Red Sox Fans - Serious Question

[SlevinKabrera]

sign, sign , everywhere a sign

got a good 10 seconds of air time during game 6 of the ALCS in 86 with a sign that said "yes Al we do believe in miricles" I had the good seats that night compliments of then Speaker Tip O'Neill. Right in the second row between the vis dugout and the plate.

Sox also got out of a bases loaded, nobody out, jam in game 5. Hendu was the offensive hero, but he hurt himself after he jumped so high when he hit the big homerun.

The worst part about 86 is that Oil Can Boyd would have pitched game 7 and we would have won, if it didn't rain so that Hurstie got an extra days rest which allowed him to pitch us to a loss, that hump.

 

[barman]

The worst part about 86 is that Oil Can Boyd would have pitched game 7 and we would have won,

Yeah sure. Sure you would.

:nopityA:

 

[SlevinKabrera]

In my case it would be what number did Jackie Jensen wear.


wil.

did he wear 4 ? like Bobby Orr ? My dad said he could fly on the basepaths, but not on airplanes.
Dad also said Teddy Ballgame would have broken every record there was if not for the war. Babe Ruth was the best, Ty Cobb was a real SOB. If you saw him walking on your side of the street, you would cross to the other side. He'd as soon stick an icepick in your ear as look at you.

 

[Mr.Smith]

Hurst killed them in that series. Won 2 games with very little offensive support. As far as scapegoats go, this one makes no sense whatsoever.

Gedman should have blocked that passed ball........

 

[wilheim]

Retired Red Sox Numbers.

Jackie Jensen wore the #4 made famous by Red Sox Hall of Fame Shortstop Joe Cronin. Jensen who played the majority of his career in the 50's was able to wear the #4 but today you won't see any Red Sox players wearing that number because the number was permanately retired in 1984 by the Red Sox in honor of Cronin.

Numbers retired by the Red Sox:

#1 - Bobby Doerr
#4 - Joe Cronin
#8 - Carl Yaztremski
#9 - Ted Williams
#27 - Carlton Fisk
#42 - Jackie Robinson (retired by all of baseball).

There are just two requirements for Red Sox players to have their
numbers retired:
1. Play at least ten years as a Red Sox.
2. Be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Wade Bogg's #26 is eligible to be retired but currently there are no plans by the Red Sox to do so.

Roger Clemens' #21 (barring steroid controversy) is a cinch to be retired someday.
Rim Rice's #14 came up just 17 votes short last winter in the HOF voting and has the potential to be elected to the Hall someday. Jim Rice is still a very popular Red Sox. Since 2003, he's also been employed as a commentator for the New England Sports Network (NESN), where he contributes to the Red Sox pre-game and post-game shows.

Jim Rice was elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame when it first opened in 1995, and he is the 40th member of Ted Williams' Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame, having been inducted along with Paul Molitor, Dave Winfield and Robin Yount in 2001. Hopefully someday Jim Rice will take his rightful place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Note about Jackie Robinson's #42. On April 15, 2007, the 60th anniversary of Robinson's major league debut, Major League Baseball invited players all over baseball to wear the number 42 just for that day to commemorate Robinson's great contribution to the game of baseball. Red Sox teamates CF Coco Crisp, DH David Ortiz, and Coach DeMarlo Hale did just that.


wil..

 

[Fishhead]

Hurst killed them in that series. Won 2 games with very little offensive support. As far as scapegoats go, this one makes no sense whatsoever.

Gedman should have blocked that passed ball........

Not Buckner or Gedman in my mind..........Stanley gets my vote.

 

[BlackBart]

A handful of goats in Game 6:

Clemens for coming out of the game early
Schiraldi for melting down (and McNamara for letting him)
Stanley for hitting the backstop

Not sure that Gedman could have stopped the ball. Remember, if Buckner makes a clean play on the ball, it is still a tie game. I almost crapped myself when Stanley came into the game, but McNamara had my trust. He pulled out little-used Steve Crawford out of the bullpen in Game 5 of the ALCS and it worked like magic. Little did I know that the Steamer would let me down.