but that was the worst collapse by one of my city’s teams since the 2000 St. Louis Blues. > > However, nice work, Boston. Try not to burn your city down over the weekend. It’s bad form. Yeah, act like you’ve been there before 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/47 "2004-10-28T17:26:55Z")
> [@Yakkette](#): > > As a die-hard, lifelong Yankee fan, I have to say… > > Congratulations, Boston. 😃 > > Seriously. No snide comments, no cracks about the eclipse. > > Just true and genuine congratulations. I can’t even begin to imagine what this must feel like for your guys. Honestly–and I will probably be thrown out of the Yankee Union and have my card revoked for this–I have to admit…being a fan of the favorites DOES get a little monotonous. I actually rooted for your guys last night, and teared up when they won. > > Good job, Sox! And congratulations again. > > A now banned member of the Yankee nation, > Yakkette > 😃 Yes, you are now officially not a true Yankee fan. 1918 has gone the way of the Dodo. The new numerical bash is: 26-2 Good luck next year guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/48 "2004-10-28T17:34:10Z")
I’m happy for the long-suffering Red Sox fans out there, but there’s something about the City of Boston I never have understood. Bill Russell wins 11 NBA titles. Ted Williams wins 0 World Series. They name a tunnel after Ted Williams. If Williams gets a tunnel, I think they ought to build a 400 foot-high Colossus of a naked Bill Russell, proudly straddling Faniel Hall. Anyways, congrats Sox fans. Time now to get geared up for basketball season. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/49 "2004-10-28T17:54:14Z")
They finally did it, Grandpa. I wish you were still here to see it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/50 "2004-10-28T17:54:35Z")
Hooray for the Red Sox, finally ditching that “curse.” (Now we can concentrate all curse talk on the White Sox and Cubs, whose WS droughts had been longer than the Red Sox’s even before last night.) Hooray for Johnny Damon, who hit the jackpot after doing almost six years good work (community service?) for my bottom-feeding Royals. ---
**Author:** ![carimwc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/51 "2004-10-28T18:08:03Z")
The idiots have done it!!! YAHOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/52 "2004-10-28T19:44:25Z")
Anyone else a bit perplexed by the choice of Manny Ramirez for MVP? Damon put up better numbers (more runs produced, more extra base hits), and he didn’t have a massively more embarrassing error committed whilst hot dogging. Additionally, Curt Schilling’s performance could very well have been the spark that fired this Red Sox team up, and would better exemplify the team spirit that Francona cultivated. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/53 "2004-10-28T21:25:01Z")
Good job Sox! I’m gonna try to score a Boston Globe today. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/54 "2004-10-28T23:31:34Z")
Munch: > [@](#): > > Anyone else a bit perplexed by the choice of Manny Ramirez for MVP? Perplexed? About a guy who had a .412 batting average? Damon’s was just .286. And Manny produced just as many runs as Johnny. Manny drove in 4 and scored 2, Johnny scored 4 and drove in 2. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/55 "2004-10-28T23:40:29Z")
Much to my surprise, I found myself crying like a baby when the final out was made. I guess I was finally able to release a lot of the old hurt ('67, '75) and heartache ('86). What a moment–thanks you, Idiots! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/56 "2004-10-29T00:18:27Z")
I used to only cry when the Cubs did well until last night…congratulations Boston. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/57 "2004-10-29T00:51:09Z")
HUZZAH! The only thing better than the Sox Winning, is the Cards losing! Hell Yes! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/58 "2004-10-29T01:47:14Z")
every year i believe they can win… this year they did. first world series and hundreth world series… perhaps the cubs will do it in 2007! the white sox have been cursed for eternity. no world series… forever!!! ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/59 "2004-10-29T12:52:31Z")
I’ve finally calmed down. Next year - the Cubs. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615/60 "2004-10-29T16:43:27Z")
It’s been days … \*\*\*days \*\* \* I tell you, since the Red Sox won a world series. Oh, when … \*\*\*when \*\* \* will this blasted curse ever end!!! (Force of habit, doncha know.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-red-sox-world-series-champs-thread/271615.md?page=4)