An embarrassment of riches here in Boston today

[WilliamPitt]

The sun is shining in a clear blue sky.

A championship banner was unfurled over Fenway.

Bill Russell, Bobby Orr, Tedy Bruschi and Richard Seymour - champions all - threw out the opening pitch.

And the New York Yankees got to see it all.

:)

[mr_hat]

1. Q: How many Boston sports legends does it take >

to throw out the opening pitch?

A: All four of them.

[WilliamPitt]

3. Hm

I always thought sour grapes made for shitty whine.

[MaineDem]

4. You've got to be kidding

:eyes:

[mr_hat]

6. Correct. I am. It's called "razzing," I believe.

[yvr girl]

2. Good day to be a Bostonian, eh?

I met Bobby Orr at golf tournament. He was really nice (and surprisingly small by today's standard's for a hockey player.)

[WilliamPitt]

5. And the cherry on top

A-Rod is batting, and the entire Fenway crowd is giving him nothing but a hard way to go. :)

[MaineDem]

7. DId you hear the cheer for Rivera?

He got almost the biggest ovation of the day when he was introduced. I loved it.

:evilgrin:

[WilliamPitt]

9. Classic

[yvr girl]

8. I'm so glad you're all being so gracious.

You might hurt his feelings.

[OneBlueSky]

10. gotta give props to the Yankees, though . . .

they were really classy, standing out there and applauding the Sox . . . in fact, Francona came over to Torre and said something like "That was damned classy. I really appreciate it." . . .

[Ms Chicklet]

11. This doesn't get old

[Jamison]

12. You Sox fans have to remember...

You played and beat an awful team in the world series, I still don't think the Sox would have won the WS if it would have been the Sox v. the Astros.

[cruadin]

13. St. Louis was absolutley NOT an awful team. I think...

we may have gotten lucky and caught them at a low point in their performance (not that I'm complaining), but St. Louis was probably the best all-around team in either league for most of the season.
They won 105 games for chrissakes---awful teams don't win 105 games.


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[Jamison]

16. Check out this link about the Cardinals...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/preview;_ylc=X3oDMTBpa2lpNnFzBF9TAzk1ODYxNzc3BHNlYwN0bQ--?gid=250412124

I expect them to dwell in the cellar all season long, even though most people expect them to take the NL central.

[cruadin]

19. Your link didn't work for me---but if the article is about...

the 2005 Cards and their prospects for success, then I don't even get your point.
The Red Sox played the 2004 Cardinals, not the 2005 Cards--teams change from year to year.
Whatever happens to St. Louis this year has almost nothing to do with the team they had last year, 2004, the year they WON 105 GAMES!

[WilliamPitt]

14. If St. Louis was awful, then the entire NL was awful

because St. Louis dominated the NL last year, won over 100 games.

I'm not sure where you're headed with this. If St. Louis was awful, how did Houston lose? Given that it took seven games for Houston to finish losing, does that not suggest they would have been equally massacred in the WS?

[PDittie]

18. This Astros fan thanks you for that

...but I believe you're probably mistaken.

Alas, we'll never know (I think GOPisE said that, back when I was in mourning)...

[aldian159]

15. poor Bostonians

"Only" 16 NBA championships, a couple of great title runs by the Bruins and Pats. Whatever shall they do? As a Cubs fan, I'd love to live in a town with such a "curse."

My doctor diagnosed it this morning: I'm suffering from too much Boston, but that's what happens when ESPN is smack in the middle of Connecticut.

[MaineDem]

20. I've never been a basketball or football fan

So those championships mean absolutely zilch to me.

But the Red Sox...and baseball as a whole...is a very different story.

I can totally empathize with the Cubs' fans. I was pulling for a Cubs-Sox series.

But don't I remember a bunch of Bulls and Bears championships???
:shrug:

[democracyindanger]

17. Be honest: Did you

get a second subscription to Sports Illustrated so you could get all the Red Sox tchotkes? Come on, no shame in admitting it...

[WilliamPitt]

21. Nope

Didn't even have a first subscription.