WITHDRAWALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 19, 2008
AS I SAT AROUND WITH THE DAY OFF FROM ANY KIND OF WORK, THE DAY OFF FROM ANY KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY, AND THE DAY OFF FROM ANY RED SOX GAME.... I SAT STARING AT THE SCHEDULES! I STILL HAD MY AUTOGRAPHED (JERRY AND AARDSMA) 7 TIMES WORLD SERIES CHAMPS HAT AND MY TEK JERSEY ON OVER MY TEDY BRUSCHI LONG SLEEVE! I WAS HAVIN SOX WITHDRAWALS A LITTLE BIT, IN CASE YA COULDNT TELL!
THEN, THE TEXTS STARTED COMIN IN.........TWINS RAYS UPDATES! AT FIRST THEY WERE GOOD.........MINNESOTA TOOK AN EARLY LEAD! THEN LONGORIA........THE BASTID......STARTED HITTIN HOMERS LIKE HE'S IN THE DERBY! PENA HOMER! LONGORIA....LONGORIA....LONGORIA! PRETTY SOON.....THE DEPRESSION CREPT BACK IN! HAVE I MENTIONED I HATE LONGORIA???? 6TH INNING......7TH INNING........8TH INNING ALL OVER AND RAYS UP 8-6! AND THEY ARE IN TAMPON BAY! NOW IF IT WAS "US" PLAYIN......MY FAITH NEVER WAIVERS.......I'D BELIEVE ALL THE WAY TO THE LAST OUT! BUT THIS IS THE TWINS PLAYIN EM.....NOT US! SO MY HOPE WASNT THERE!
THEN THE TEXT CAME IN IN THE 9TH.........TIED UP FROM A TWO BANGER! WOOHOOO! THEN THEY GO UP A RUN, TWO , THREE!!!!! HOLY SHEEP TURDS BATMAN! WHAT COMES NEXT............THE FINAL SCORE! 11-8! THE TWINS HAVE A 5-RUN 9TH AND WIN THE GAME! ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY SPIRITS ARE LIFTED AGAIN! THEN I TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULES AGAIN! WE HAVE 10 GAMES LEFT.....THE THREE IN TORONTO......THEN 7 BACK AT HOME TO CLOSE THE SEASON! THE RAYS.........THEY HAVE 11 GAMES LEFT......3 MORE AT HOME AGAINST THE TWINS....AND THEN "8" ON THE ROAD! SUDDENLY.....MY SPIRITS ARE LIFTED! I'M STILL HAVING SOX WITHDRAWALS A LITTLE BIT......BUT I AM GLAD WE HAD THE DAY OFF TO REST AND CONTEMPLATE WHAT OUR GAMEPLAN WILL BE........SIMPLE.....WIN OUR GAMES! IT WILL ALL PAN OUT......I'M SURE OF IT! WE WILL WIN THE DIVISION BY AT LEAST TWO GAMES I'M THINKIN! ARE THE RAYS FOR REAL.....OKAY...YEAH, I CAN ADMIT THAT! THEY HAVE A GOOD BALLCLUB, YES! THEY'VE DONE THE BEST THEY EVER HAVE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.....SO I CANT DENY THAT! I MEAN, THEY'VE HAD THE LEAD OVER US FOR MOST OF THE SEASON.....SO I'D BE A SHMUCK IF I DIDNT ADMIT THAT THEY ARE FOR REAL!
BUT..........YES, BUT...........WE ARE THE WORLD CHAMPION BOSTON RED SOX! THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY QUESTION IF WE ARE FOR REAL! WE ARE THE GENUINE ARTICLE! AND WHEN ITS "REALLY" MATTERED.....WE'VE POPPED OUR HEADS UP AND REMINDED EVERYONE THAT WE ARENT GOIN ANYWHERE! WE WERE 5 GAMESBACK WITH ONE WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE HALFWAY MARK.....THE ALL-STAR GAME! ONE WEEK! AND "AT" THE BREAK.....WE POPPED OUR HEAD UP AND TOOK THE LEAD! NOT TO MENTION HAVING MORE PEOPLE IN THE ALL-STAR GAME THAN ANY TEAM ON EITHER SIDE! AND JD DREW GETTING THE MVP "IN" YANKEE STADIUM NONE-THE-LESS!
NOW WE ARE IN THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE SEASON.......AND WE TRAIL THE RAYS BY 1.5 GAMES IN OUR DIVISION! ONE WEEK AND A COUPLE DAYS LEFT IN THE SEASON! AND I DONT KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU.......BUT I'M LOVING NOT ONLY OUR CHANCES.......BUT OUR TEAM AND WHAT I KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN! AND WHEN THE PLAYOFFS GET HERE......WE'RE ALL BACK AT ZERO! SO NOWS THE TIME TO CHEER THE LOUDEST! NOWS THE TIME TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION! NOWS THE TIME TO PUT ALL THE GEAR ON AND ALL THE "TRUE" ROOTAHS TO STAND TALL SINGIN TESSIE, SHIPPIN UP TO BOSTON AND SWEET CAROLINE! AND NOWS THE TIME TO FINISH WHAT WE HAVE STARTED THIS SEASON.................OUR ROAD TO THE REPEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
REMEMBER.....ONLY ONE TEAM HAS THE WORLD CHAMPIONS FLAG FLYIN IN THEIR BALLPARK! "US"! AND THE ONLY REASON THATS COMING DOWN THIS YEAR......IS TO PUT THE NEW ONE UP! LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. SORRY THIS IS SO LONG AND ALL.......BUT LIKE I SAID......WITHDRAWALS! WELL NOW I FEEL BETTAH! SO THANKS FOR LETTIN ME RANT! GO SOX!!!!!!!! AND I'LL BE KEEPIN MY RALLY CAP PICTURE UP UNTILL WE TAKE OUR DIVISION BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RSM/RLF
-IRISH WHITEY~RSM~™
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