I'm such a curmudgeon. When the kid jumped down and said, "I saw your rally caps. Don't think I didn't notice." My first thought was a sarcastic, "Well thank God for that, kid. I was afraid I might not get your approval."
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Steve Gendron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was at the game last night. Terry Francona said it best in his > interview after the game: "They had their way with us in every way possible, > and then this place came un-glued." > > It was surreal. The place was in a coma since BJ Upton hit his 2 run homer > in the first inning (BTW - can somebody tell me how a guy with 9 HRs in 531 > ABs during the regular season manages to have 6 in 9 playoff games?). I was > mostly annoyed with the people around us during the game. The guys behind > us were drunk and dropping F-bombs in every sentence. Not that my 15 > year-old son has heard a few f-bombs from time to time, but it was a bit > much. The fat lady next to me with the pink Red Sox earrings kept telling > me what a great fan she was and how many big games she has seen. Two drunk > college kids a couple rows in front of us kept getting on their chars to > start "Let's go Red Sox" chants and get the crowd into it, but the response > was lackluster. People started leaving in about the fifth inning, and when > Upton hit a two run double off Papelbon in the seventh there was a steady > stream of people leaving. The drunk kids started waving to the people > leaving saying "you'll be sorry tomorrow." I think they are right. > > When Jed Lowrie scored on a Dustin Pedroia two out RBI single in the > seventh. The bleachers finally got on their feet. When Papi followed with > a three run homer right in front of us in the right field corner, we were on > our feet to stay. Suddenly, people started joining in on the chants of the > college kids. The drunk guys behind us started to seem funny. We were high > fiving. The fat lady was still mainly annoying but she was easier to > ignore. You started to think, could it be possible? When JD Drew cranked > another 2-run homer near the same spot as Papi's, I kid you not, we were > hugging each other. The love fest continued right through Coco's amazing 10 > pitch at bat that culminated in a game tying base hit. > > In the ninth when the ball came off JD Drew's bat with two outs and > Youkilis on second, it was again, coming right at us. Initially I was > hoping it would fall in front of the right fielder, then I realized it was > rising and thought, damn he's going to catch it, but when I saw Gabe Gross > (Lowell River Rat) turn toward the wall and the ball continue to rise, I > knew it was falling in and we would win. The place turned into a freaking > mosh pit. Everyone was jumping and dancing to the tune of dirty water. I > had no idea what was happening on the field. One of the drunk guys behind > us jumped into our row and slurred, "I saw you guys go with the rally-caps > in the seventh inning, that's what made the difference, don't think I didn't > notice." The college kids became our best friends hugging and dancing with > us. I got a picture of them on my phone with my son Mike. I think we might > start trading Christmas Cards this year. > > Jacked with adrenaline, Mike and I went down to watch the post game > interviews at the Red Sox dugout. With the other fans there we cheered Mike > Lynch, Steve Burton and Lou Mer-Lon-i (clap,clap, clap-clap-clap). As we > walked through Kenmore Square everyone was high fiving everyone else. > Hungry from our adventure, we stopped inhale pizza at Little-Steve's > (something I truly regret this morning). Mike fell asleep before we got to > 95, and I was fighting to keep my eyes open as we approached 495. We pulled > into the driveway at 2AM. > > This game rivals Game 4 of the ALCS against the Yankees in 2004 (which I > also attended) for excitement level. Maybe even better given the magnitude > of the comeback. Maybe we can get the same result in the series? Just > maybe, if the real Josh Beckett shows up? > > Steve > > > > > -- Blog: http://blog.raysalemi.com "Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?" - Gertrude Stein --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
