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Post by manfred on Oct 28, 2018 22:22:22 GMT -5
Price! Pearce! Kelly! Nunez! JBJ! Eovaldi! Devers!
Everyone* contributes!
*sit down Kinsler
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Post by tomhouse on Oct 28, 2018 22:22:26 GMT -5
Best Red Sox team in my lifetime. Maybe the best team ever. That was an amazing, dramatic finish.
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Post by Canseco on Oct 28, 2018 22:22:31 GMT -5
YES! YES! A million times over!
In your ear, Michael Kay! YANKEES SUCK!
Maybe the greatest team any of us will ever see! God bless these guys! Exclamation points!
HUZZAH!
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 28, 2018 22:22:34 GMT -5
I've waited all season to celebrate this with all you guys. I had strong feelings that we'd be exactly where we are right now since spring training. Identical emotions here. This board has made the season for me. It’s like I posted after the ALCS win...so many doubters all year long in the media, but...this TEAM, man. And I recall full-well your unwavering faith when NY stormed back in June, cuz I was right there with you. They’ve just had that FEEL all year long. Reminded me of the last three WS wins, but most of all ‘04. Going to G2 there was just a very, very bizarre feel in the air. And after years of assuming the worst, as we long-timers were wont to do given ‘78, ‘86, etc...I realized that it was optimism. Just an absolutely incredibly talented team, but moreso, a collective with the championship vibe. I loved every moment of this season. This is without a doubt the best Red Sox team of all time in every aspect.
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Post by libertine on Oct 28, 2018 22:23:58 GMT -5
I am sparking one up, in spirit with my AV Spaceman, in celebration!!
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Post by swingingbunt on Oct 28, 2018 22:24:11 GMT -5
Best Sox team ever. So glad I got to experience it!
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 28, 2018 22:26:31 GMT -5
$217 Million well spent for David Price.
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 28, 2018 22:27:12 GMT -5
This team deserves to be discussed with the '76 Reds and the '98 Yankees. Just an incredible, dominant, well-rounded juggernaut. It's been a pleasure to follow them.
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 28, 2018 22:27:15 GMT -5
I'm freaking out hard here, but man Sale's expression as he got the out. He didn't even hint at a smile, he looked like a man ready to win again next year. He plays with such a passion, such an anger. I love this team so much. They're all so professionals.
Cora is the real MVP in this WS. Unbelievably good hire, he's such a perfect man for the job. I love everything. This might be my favorite WS win.
And it ended with Machado on his knees. Gentlemen sweep the entire postseason. Amazing. Inspiring. Why I love sports so much in a nutshell.
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Post by iakovos11 on Oct 28, 2018 22:28:22 GMT -5
Hey, I fell asleep in the 2nd inning. How did the Sox do tonight?
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Post by telson13 on Oct 28, 2018 22:28:23 GMT -5
Noooo FOX, too early to play Dirty Water!!! Fire it up at home, boys!!! What a year. This was an amazing team all year. What fun. 2004 was best, but this might be most fun end-to-end. 2013 was also very fun, but this team is more dominant, more authentic in some ways. Yup, nothing could ever top the ‘04 playoff run. But WOW is this ever an absolutely INCREDIBLE team. They are just stupid good. Easily the best Sox team of my lifetime, and no other team comes close. Kudos to all the guys, but a special shout-out to Dave Dombrowski. I’ve second-guessed a number of his moves, but I’m ecstatic to be proven wrong. I’ve gotta believe he’ll figure out a way to maneuver through the coming salary crunch and turn out a dynasty. Shout out to Soxjim, too, who I argued the Sale trade ad nauseum with, but whose optimism (worry about it later) proved prescient.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Oct 28, 2018 22:28:33 GMT -5
Unabashed absolute joy here in Abilene watching this perfection with my daughter and my wife.
One of the great, memorable nights of my life!
Great sharing this season with you all...it added a lot!
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Post by tizzle on Oct 28, 2018 22:28:48 GMT -5
Best Sox team I've seen and most fun team.
Nothing tops 04 but this team was f-ing special.
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 28, 2018 22:28:58 GMT -5
And for what it's worth, Sale striking out a flailing, falling over Machado to end it is, like, Wrestlamania-type stuff. It was like Red Sox fanfic that actually happened. I'm half-expecting David Ortiz to Rock Bottom Alex Rodriguez and Joe Torre through the Announcer Table.
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Post by taftreign on Oct 28, 2018 22:29:11 GMT -5
This Red Sox team was amazing this year. Maybe even the best ever. But I have to credit Alex Cora with a huge portion of this. What a pleasure to watch him manage this team all season.
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Post by libertine on Oct 28, 2018 22:29:29 GMT -5
What Price did this postseason is reminiscent of what Beckett did in '07. Total dominance! David Price Red Sox legend 4-life!!!
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Post by jdb on Oct 28, 2018 22:29:53 GMT -5
Hope we see Co MVPs. Both Price and Pearce deserve it.
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Post by tizzle on Oct 28, 2018 22:30:11 GMT -5
Hey, I fell asleep in the 2nd inning. How did the Sox do tonight? Eh. They've had better games.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 28, 2018 22:30:23 GMT -5
We owe John Henry and all so much.....Thank you !!
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Post by p23w on Oct 28, 2018 22:30:32 GMT -5
Break out the duck boats!
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Post by taftreign on Oct 28, 2018 22:30:58 GMT -5
Best Sox team I've seen and most fun team. Nothing tops 04 but this team was f-ing special. '04 was something different all together. That was such a cathartic moment it has it's own place in all our hearts.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 28, 2018 22:31:49 GMT -5
Best Red Sox team of all time.
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Post by Canseco on Oct 28, 2018 22:32:10 GMT -5
And for what it's worth, Sale striking out a flailing, falling over Machado to end it is, like, Wrestlamania-type stuff. It was like Red Sox fanfic that actually happened. I'm half-expecting David Ortiz to Rock Bottom Alex Rodriguez and Joe Torre through the Announcer Table. *Stone Cold Steve Austin voice* OH, GIMME A HELL YEAH!
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Oct 28, 2018 22:32:46 GMT -5
Its great to know that all that money and all those trades paid off. People were wondering if trading Beeks was worth it, ha! The Lackey trade looked brutal for a while but Kelly came up so huge. That Kimbrel trade thread was infamous on this site and he may have been shaky but won us some big games down the stretch. Trading for Núñez and watching him come up big in game 1 Going out and getting Sale, And Pearce, likely the World Series MVP.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2018 22:32:56 GMT -5
I’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone about what happened on March 29 of this year. Opening day, Sox have a 4-0 lead in the 8th against the Rays. An 8th inning bullpen implosion results in a 6-4 loss. Seven months, 108 wins, and a World Series later, and now it’s a distant memory. Let’s keep this in mind when the Red Sox blow another save next April.
WORLD CHAMPS!!!!!!!
What an unbelievable ride. Now let’s do it again next year!
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