Robert Hudson

Yeah, I guess everybody is happy, except Mike!

I don't blame it on management at all. Who cares about Pedro. He is ancient history and long gone. I don't think Schilling has ever complained about management, and I don't remember any of those other people doing that either. I can barely remember who they are. Schilling is just about finnished. Schilling is a trooper. Schillling is everything Manny isn't. Remember the bloody sock? Schilling got himself in trouble because he started critising other players, Bonds, and other pill poppers. I don't remember him ever having any issues with management. I wouldn't have cared if Manny stayed, but you can not have a player that just decides when to play whenever he feels like it. Nobody has ever done that before. You know he got a million dollars just for moving expenses! Moving expenses! Can you believe that! Thats just sick.

mikenas102

Robert,
The Sox are a hot 2.5 games ahead of the Yanks. At least we weren't swept away by the Angels. You make it sound as if MLB is ready to hand the Sox the trophy. Far from it. How about concentrating on 1st place? Why are Sox fans so fixated on the Yankees even when they're not the ones to be chasing? Ahh I guess its envy. Something about all those World Series rings just gets under the Sox's skin. Stay focused on the real goal. What you should be worried about is Papi and how nobody has to pitch to him anymore with Manny gone. Was that another 0 for 5 from Papi last night?

Robert Hudson

Blah blah blah... the yanks should be taking Viagra instead of steroids, maybe then their bats would pick up

xspy

As a Yankees fan you should know why Sox fans are so fixed on what the Yanks are doing. For years the Yankees punished the Sox, making it another "wait till next season" year. But over recent years the Sox have climbed that mt everest that always seemed impossible. However we are not going to forget it lol. It's the Greatest Rivalry in sports. If your a Red Sox fan you gotta hate the Yankees. It's just how it is. Like everything else your only as good as your last championship.

Robert Hudson

For you Sox fans:

BOSTON -- These days, Fred Lynn doesn't make it back to Fenway Park more than three series per year. Living in San Diego, the cross-country trek isn't easy to do any more often.

Lynn spaces his trips out -- one in April, another in July and one more in September. And when he comes back, he takes pleasure in seeing old teammates such as Jim Rice and Luis Tiant. All of the memories start coming back to them.

"When I'm out on the West Coast, I don't think about it much. But when I'm with the guys, we start talking about baseball," said Lynn, whose latest trip back to Fenway was in late July, when the Red Sox hosted the Yankees. "Jimmy [Rice] and I talk about golf; we're golfers. When we hook up, we take on all comers."

Take on all comers? Sounds a lot like Rice and Lynn during the 1975 season. The rookie duo, known as the "Gold Dust Twins," bolstered the heart of the Boston lineup and helped propel the team into the World Series, a heart-breaking seven-game defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.

Lynn's arrival into the big leagues that year was unlike anyone. He won both the American League Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in 1975, with Rice coming in closely behind him in both categories. Only Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 can claim the same honor.

"I can't remember two rookies coming on the same team and having that type of impact," Lynn said. "Obviously we helped the club, and had Jimmy not gotten hit by Vern Ruhle [by a pitch that broke a bone in his wrist] in late September, we would've had him in the World Series. We might not have had to wait until 2004."

But unfortunate happenings like that were the norm for the 1970s Red Sox, and despite having strong seasons in '75 and '78, Lynn's Sox did not win a championship. Lynn, a nine-time All Star, played his final game for the Sox in 1980 before spending the remainder of his 17-year career with California, Baltimore, Detroit and San Diego.

Since then, Lynn has spent time broadcasting games on the West Coast for ESPN and CBS, as well as the College World Series. More recently, he's worked at the corporate level with Major League Baseball and helped to raise money for charities such as Cystic Fibrosis, breast cancer and Childhaven -- a facility for neglected kids between the ages of three and 18.

His allegiance to the Red Sox organization is still a strong one, and he takes part in charity golf outings with the club during his trips back to Boston. Lynn was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002.

Keep smiling Freddie. Be proud.


My prediction now is the Sox will take it in September and the Rays will take the wild card. The Yankees will be dead in the water. I forget the number now, but Boston has a huge number of home games in September, while the Rays have a greater number of away games. I think thats what it will come down to.

xspy

Robert Hudson

Holy cow! Jay are you paying attention to the Ranger series? First game we beat them 19 to 17, making a new record... Ortiz hit TWO home runs both in the FIRST INNING! Next game we beat them 8 to 4 and right now its the 2nd inning and the Sox lead NINE to nothing! Ortiz hit a three run home run.

erijnal

Pretty amazing what the Rays are doing this postseason..

xspy

This is it.. game 7. it's Been a bumpy post season but a great one to watch.

xspy

lol yeah I did watch that series.. Good stuff.