FAVORITISM?????
September 23, 2008
I LOVE THE NEEDLE AS MUCH AS THE NEXT GUY AND PROBABLY MORE THAN 80-90% OF THE POSEURS ON THIS SITE.....BUT.........
LET ME PREEMPT THIS WITH I LOVE JOHN PESKY #6 AND I MET HIM OUT FRONT OF THE GAME ON SEPT. 8TH AGAINST THE RAYS...THE NIGHT ARMY, MEREDITH, MY PARENTS, MY BROTHER DAN, JOE STACK, MY UNCLE STEVE, COUSIN MEGHAN AND MANY OTHER GREAT FANS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING PLAYERS AT THE GATES....IF I HAVENT OFFICALLY THANKED THE CLUB THEN I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE BOSTON RED SOX FRONT OFFICE FOR GIVING ME THE DAY OF MY LIFE.
WHEN WE NOTICED MANNY DELCARMEN AT THE GATE AND SHOOK HIS HAND IT DIDNT TAKE LONG BEFORE I RAN FROM GATE TO GATE TO GATE LIKE A STONED KID IN A CANDY STORE WITH MOM'S CREDIT CARD..AHHAHAAAA..IT WAS GREAT....THE BEST EVER!! I WILL NEVER FORGET IT.
I WILL NEVER FORGET WALKING UP ON JOHNNY MOTHERF*&KING PESKY SITTING ON A FOLD-UP CHAIR OUTSIDE THE GATE SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND TALKING TO FANS...I STROLLED UP ON MR. NEEDLE AND CAUGHT HIS EYE..I STUCK MY BIG FAT PAW IN HIS MITT AND SHOOK UNABLE TO NOT NOTICE THE WORLD SERIES RING ON HIS FINGER....I COULDNT STOP SMILING....I TOLD HIM HE WAS "THE MAN". HE SAID " I AM NOT THE MAN"....I ARGUED SAYING "YES, YOUARE, SIR.."..I RELAYED A STORY THAT MR. STACK HAD TOLD ME ABOUT PESKY AND AN UMPIRE NAMED RICE...I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE TIME IT WAS SOOO FOGGY THE PLAYERS COULDNT SEE THE HANDS IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES,,.....THE PLAYERS USED TO F*&K WITH THE UMPIRE RICE WAS HIS NAME BY YELLING/...." WHAT KIND OF FOOD DOES A CHINAMAN EAT???? RICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!".....WHICH I DONT KNOW WHY I DO, BUT I THINK IS HILARIOUS.....THE STORY GOES....PESKY TOLD RICE "HEY WHY DONT YA CALL THIS GAME, RICE?"......LEGEND HAS IT RICE TOLD PESKY TO HIT A FUNGO OR TWO BETWEEN INNINGS AND IF THEY COULD SEE THE BALL THE GAME WOULD CONTINUE, BUT IF THEY COULDNT THEN HE'D CALL THE GAME ON ACCOUNT OF VISIBILTY. OUR MR. PESKY GRABS A FUNGO, TOSSES A BALL AND HITS A BALL THAT GOES UP IN THE AIR AND COME DOWN AND BOUNCES OFF THE TOP OF UMPIRE RICE'S HEAD...THE GAME WAS POSTPONED AND UMPIRE RICE PUT A BAG OF ICE ON HIS HEAD...JOHNNY SMILED AT ME THE ENTIRE TIME WITH A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE....AHAHAHHAAAAA....RADATZ SAID THAT PESKY INSISTS HE DID IT ON PURPOSE.......PESKY IS THE MAN......ALWAYS WAS...ALWAYS WILL BE.......CONGRATULATIONS, SIR!! YOUR FIRST 3 YEARS IN THE BIGS ARE UNMATCHED TO THIS DAY, SIR!!!!
WITH THAT SAID....LETS EXAMINE SOME NUMBERS AND SEE IF PESKY ON NUMBERS ALONE DESERVES THE AWESOME HONOR OF HAVING HIS NUMBER RETIRED....I AM ALL FOR IT AND THINK ITS LONG PAST DUE,,,BUT THEN AGAIN I THINK 25 BELONGS THERE MORE....I THINK 14, 19, AND 7 ALSO DESERVE IT BUT NOT OFF NUMBERS BUT OFF WHAT THEY DID FOR BOSTON BASEBALL.......
PESKY PLAYED 10 SEASONS IN ALL...THE 1ST SEVEN IN BOSTON....THE FRONT OFFICE I'LL AGREE DID PESKY DIRTY IN THE LATTER YEARS OF HIS CAREER BY TRADING HIM TWICE BUT WHO THE HELL AM I TO JUDGE....HAHAHAAHA....HE BATTED .307 IN HIS CARREERWITH 404 RBI'S, 17 HOMERUNS, 1455 HITS..HE STARTED ONE ALL-STAR GAME IN 1946...ALTHOUGH HIS FIRST 3 YEARS WERE F*&KING AWESOME HITTING OVER 200 HITS ALL 3 YEARS..A FEAT HE WOULD NEVER ACHIEVE AGAIN.....
AND BY COMPARISON, THE OTHER NUMBER 6 PLAYED 10 SEASON ALL OF THEM IN BEANTOWNE...RICO PETROCELLI HIT .251 IN HIS CARREER WITH 210 HOMERUNS, 773 RBI'S AND HE STARTED IN 2 ALL-STAR GAMES....NOT TO MENTION HE BATTED .308 IN 1975 WORLD SERIES......DOESNT RICO PETROCELLI DESERVE SOME CREDIT????
IS PESKY'S CARREER THAT MUCH BETTER???? I AINT SAYING I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT I GOTTA ASK MYSELF IF SOME FAVORITISM MIGHT BE INVOLVED HERE.....I KNOW PESKY HAD A BRIEF CAREER AS A MANAGER AND COACH BUT SINCE WHEN DID THE RED SOX CHANGE THE RULES FOR HAVING ONE'S NUMBER RETIRED.?>?>?>?">?>?>?>">?>?>?
???/ WHAT THE HELL????? IF WE CAN BREAK THE RULES FOR MR. PESKY JUST BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH THEN WHY THE HELL ISNT THERE A BIG "25" GOING UP ON FRIDAY ALSO???????????????
I LOVE PESKY.......NO DENYING THAT...I WISHED I COULD HAVE SEEN HIM PLAY......I WISH TONY CONIGLIARO WOULD HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO HAVE HIS NUMBER RETIRED WITHOUT THE ORGANIZATION CHANGING ITS RULES FOR NUMBER RETIREMENT......BUT I GOTTA ASK....IF WE CHANGED THE RULES FOR PESKY/PETRO/BUCKNER ....WELL ,THEN SHOULDNT WE ALLOW TONY C IN AS WELL???????
THE ANSWER IS YES.
THE FRONT OFFICE OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS BY CHANGING ITS RULES...I LOVE YA NEEDLE...I THINK YOU DESERVE IT, BUT I SMELL A PUBLICITY STUNT......
I'LL BET YA THE FIRST ROUND THAT SAWXHEADS.COM WAS INVOLVED IN THIS MIXED EMOTION FIASCO........TAKE YER BANDWAGON AND SHOVE IT STRAIGHT UP YOUR ASS, BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE YA, BIG BAD #6....I HOPE THEY LET YA BACK IN THE DUGOUT AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS BEING A STAND UP GUY, BUT AT YOUR CEREMONY BUST OUT A SURPRISE....
TELL EM ALL THANKS, I LOVE YA, COULDNT LIVE WITHOUT YA.....BUT.........
WITHOUT A "25" UP THERE WITH ME THEN WHY THE F*&K DID WE CHANGE THE RULES???? THEN YELL "RSM FOR LIFE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WANT THE A.L. EAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FORGET ABOUT THE WILD CARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RETIRE PESKY/PETROCELLI/BUCKNER , CONIGLIARO, LYNN, RICE, EVANS, AND JIM HALL OF FAMER RICE~!~~~~
RECOGNIZE!!!
RESPECT/LOYALTY/FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-JESTER~RSM
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