Sunday, October 31, 2004
WHAT A PARADE!
I didn't go to sleep Friday night and drove to the Quincy/Adams T stop at 4:30 AM. The 1st train was supposed to stop by at 5:18 or so. There were already alot of people there and me and my friend had to stand on the subway. We got to Park St. station in the Commons at about quarter of 6 and there were already a good number of people there. The numbers steadily grew with each train that arrived at the station and each group of students from Suffolk arriving. It was still dark and cars drove by us honking their horns to the applause of the croud. Parade time drew closer and closer. Finally it was 10 and we knew the parade had begun in the Back Bay. A little over 90 minutes later we saw the flashing blue lights of police motorcycles. The duck boats were not far behind. The croud went nuts, screaming "Let's Go Red Sox!" some pictures from Yahoo (I'll upload my own pictures as soon as I get a recovery CD for my computer):
Tek and Mirabelli
Ortiz
Orlando Cabrera
Johnny Damon
The Croud
On the Charles
Johny Peskey
Curt Schilling
Tremont St.
Pedro and Nelson
Tito and the trophy
Pedro and Schilling on the Charles
Manny, Millar and Mientkiewicz
Curt on crutches
Boylston St.
Pedro, Curt, and D-Lowe
Cannonball!
Theo
Pedro and the trophy
BEGINNING OF THE OFF-SEASON
The Red Sox picked up a $2.1 million option on third baseman Bill Mueller. Curt Schilling is having surgery on his ankle on Wednesday. Outfielder Gabe Kapler and pitchers Pedro Astacio and Terry Adams all filed for free agency. The Red Sox front office headed by Theo Epstein have quite a bit of work to do this off-season. Here are the potential free agents:
SP - Pedro Martinez
C- Jason Varitek
SP - Derek Lowe
SS - Orlando Cabrera
C - Doug Mirabelli
OF - Gabe Kapler
P - Pedro Astacio
RP - Terry Adams
DH - Ellis Burks
IF - Ricky Gutierrez
RP - Curtis Leskanic
IF/OF - David McCarty
RP - Ramiro Mendoza
RP - Mike Myers
IF - Pokey Reese
RP - Scott Williamson
Some of these guys we can easily replace and others won't be so easy if they go. I trust Theo to do the right things and give us a competetive team.
#2 SOONERS BEAT #20 STATE IN BEDLAM
There is no doubt in my mind that the Heisman winner should be a Sooner. Well, at least 2 Sooners should be at the award ceremony in New York. Jason White had another 3 TD day and true freshman Adrian Peterson rushed for 249 yards against the #20 Oklahoma St. Cowboys.
ARSENAL DRAW WITH SOUTHAMPTON
Not a terrible result but Arsenal are now tied with Chelsea atop the League standings with 26 points thru 11 matches played. They do have an advantage in the 1st tiebreaker: goal-differential. The Arsenal continue Champions' League play on Tuesday.
I didn't go to sleep Friday night and drove to the Quincy/Adams T stop at 4:30 AM. The 1st train was supposed to stop by at 5:18 or so. There were already alot of people there and me and my friend had to stand on the subway. We got to Park St. station in the Commons at about quarter of 6 and there were already a good number of people there. The numbers steadily grew with each train that arrived at the station and each group of students from Suffolk arriving. It was still dark and cars drove by us honking their horns to the applause of the croud. Parade time drew closer and closer. Finally it was 10 and we knew the parade had begun in the Back Bay. A little over 90 minutes later we saw the flashing blue lights of police motorcycles. The duck boats were not far behind. The croud went nuts, screaming "Let's Go Red Sox!" some pictures from Yahoo (I'll upload my own pictures as soon as I get a recovery CD for my computer):
Tek and Mirabelli
Ortiz
Orlando Cabrera
Johnny Damon
The Croud
On the Charles
Johny Peskey
Curt Schilling
Tremont St.
Pedro and Nelson
Tito and the trophy
Pedro and Schilling on the Charles
Manny, Millar and Mientkiewicz
Curt on crutches
Boylston St.
Pedro, Curt, and D-Lowe
Cannonball!
Theo
Pedro and the trophy
BEGINNING OF THE OFF-SEASON
The Red Sox picked up a $2.1 million option on third baseman Bill Mueller. Curt Schilling is having surgery on his ankle on Wednesday. Outfielder Gabe Kapler and pitchers Pedro Astacio and Terry Adams all filed for free agency. The Red Sox front office headed by Theo Epstein have quite a bit of work to do this off-season. Here are the potential free agents:
SP - Pedro Martinez
C- Jason Varitek
SP - Derek Lowe
SS - Orlando Cabrera
C - Doug Mirabelli
OF - Gabe Kapler
P - Pedro Astacio
RP - Terry Adams
DH - Ellis Burks
IF - Ricky Gutierrez
RP - Curtis Leskanic
IF/OF - David McCarty
RP - Ramiro Mendoza
RP - Mike Myers
IF - Pokey Reese
RP - Scott Williamson
Some of these guys we can easily replace and others won't be so easy if they go. I trust Theo to do the right things and give us a competetive team.
#2 SOONERS BEAT #20 STATE IN BEDLAM
There is no doubt in my mind that the Heisman winner should be a Sooner. Well, at least 2 Sooners should be at the award ceremony in New York. Jason White had another 3 TD day and true freshman Adrian Peterson rushed for 249 yards against the #20 Oklahoma St. Cowboys.
ARSENAL DRAW WITH SOUTHAMPTON
Not a terrible result but Arsenal are now tied with Chelsea atop the League standings with 26 points thru 11 matches played. They do have an advantage in the 1st tiebreaker: goal-differential. The Arsenal continue Champions' League play on Tuesday.
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