LIKE TRUE ROOTAHS............
September 30, 2008
WELL.....ITS BEEN A WHILE I KNOW........SO THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A NOVEL, SO LEMME GET RIGHT TO IT!

I WENT TO THE POSTSEASON SENDOFF RALLY FOR THE SOX THE OTHER DAY.....AND BOY DID I HAVE A GREAT TIME! THE BOSTON-BASED BAND "QWEST" WAS JAMMIN OUT AND GETTIN US ALL FIRED UP FOR THE RALLY AND FOR THE POST-SEASON! THEY PLAYED SOME OF THE FUNK THEY JAM TO REGULARLY....AND ALSO PLAYED SOME GREAT FENWAY FAVES......YES, SWEET CAROLINE INCLUDED! THEN IN BETWEEN JAMS TC AND LOU WERE UP THERE DOIN INTERVIEWS LIVE FOR NESN; THEY SHOWED MANY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2008 SEASON; HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2007 POST SEASON AND WORLD SERIES; HIGHLIGHTS FROM BOTH LESTERS AND CLAYS NO-NO GAMES, AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE PLAYERS....ALL UP ON THE BIG SCREEN!

FIRST TO COME OUT TO BE INTERVIEWED BY T.C. AND LOU WAS LARRY LUCCHINO WEARIN THAT SAME CAP HE'S WORN FOR ALL OUR GREAT PLAYOFF RUNS! GOTTA STICK WITH WHATS WORKED.....YOU KNOW HOW WE DO! HE DID A GREAT INTERVIEW.......I COULDNT THINK OF ANYTHING TO YELL OUT SO I JUST YELLED "MY NAMES LARRY TOOOOOOOOO".....HAHAHAHAHA....YEAH, IM NOT ALL THERE.....BUT ACT LIKE YOU DIDNT ALREADY KNOW THIS!

ANYWAYS, LARRY THREW A FEW THINGS OUT TO US IN THE CROWD AND I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT I CAUGHT THE BOSOX COAT HE THREW MY WAY (SORRY TO THE LADY WHO'S ARM I ALMOST RIPPED OFF GETTIN THE COAT.....HEEHEEHEE) AND I GAVE THE COAT TO MY DAUGHTER! THANKS LARRY....SHE LOVES IT AND KEEPS TELLING EVERYONE AT HER SCHOOL THAT "MY DADDY WAS HANGIN OUT WITH THE RED SOX AND THEY GAVE HIM THIS JACKET FOR ME" SO THANKS FOR MAKIN ME HER HERO AGAIN! HAHAHAHAHA

NEXT UP FOR TC AND LOU WAS THE CHIEF OF THE SHIP HIMSELF "TITO"! I YELLED ALL KINDS OF STUFF THERE! BUT BEIN THE FOCUSED LEADER OF OUR TROOPS THAT HE IS......I GOT NO REACTION FROM HIM! STILL....GREAT INTERVIEW.....AND I DID START UP THE "BEAT L.A." CHANTS DURING THE INTERVIEW.....SO IF U WERE WATCHIN.....THAT WAS MY LOUD OBNOXIOUS VOICE! HAHAHAHAHAHA

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.....LEMME JUST SAY.....WALLY WAS TROLLIN THE STANDS WITH US "ROOTAHS" AND FANS TAKIN PICS WITH THE KIDS AND WHATNOT.....CARRYIN A SIGN THAT GAVE ME A CASE OF DEJA VOU FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO......HMMMMMMM....WASNT I JUST CHANTING THAT RECENTLY SOMEWHERE ELSE BESIDES FENWAY????? HAHAHAAHAHAHA

NEXT UP FOR TC AND LOU WAS NONE OTHER THAN "YOOOOOOOOOOOUK".......I GOT SOME REACTION OUTTA THEM WHEN I WAS STANDIN ON MY CHAIR YELLIN THAT THERE SHOULD BE A "DUAL MVP AWARD" THIS YEAR......HIM AND PEDS! AS YOU CAN SEE, I GOT MORE REACTION FROM LOU AND TC......TO WHICH THE CROWD DID START CHANTING MVP WHEN I FINISHED MY RANT! HAHAHAHAHA

NEXT UP WAS THE FRONT RUNNER IN MY VOTES FOR MVP.....DAPPER DUSTY PEDS HIMSELF......NICE SUIT PEDEY! SERIOUSLY! HE WAS AS SHARP AS IVE EVER SEEN HIM! I WAS YELLIN ALL KINDS OF STUFF HERE! AND GOT THE CROWD GOIN ON MANY ACCOUNTS CHANTING "MVP"!

LAST UP FOR TC AND LOU WAS JASON "JAYBAY" BAY........AND I GOT THE BEST REACTION AS AFTER THE INITIAL ROAR CALMED DOWN AND THE CROWD WAS TAKIN A BREATHER.....I STOOD ON MY SEAT AND SCREAMED OUT "MANNY WHO?" AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS.......AND AS YOU CAN SEE.....THEY HEARD ME JUST FINE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT NUMBERS HE PUTS UP IN THE POSTSEASON!

AS THE BAND PLAYED ON AND TC AND LOU CONTINUED THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE SEASON AND OUTLOOK ON THE POST-SEASON, I MADE MY WAY TO THE CONSESSIONS AND GOT MY FREE COKE AND FENWAY FRANK.....THANKS RED SOX FOR THAT BY THE WAY! AND THEN MADE MY WAY DOWN TO THE BUSES BESIDE GATE "D"! I NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY PUT THE "AMERICAS MOST BELOVED BALLPARK" TARP BACK UP! IT HASNT BEEN THERE ALL YEAR......BUT ITS THERE NOW!
AND I GOT SOME GREAT SHOTS OF THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS THAT WERE STILL BOARDING THE BUSES! THANKS TO ONE DRIVER WHO LEFT THE DRIVER WINDOW OPEN SO I COULD GET COCO AND PAPS BOARDING THE BUS! OH....AND SORRY ABOUT THE FLASH ON THAT SECOND PHOTO PAPS......I HEARD YA BI&*HIN THAT I BLINDED YA! DIDNT MEAN FOR IT TO GO OFF! MY BAD! SEE MY PICS TO SEE ALL THE PLAYERS I GOT AND THE OTHER PICS I GOT FROM SUCH A GREAT DAY!
I THEN HOPPED ON THE GREENLINE TO GOV'T CENTER, THEN HOPPED ON THE BLUELINE TO THE AIRPORT AND TRIED TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WOULD BE COMIN IN THERE......BUT COULDNT FIND OUT IN TIME.....SO NO PICS OR STORIES THERE......BUT I TRIED!
ALL-IN-ALL.....IT WAS AN AWESOME SENDOFF FOR OUR BOYS! AND I HAD A GREAT TIME! AND SUPRISINGLY....EVEN AFTER ALL THAT SCREAMIN.....I STILL HAVE MY VOICE! HAHAHAHAHAHA
NOW.....LETS DO WHAT WE DO.....GET THE CHANTS GOIN, GET YOUR GEAR ON, AND LETS TAKE THIS REPEAT RIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE END! TIME TO DO STEP TWO (STEP ONE BEING GET IN THE POST SEASON "HAHAHA SKANKS") AND "BEAT L.A." I'M CALLIN FOR THE SAME AS OUR LAST TWO WS RUNS......SWEEEEEEEEEP! WE BEAT EM 9 STRAIGHT IN THE POST-SEASON.....LETS KEEP THE STREAK GOIN! LGRS!!!!!
-IRISH WHITEY~RSM~™
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