You probably would have tossed in. "I've bought these tickets long before you were even born."
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Ray Salemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
