# Sox win! What a game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992 "2003-10-07T03:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/1 "2003-10-07T03:30:16Z")
Bases loaded, two out, bottom of the ninth, up by one. Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/2 "2003-10-07T03:35:09Z")
Whooohooooo! Go Sox! (I loved watching the police choke that guy who was giving the Sox crap when Damon was down on the field) Lowe for MVP! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/3 "2003-10-07T03:35:28Z")
Canā€™t you just want to beat some asshole Aā€™s fan to a pulp?!?!!! Laughing and taunting because a player is sent to the hospital??? Words escape me!!! AAAAAAAAAA! **Go Sox!!!** ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/4 "2003-10-07T03:37:57Z")
Can you picture itā€¦a Sox-Cubs World Seriesā€¦I think some people would be jumping out of windows after that oneā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/5 "2003-10-07T03:38:02Z")
To be fair, most of the stadium cheered when Johnny put his fist up. (not that I have any love for those whiners in Oakland) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/6 "2003-10-07T03:41:07Z")
Thatā€™s a good point, **Myrr**. Like the Jackson5 said, ā€œOne bad apple donā€™t spoil the whole bunch, girlā€¦ā€ ---
**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 7, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/7 "2003-10-07T04:07:40Z")
Well, I went 2-for-4 in the \*LDS. Unfortunately, one of those 0ā€™s was my hung-over Giants. Ah well. Nice to see the Aā€™s and Braves lose, though. Now, itā€™s all about the End Of The World Series. Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. How mind-blowing would it be to know that one of those two teams _had_ to win a World Series, and thereā€™s no way it couldnā€™t happen. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/8 "2003-10-07T04:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*Now, itā€™s all about the End Of The World Series. Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox. How mind-blowing would it be to know that one of those two teams _had_ to win a World Series, and thereā€™s no way it couldnā€™t happen. \*\* Well, my friends and I have a theory that if it IS a Sox-Cubs series, then one of two things will happen: 1. An asteroid, bomb, or other explosion will happen in the stadium, killing both teams. 2. At the exact instant one team is about to win (i.e., the instant before a foot hits the home plate for the winning run, or before the last strike, etcā€¦) the universe will lock up a la windows and have to be rebooted. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/9 "2003-10-07T04:23:26Z")
Holy moly, that was a hell of an ending. I have no love for the Sox (or Boston fans, having lived there for a while) but as a Cubs fan, I know what itā€™s like to suffer. Plus I liked Fenway. So good on 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/10 "2003-10-07T04:28:43Z")
Lets. Go. Red. Sox. Clap. Clap. ClapClapClap. Lets. Go. Red. Sox. Clap. Clap. ClapClapClap. I actually had to step out of the room in the 9th inning. Lifelong Sox fan but that nearly killed me. What was with the announcers getting all over Manny for walking towards first after hitting the home run?! Granted, itā€™s not the most polite thing to do but they acted like he kicked someoneā€™s dog. Itā€™s the frigginā€™ playoffs! Emotions run pretty high and I think you can understand his reaction. It wasnā€™t taunting, just exhuberence. But I think I can go for a while without seeing that reply of the Jackson/Damon collision. ---
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/11 "2003-10-07T05:08:49Z")
[http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20031007/capt.oas13010070251.red\_sox\_athletics\_oas130.jpg](http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20031007/capt.oas13010070251.red_sox_athletics_oas130.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/12 "2003-10-07T05:13:21Z")
Thatā€™s the best picture EVER šŸ˜ƒ And the game was pretty great too! -K. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/13 "2003-10-07T05:23:00Z")
Ahem. I was there. Just came down off the ceiling to post this. Williamson walking two in the bottom of the ninth almost put me in my grave. After the game, a few thousand Sox fans hung around the dugout til some players came out. How good! Did anyone see the purported obscene gestures that had Tejada so wigged out? Please tell me what happened as me and my pals were too busy acting like beauty pageant contestants to see. ---
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/14 "2003-10-07T05:32:51Z")
Apprently after the strikeout, lowe made a couple of hand pumps then he kind of pumped his groin like the old degeneration X ā€œsuck itā€ motion. So ā€˜Miggyā€™ said he will pay next year. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/15 "2003-10-07T05:40:55Z")
I want to see it before I die. Cubs-Sox world series. ---
**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/16 "2003-10-07T05:42:01Z")
[Here is the story on espn:](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2003/news/story?id=1632259) [here is a video of the final strikeout (click on play of the game):](http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/video/daily.jsp) ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/17 "2003-10-07T05:45:46Z")
As a lifelong Yankee fan, I would like to congratulate the Sox on their gutty performance. With that said, may the best team win. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/18 "2003-10-07T05:46:43Z")
I have to say, this was probably the best set of divisional series Iā€™ve seen - 2 game fives, and a great ending to the Florida-SF series. Not only that, but three of the four teams I was rooting for won. As for showboating, I agree with broadcasters that rip on players for that. Thereā€™s a huge difference between exhuberance (jumping up and down, pumping your fists, etc.) and showboating/taunting and I canā€™t see how walking down the first base line can be anything but the second and is, IMHO, a classless act that screams ā€œlook at me!ā€ (Just so you know, I was, and am, rooting for the Sox. And for total disclosure, I didnā€™t see the home run live, only on video on the web, so if Iā€™m way off base here and he was obviously just excited, I retract my statement). Oh, and I hope that they threw out not only that idiot in the picture but his two moron friends as well. It takes a lot of guts to yell at and guesture to an athlete to ā€œcome onā€ from 8 rows up. :rolleyes: But at least most of the rest of the fans showed some class and gave Damon a standing ā€œOā€ as he waved. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*Well, my friends and I have a theory that if it IS a Sox-Cubs series, then one of two things will happen: > > 1. An asteroid, bomb, or other explosion will happen in the stadium, killing both teams. > > 2. At the exact instant one team is about to win (i.e., the instant before a foot hits the home plate for the winning run, or before the last strike, etcā€¦) the universe will lock up a la windows and have to be rebooted. \*\* Thatā€™s been the joke with me and my friends for years (as a purely theoretical, what happens if they both reach?). Not that I really think itā€™ll cause the end of the worldā€¦ ā€¦but if they meet in the series, Iā€™ll be seeing if any of those old fallout shelters are still around. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/19 "2003-10-07T05:48:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > \*\*I want to see it before I die. Cubs-Sox world series. \*\* If the ā€œEnd of the worldā€ theory is true, it may be the last thing you see before you die. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992/20 "2003-10-07T06:58:45Z")
Congrats to the SOX. But you gotta admit, they got really lucky after playing a lot of fundamentally bad baseball. What was Grady thinking bringing in Williamson? It was obvious from the first pitch that he was out of gas and trying to overthrow? Perplexing, since both relievers used in the 8th were sharp. Why was there no wheel play on Hernandezā€™s bunt? The Aā€™s choked. But the Sox better have better game when they face the Yanks. Because I HATE THE YANKEES!!! BTW, why wasnā€™t Kim out there? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sox-win-what-a-game/205992.md?page=2)