it's sunday so it's time for a notsopure Chags and Zags column

Well usually Sundays are devoted to a pure Chags and Zags column but guess what, I haven't updated since the Sox won so I have some pictures I want to show and then I'll add some Chags and Zags.
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Now tell me that winning a championship isn't that great, would you look at the Pru;

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And aboard Air Red Sox is this great picture with Tek

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And ofcourse I have to show some pictures that were taken from the Disney Parade.

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The sign that Manny Ramirez is holding has to be one of my favorite signs that I saw all day when I was at the parade down in Boston.

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And the last picture is one that a reader from Texas has been begging me to add to my site and no his name isn't little Pedro as he likes to call him it's Nelson Mandella.

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Now let's Chags and Zags it;
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Chags to the Red Sox for making history and breaking that 86 year old curse, curses were ment to be broken. I didn't think it would happen in my lifetime I'm just thrilled that it did.
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Chags to Theo for doing something that I would never do;
Red Sox GM Theo Epstein has been making one concession to superstition of late, drinking a glass of Metamucil before each Red Sox postseason game -- a ritual he began prior to Game 4 of the ALCS, which launched the Red Sox to a remarkable comeback win over the New York Yankees.

Epstein said he noticed manager Terry Francona drinking the stuff -- which "looks like something a 70-year-old grandma would drink," Epstein said -- and decided to give it a try. "I've had seven glasses of Metamucil now," Epstein said, referring to each of the Red Sox's wins, "and we're undefeated. And I've paid the price."
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Zags to the New York mets for some reports they're coming out with, we're going to trade and get Manny Ramirez,we're going to trade and get Sammy Sosa. Yes you have so much you can give up to get the World Series MVP, you had your chance last season when we put him on waivers but you didn't bite, and I'm sure glad that he didn't because the curse of A-Rod struck again and he still hasn't been to the World Series, nor will he.
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Zags to the fans of the Yankees who tried to ruin a great parade yesturday in Fenway, by shouting you guys are happy with one championship in 86 years. These are the same Yankee Fans who think the Patriots should be broken up, and let me tell you this article I read in Newsday really pissed me off.

The Boston Red Sox now possess the highest payroll of any World Series winner in the history of the game.

What is the architectural framework in which this collection of mercenary ballplayers came to wear the Boston uniform?

Will there be an end to John Henry’s reckless spending and uncontrolled free agent acquisitions this winter?

Will the unbridled greed of the unholy trinity—Henry, Lucchino and Epstein—once again prove fatal to small markets teams who are just trying to compete?

The answers to these questions are both simple and complex.

But once the baseball world wakes up from its misguided hangover, shakes off the biased and unabashedly pro-Red Sox propaganda spewed forth by ESPN, and realizes what just happened, there will be more and more pundits chiming in on an indisputable fact:

The Red Sox are no Cinderella story: they simply out Yankee-d the Yankees. They are Evil Empire II. They have become what they despise. They are the irony of ironies. The Sox are just another high payroll team with no home grown talent.

Unlike the Yankees, who still sport homegrown starters like Posada, Jeter, Williams and relief ace Rivera, the Red Sox had only one homegrown starter on its entire roster—Trot Nixon.

Just one!

Don’t get me wrong, the Red Sox deserved to win. And why shouldn’t they?

They were built better for the post-season and—due in part to Theo's saber-driven expertise in selecting players and in part because of Henry's checkbook—were able to construct a bench in which each player had a specific role. Pokey Reese and Doug (Don’t make me spell his last name) M. in for defense—Dave Roberts in to steal a base—Doug Mirabelli to catch Wakefield (when he didn’t catch Wake, it almost lost them the ALCS.)

The fact remains that Theo Epstein made all the right moves this off-season, and those moves are well-chronicled. The Red Sox are a brilliantly constructed team put together by a brilliant young architect.

But just to prove a point, I’d like to suggest that it was largely plain old good luck (something that has eluded the Red Sox for 86 years) that propelled the Red Sox to the World Series Championship.

Don’t believe me? Just revisit these few facts:

The Sox secured Curt Schilling last winter from Jerry Colangelo for two cans of baked beans and a crate of lobsters. After demanding Nick Johnson and Alfonso Soriano from the Yankees, Colangelo sent Schilling to the Red Sox in one of the most lopsided trades in baseball history. (Did Theo have a gun or was Colangelo trying to stick it to George? Either way, where was Selig and the ‘best interest of baseball” clause?)

Right after the 2003 post-season ended, Theo put Manny Ramirez, the 2004 World Series MVP, on irrevocable waivers. Anyone could have snatched him (if they wanted to pay his salary.) No one took him, and Manny remained a Red Sox.

Plan B was, of course, prying A-Rod away from the Rangers. Theo spent two back-and-forth months in negotiations.

If the deal goes through, the Sox would have had A-Rod at short and Magglio Ordonez in left. Nomar would have gone to the White Sox, Manny to Texas. Result: No World Series title.

Despite trying his hardest, Theo could not pull the deal off. Luck, or the Gods, intervened and sent A-Rod to the Yanks.

Fast forward to the July 31 trade deadline. Theo is working feverishly to trade Derek Lowe, who was in the midst of a baffling 10 game pitching slump, to the White Sox for Esteban Loaiza.

Esteban Loaiza!

This would have happened if Cashman didn’t swoop in 15 minutes before the trading deadline and offer Jose Contreras to the White Sox.

And now Derek Lowe, he of post-season brilliance, marches off as a post-season hero for the Red Sox. If Theo had his way, he would have toiled for the last two months of the season in Chicago’s South Side.

Of course, The Red Sox wanted Contreras in the first place. And when they lost a bidding war with the Yankess, it prompted Theo to destroy furniture in a Central American hotel and Lucchino to utter the now famous moniker: The Evil Empire.

So the moves that fell through despite Theo’s best efforts were as important as the moves that he made. Theo was resourceful, intelligent and bold, as evidenced by his courage in finally trading away Nomar, but there is no doubt that he was also lucky.

When you succeed because so many of your plans failed, you have to feel fortunate.

There is nothing wrong with luck. Sometimes you need it to win.

And what will be left for the Red Sox and their fans after the parade, drunken escapades, and car burnings are over?

No longer will the Red Sox be that tortured, cursed franchise.

No longer will they have the identity of the underdog.

No longer can they sing Tessie and really mean it.

They will spend more money this winter to beat the Yankees again.

They will spend more money this winter to outdo themselves.

They will no longer do the chasing.

They will be the chased.

Theo, if you need any pointers, give Brian a call.

He’s been there.

I can't believe the Yanks are acting this way and this column there just proves how stupid the Yanks and their fans are, spending money wow that doesn't sound like the Yankees at all, can anybody else on this blog say SOUR GRAPES.
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Zags to terry Glenn who is out for the season, you should have never left New England
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Chags to my Quinnipiac Bobcats for showing Dartmouth what's going to happen when we join the ECAC next year as my unranked bobcats defeated the #12 ranked greentide from Dartmouth. Dartmouth put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Chags to the Miami Dolphins for finally filing suit against Ricky Williams, it's about time you file and not give him any more chances.
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Zags to Redskins Quarterback Mark Brunell who just doesn't get it. He doesn't feel that backup Patrick Ramsey should play instead of him, he doesn't feel that he's done a bad job. Well if doign a great job is having a 51.2 completion percentage and 5.43 yards per attempt is good then I should be an NFL Quarterback.
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Now my picks for week 8;
BUF over ARZ
GB over WAS
DAL over DET
JAX over HOU
TEN over CIN
IND over KC
NYG over MIN
PHI over BAL
CAR over SEA (yes they continue this losing streak)
DEN over ATL
NE over PIT
SD over OAK
CHI over SF
NYJ over MIA
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That's the blog for today, leave some;
~Chag

Preview of Game 3

First a joke
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:-

What makes 100%?

What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about these people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been to these meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%

How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these question.

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H A R D W O R K

8+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

K N O W L E D G E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But:

A T T I T U D E

1+20+20++9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And:

B U L L S H I T

2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 =103%

AND, Look how far ass kissing will take you.

A S S K I S S I N G

1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 =118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that whilst hard work and knowledge will get you close, and attitude will get you there, it's the bullshit and ass kissing that will put you over the top.
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And a great picture; talk about buring down a house of Cards

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Game 3 preview, the World Series heads to Busch Stadium where the Cardinals have yet to drop a game. Tonight Pedro Martinez goes against 2 time former Red Sox Jeff Suppan. The one key factor tonight is how is not having a DH going to effect the Red Sox since tonight David Ortiz has to play first base which means that FINALLY Kevin Millar isn't in the lineup. And when it comes down to the final innings do you dare replace Douggie M. for Ortiz for defense when you know that if they get into trouble Ortiz can help with his bat.
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And I would like to say that I'm sorry for everybody that attempted to talk to me on AIM and Yahoo last night since Quinnipiac's network was very screwy last night and I want to thank the few people who took my advice and gave me a buzz last night.
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That's the blog for today, leave some.
~Chag

World Series game 2 recap and some more great pics

OUCH, well tell me that this picture isn't worth a 1000 words, most are "YOU CHOKED, JETER SUCKS A-ROD" and others that I won't mention. Well let's take a recap look at what happened during game 2 at Fenway Pahk, as we like to call it.
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The Sox started this game off in style in the bottom of the first inning when Jason Varitek trippled to center field scoring both Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz to give the Sox a 2-0 lead. In the top of the 4th the Red Birds started a comeback when Sanders hit a ball that Bill Mueller couldn't field which scored Pujols to cut the lead to 2-1. But that's as close as the Red Birds would get, in the bottom of that inning, Mark Bellhorn doubled to center scoring Kevin Millar and Bill Mueller. In the bottom of the sixth Orlando Cabrera singled to left field which plated Nixon and Damon to extend the lead to 6-1. In the bottom of the 8th the Red Birds started to threaten as Scott Rolen hit a sac Fly to Center which scored Edgar Renteria. But that's all the offense that the Birds would get as the Sox took game 2, 6-2. Game three takes place in Busch Stadium on Tuesday when Pedro Martinez faces former Red Sox Jeff Suppan.
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and one last great picture

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~Chag

A wild night in Beantown

It's Sunday morning, very early, I wanted to be the first WP.com blog to report on the World Series so here we go
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The Sox took game one in as stated by Tito Francona, "This game was not an instructional video on how to play." Manny who looked like he continued to pull his hammy looked how can I say pi$$ poor in left field. In the 8th inning, he bobbled a ball that should have left a runner on third and also then that beautiful catch that he made in the same inning, next batter.
For those who didn't watch, renteria singled to left which sent Marquis to third but Manny bobbled the ball. Next batter Larry Walker hit a drive to Manny that a little leaguer could catch yet he blows it which scored Cedeno. the camera shot of the night had to be when right after that they cut to Theo and he looked like he was going to kill somebody. This game wasn't a game of defense, key errors were made when they shouldn't have such as the groundball that got by Millar. And I hope that Tony Womack is alright that looked horrible.
And how about Mark Bellhorn. He has picked it up the last two games and who would have thought that he would have hit 2 key homeruns for us. How did he hit 2 home runs that both hit the right field foul pole.
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Well it's Sunday, it may be early but it's Sunday so it's what time?

Chags and Zags
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Chags to the Red Sox on their great streak, somehow they came back from being down 0-3 to win the series and then won tonight's game against the Cardinals.
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ZAGS to the Yankees, ha ha, you guys suck;
WHO'S YOUR PAPI NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Zags to Manny Ramirez who tried to give tonight's game away
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The rumor mill is turning and the NHL might return as soon as January with only conference games. My question is who really gives a damn about that. I don't know anybody who would still want to watch, the WHA on the other hand or the AHL.
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Zags to Jerry Rice for making sure that he got jersey number 80, when a number is retired you shouldn't call up begging the retiree if you can wear his number.
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Zags to Jayson Williams who is trying to make a come back after being acquitted of aggrabated manslaughter. He worked out with te Cavaliers this past week, why won't these guys just stay retired?
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Zags to the Cubs for even thinking about not trading Sammy Sosa. As reported by Ben Maller, The Cubs aren't going to think about trading him but they want to extend his contract. My question as much as I hate the Cubs is why are you going to do that?
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CHAGS to my neighbor, Red Sox trainer Jim Rowe, for saving Curt Schilling, he along with team doctor Bill Morgan did a sergury that was very innovative and thankfully it worked.
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Zags to the owner of Mickey Mantle's restaurant, Bill Liederman, for thinking about changing the name to Ted William's place, how can you do that in NY, as much as I hate the Yanks you have to respect a man like Mantle.
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Well now since it's Sunday let's make some NFL Picks
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STL over MIA
TEN over MIN
DeT over NYG
PHI over CLE
CHI over TB
SD over CAR
IND over JAX
BAL over BUF
KC over ATL
NE over NYJ
NO over OAK
GB over DAL
SEA over ARZ
DEN over CIN


That's the blog for today, leave some
~Chag

Mercy, the World Series I didn't want to happen, is going to happen

Well all of my fears have been rolled into one as my American League team; the Boston Red Sox, will take on my National League team; the St. Louis Cardinals. How could this happen, how have the stars aligned themselves so that I'm looking at both of my teams, does somebody upstairs really want me to suffer because I'm going to be happy and crushed at the end of each game and at the end of this series well I just want somebody to be able to clone me so one half of me can cheer for the Sox while the other can cheer for the Cards. This is the third time that the Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals have danced in the big dance and the Sox are looking to see if they can finally have the Cards delt their way as the St. Louis Cardinals have had the right pair of Sox on during each of the other two outings.
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From my good buddy who works on the Late show was able to inform me about last night's Top 10 and if I didn't have a midterm that had to get done I would have been in NY for the show but here was last night's top 10 list, need I also mention it was presented by Curt Schilling;
From the Letterman show last night:

Top Ten Secrets To The Boston Red Sox Comeback presented by Curt Schilling

10. Unlike the first three games, we didn't leave early to beat the traffic.
9. We put flu virus in Jeter's gatorade.
8. Let's just say Pete Rose made some phone calls for us.
7. We asked Pokey Reese to be a little less pokey.
6. It's not like we haven't won a big game before--it's just been 86 years.
5. Honestly, I think we were tired of hearing about the Patriots.
4. The messages of encouragement Martha sent on prison napkins.
3. We pretended the baseball was Letterman's head.
2. What'd you expect--we have a guy who looks like Jesus!
1. We got Babe Ruth's ghost a hooker and now everything's cool.
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And now an article from ESPN's Page 2;
By Bill Simmons
Page 2

BOSTON -- Honestly, I don't know what to do.

I just watched my beloved Red Sox win the American League pennant.
That's
only happened twice in my lifetime. I watched them rally back from three

games down in a playoff series. That's never happened before, not in the

history of baseball. I also just watched the Sox beat the Yankees in a deciding playoff game. Not only has that never happened before, it's a possible sign of the apocalypse.

Now get this ... all three things happened at the same time.

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So what happens now? Where do I go from here? Should I throw myself into

politics? Backpack across Europe? Take up gourmet cooking? Learn how to fly airplanes? Should I take the bus to Fort Hancock, cross the border and wander the beaches of Zihuatenejo looking for Andy and Red? You tell me.

What should I do?

As recently as 75 hours ago, they were dead. Cooked. I can still remember standing in Fenway Park with my father, ready to hustle out of there as soon as the Yankees completed the sweep in the ninth. Then Millar drew a walk

from Rivera. Signs of life. The crowd just wouldn't give up on this team
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everyone was standing and cheering like it was the seventh game of the World Series. Roberts ran onto the field as a pinchrunner, rattled Rivera into a few pickoff throws, swiped second and scooted home on a single from Mueller.
Tie game. And the series was never the same.

I started thinking about a comeback that night, about 0.00000003 seconds

after Ortiz's walkoff home run landed in the Yankees bullpen a little before 1:30 a.m. So did everyone else. We had Pedro going in Game 5, then Schilling in Game 6. That's a puncher's chance. We also had a little momentum. Not

much. But a little. Then Game 5 happened, moving us into the "Regardless of what happens, I love this team" stage of things. Then the Schilling Game

happened and everyone believed.

To stage the greatest comeback in sports history against the most successful franchise in sports history, some Renee Zellweger-level crazy things need to happen. Like Rivera blowing consecutive saves. Like Wakefield getting out of a crucial inning despite three passed balls. Like Torre pitching to Ortiz instead of loading the bases for Mientktxdwdsdz at the end of Game 5.
Like
Schilling pitching with the sutures and the Roy Hobbs bloodstain on his sock. Like Foulke somehow recording 15 grueling outs over the course of
48
hours, including an impossible ninth inning in the Bronx in Game 6. The list goes on and on.


Nothing like six RBIs to snap out of a slump.
Miracles don't just happen. You need a bunch of mini-miracles along the way.
Eventually they add up. So do the heroes.

And that's when it gets interesting.

By the time Game 7 rolled around, October 20th felt like a combination of New Year's Eve and the Fourth of July in Boston. This was bigger than all of us. Everyone was headed somewhere, or planning on heading somewhere.
Nothing
else mattered. Nothing. You couldn't walk five feet without seeing a Sox hat or hearing a conversation about the series. It was physically impossible.

I ended up watching the game in the Financial District, thanks to my buddy Sully's connections at a bar called The Office. We were able to invite about 20 guys -- closed-off room upstairs, projection TV, pizza and wings, the

whole shebang -- operating under house rules (only Sox fans) and old-school country club rules (no chicks). Sometimes, guys just need to be around other guys. This was one of those times. We were 27 outs away from toppling the Yankees. In the words of Clemenza, we were going to the mattresses.

The beers started flowing. Fox kicked off the telecast by using the music from the Rocky-Drago training montage in "Rocky 4." You can imagine how I felt about that one. When Nomar died, a part of me died, too. But now you're the one. Everyone seemed optimistic ... right up until Damon was thrown out at home in the first inning, thanks to yet another bone-headed decision from the immortal Dale Sveum. If this guy was an elementary school crossing guard, little kids would be getting pancaked by SUV's like Tony Mandarich in his prime.

We didn't even have 10 seconds to bitch about this before Ortiz crushed a two-run homer into right, and we were rolling. Derek Lowe pitched the biggest six innings of his life -- on two days rest, no less -- and salvaged his dreadful regular season. The Struggling Johnny Damon (his extended name all week) smacked an astounding grand slam, my personal favorite moment of the night, only because it came from nowhere and sparked a two-minute long celebration of high-fiving, chest-bumping and general idiocy. Two innings later, Damon came up again and crushed another home run, a two-run job into the upper deck. So much for The Struggling Johnny Damon.

8-1, Red Sox. Fifteen outs to go.


Hey, Derek if you're looking for someone to blame next time you take the

field -- look to your right.
We would have felt more confident with that cushion, but the announcers were determined to avoid any Yankees talk and concentrate solely on how the Sox could blow the game. They dragged out every disturbing statistic, every Babe Ruth sign, every negative Boston playoff memory they could find. I'm not

positive on this, but I think McCarver and Buck started a "1918!" chant at one point. So yeah, we were a little uneasy.

But the Sox kept racking up those outs. The announcers didn't know what to do -- they had geared their entire broadcast around the inevitable Boston collapse. Forget about the fact that the Yankees had choked in the last two games in Boston, or that they lost at home to a 40 year-old guy whose ankle tendon was stapled to his ankle bone, or that they had a $180 million payroll, or that a Yankee collapse to Boston would be the most devastating moment in franchise history. Forget about showing more shots of the stunned fans, or Yankee players sitting listlessly in the dugout. None of this stuff mattered early. As the game dragged on, they started coming around.

"If they hold on to this lead, I'll tell you how big this would be,"
McCarver said at one point. "This could very well be the biggest win in Red Sox history."

Of course, that's like saying, "If John Kerry wins the election next month, that could very well be the biggest moment of his political career." But it was better than nothing. At least they weren't bringing up the Boston baggage as much. At least I wasn't thinking about it.

When Francona lifted Lowe in the seventh for Pedro Martinez, and Pedro allowed those two rockets to Matsui and Williams ... I mean, all those old demons came roaring back. It was the ultimate test. Like a recovering alcoholic opening that hotel mini-bar and seeing those tiny liquor bottles.
Our room went silent, save for a few F-bombs and the echoes of the "Who's your Daddy?" chants. Poor Francona had unwittingly plugged Yankee Stadium back into its socket; I kept waiting for him to pull off the Paul Shaffer mask and reveal it was actually Grady Little again.

I can't even describe the things I was thinking about. Terrible, horrible things. Dark things. I just kept remembering the words of my magazine editor, Neil, who called the series "Shakespearean" yesterday afternoon.

Well, if you were Shakespeare, how could you top last year's collapse if

your ultimate goal was for an entire base of fans to kill themselves?
Wouldn't you have their team roar back from a 3-0 series deficit, then blow an 8-1 lead in the deciding game? Wouldn't that do the trick?

I have never counted down the remaining outs in a game before. Never.
Not
until last night.

12 ... 11 ... 10.

(Pedro comes in.)


There's no greater feeling than watching your team celebrate at Yankee Stadium.
9.

(Good God.) (Come on.) (Don't do this to me.) (I will hang myself.)

8 ... 7.

(Exhale.)

6.

Just when the Yanks had some momentum, Bellhorn slammed an insurance home run off Gordon. Can you have insurance homers when the score is 8-3?
Apparently so. Timlin made it through the eighth unscathed, with a major

boost from Mientkiciwzwzz's outrageous scoop on an errant Mueller throw.

(Defense, baby!)

5 ... 4 ... 3.

The top of the ninth yielded another insurance run of Gordon, who will be covered in blankets, duct-taped and thrown off one of Steinbrenner's yachts some time this winter. Now Fox was showing the obligatory reaction shots
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Yankee fans ready to start sobbing; Cashman frozen in his luxury box; A-Rod's eyes darting around the stadium, trying to figure out a way to cheat to get on base -- and that's when it felt real.

That used to be us. Not anymore.

"I almost started crying that inning," Sully said after it was over. "Is

this what it feels like to be a girl?"

Seven-run lead. Three outs to go. Timlin got the first two and gave way to Embree, who retired Sierra on a routine grounder to end the game.

(Heeeeeeeeeee-yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Let the record show that the Yanks went out with a whimper -- especially

A-Rod (the anti-Babe), Sheffield (disappeared) and Matsui (never the same after Pedro dusted him in Game 4), not to mention Brown, Vasquez and Gordon, and even Torre (not his finest series). Only Jeter seemed to care that the Yankees were getting smoked -- there was one replay earlier in the game,

after his RBI single, when he pumped his fist and shouted at his dugout,

"Come on!" He seemed desperate. The Yankees never seem desperate. Now they were headed home for the winter, headed for the No. 1 slot on ESPN50's "Biggest Chokes" show in 2029.

Meanwhile, the Red Sox were celebrating at Yankee Stadium. Have I mentioned that yet? We were doing our own celebrating at The Office, reacting like

college kids in Cancun who just found out that Lindsay Lohan was entering a wet t-shirt contest that night. Exchanging high-fives and heterosexual man-hugs, I couldn't stop glancing at the TV. It's official, right? We definitely beat them, right?

"What's wrong with you?" Sully asked.

"Honestly? I keep waiting for them to announce that there's a Game 8."


Looks like Daddy got an early start on their winter vacation. Well, there wasn't. I said my goodbyes, headed out the door and walked around Faneuil Hall and Beacon Hill for the next 45 minutes, soaking in a scene I never thought I would see. Fans wearing Sox hats and T-shirts, everyone whooping and hollering. Car horns honking. A steady rumble of distant cheers coming from every direction -- Kenmore, Copley, B.C., B.U., Charlestown, you name it. If there's a better sound in life, I haven't heard one yet. Even greater than I imagined. Looking back, I probably had that

same dumb smile walking around that Andy Dufresne gets when they're working on the roof and everyone is drinking his beer.

To recap: Greatest comeback in sports history. First trip to the World Series in 18 years. First meaningful victory over the Yankees. All at the same time.

You have to be from here to understand. You just do. It wasn't just that the Yankees always win. It was everything else that came with it -- the petty barbs, the condescending remarks, the general sense of superiority from a fan base that derives a disproportionate amount of self-esteem from the success of their baseball team. I didn't care that they kept winning as much as they were a-holes about it. Not all of them. Most of them. In 96 hours, everything was erased. Everything. It was like pressing the re-start button on a video game.

And yeah, I know. We need to win the World Series to complete the dream.
But
you can win the World Series every year. You only have one chance to destroy the Yanks. As my friend Mike (a Tigers fan) wrote me last night, "Everyone outside of Yankee brats are celebrating quietly with you guys. It's like you killed Michael Myers, Jason, Freddie Kreueger and Hannibal Lecter in one

night."

It was the choke of chokes, an unprecedented gag job. For once, finally, the Yankees have some baggage. Just like every other baseball team.

One last story: I rolled into my Dad's house at 1:30 last night, only to

find him in the living room, sound asleep, holding the TV remote in his hand like he'd been cryogenically frozen. On the television in front of him,
Fox25 was showing live footage from Kenmore Square, as thousands and thousands of Boston fans were celebrating the impossible. After I muttered "Dad!" a few times, he finally jolted awake, glanced at me, then glanced at the TV.

"I can't believe it," he mumbled. "We beat the Yankees."

And it wasn't a dream.
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Chags to ESPN for their great real conversation with Babe ruth I thought I was going to have an actor but hey it was great.
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Now finally fun with Pictures



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Back for more Chags and Zags
Chags because Paul Hamm got to keep his gold medal, but then again does anybody really care?
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One last picture, that's the blog for today leave some,
~Chag

WORLD SERIES BOUND, SOMEBODY PINCH ME I'M DREAMING.

Let's start the blog with some great pics


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WOw, this is a feeling that I can't believe, for the second time in my lifetime, first time I remember, the Sox are going to the World Series. As of press time the Sox are scheduled to either face the Cardinals or 'Stros, I haven't made it a secret that I'm a Cards fan but we need to remember that my pick at the beginning of the year was Sox vs 'Stros and I'm still going strong on that prediction. The Sox would have a much better chance of winning the world series against the Houston Astros and if it ended up being Sox vs Cards I know I'd be cheering for the Sox but I would be depressed during the whole series. Well let's do some Chags and Zags
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Chags to Red Sox head Trainer Jim Rowe, he and his staff fixed Curt Schilling and he was able to pitch very well on Tuesday. Jim, my neighbor back home, way to make Red Sox Nation PROUD. Thank you JIM.
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Zags to all members of Red Sox Nation who didn't think that the Sox could come back after being down 0-3
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Zags to myself for being a member who thought they were done
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Chags to the Red Sox for making history by not only being the first team to come back from 0-3 to force a game 7 but to win that game 7 and to advance to the World Series.
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Yankees a quick question for you, "Who's your PAPI?"
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Chags to Derek Lowe who pitched the game of his life last night, THANK YOU DEREK
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Chags to Kevin Brown for pitching like we knew you would yesturday.
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Chags to Johnny Damon. Wow 2 home runs in game 7, nice time for you to break out of your slump.
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Check back tomorrow for a full World Series Preview; leave some comments.
~Chag

We're Stayin' alive

Sing to the tune of Stayin' Alive




Well, you can tell by the way they talk the talk,
Millar's a walking man, he's a chicken hawk.
Music loud his beer is warm.
They've been kicked around back since Game 1.
And now it's all right, it's O.K.
They live to see another day.
You can try to understand
The prime times light's effect on them.

Whether they can win another
And Yankees cry for their mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.

Well now, I get Lowe but why use Mike?
And if I can't get Tito, I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on Robert's shoes
Dave's a runnin' man and he just can't lose.
You know it's all right, it's O.K.
They live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The prime times light's effect on them.

Whether they can win another
And Yankees cry for their mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.

Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Yanks goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Moose goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me, yeah.
Stayin' alive

Well, you can tell by the way Pedro will walk,
He's a Nelson man, no time to talk.
Mango trees where he'll be warm.
He's been kicked around since 2001.
And now he's all right, Pete's O.K.
He will pitch old school today.
We can try to understand
Mahow Mahow's influence on him.

Whether he can win another
Don't talk about his mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin' alive.
Sheff goin' nowhere.
Somebody help him.
Somebody help him, yeah.
Sheff goin' nowhere.
Somebody help him, yeah.
Stayin' alive
'Sui goin' nowhere.
Somebody help him.
Somebody help him, yeah.
Alex goin' nowhere.
Somebody help him, yeah.
Stayin' alive

It's sunday so it's time for a pure Chags and Zags column

It's Sunday so let's Chags and Zags it
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Chags to everybody who had the guts to tell me that I was acting like an ass during my feud with E6
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Zags to me for being an ass
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Zags to the Red Sox,this was our year and they're blowing it
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Chags to the Cardinals for continueing to win, they didn't win yesturday but they'll win today
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Zags to Yankee fans who even think that Pedro is going to be going to the Yankees next season
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Zags to the NFL for making Jake Plummer remove the decal that was on his helmet. He was honoring a hero who risked his life for us and you would think that the NFL would respect this and maybe they're afraid that everybody would put the decal on and my thought is, the problem with this is?
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Zags to MLB for moving the Expos to Washington DC. The new name for this team should be the Washington Vetos, NO, well that's what the city of DC said when asked for funding for a new stadium. They would rather spend the money on schools and a hospital so why didn't they move this team to Las Vegas. Vegas needs a team and this would have been a perfect match for Vegas right now.
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Chags to wp.com for a move they made
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And today's NFL Picks
ATL over SD
SF over NYJ
MIA over BUF
CAR over PHI
WAS over CHI
JAX over KC
CIN over CLE
GB over DET
TEN over HOU
NE over SEA
DAL over PIT
DEN over OAK
MIN over NO
STL over TB
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And my condolences to every student, teacher, or staff member in the Kirkwood school district for the loss that happened last week. And Chags for deciding to cancel that play this past weekend.
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That's the blog leave some
~Chag

Ode to E6 Part 3, Playoff standings,

First let's go with a Who Knew, sponcered by WB Mason.
Who Knew? The head trainers for three of the four remaining playoff teams graduated from Springfield College: Boston's Jim Rowe (class of '87), Houston's Dave LaBoissiere ('74), and Barry Weinberg ('73) of the Cardinals .
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So a springfield trainers World Series has to happen so the Sox have to beat the yanks
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Cardinals Playoff Preview:
Tonight on FX in everywhere across the country, except for the St. Louis and Houston market, will see Woody Williams square off against Brandon Backe.
Thursday Matt Morris will take the hill to square off against Pete Munro
Saturday is the game I'm looking forward to as Jeff Suppan will face Roger Clemens
Sunday Jason Marquis will face Roy Oswalt
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This will be a long tough hard series but I can see the 'Stros winning it and yes that would go against a lot since we know that I'm a Cardinals fan but my original pick at the start of this season was Houston vs the Red Sox.
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Red Sox Recap;
Incase you were living under a rock you'd know that the Red Sox squared off against the Evil Empire last night. The only thing that thankfully they didn't do with that starwars opening, I was expecting Darth Vader (George S.) to be looking at Luke (Pedro M.) and Say, Pedro I am your father. And that would have been horrible. But the Sox didn't look that bad, no I know you're screming right now that John they lost but listen they were held perfect for 6.1 innings, that's 19 straight batters before Mark "Mr. K" Bellhorn got a hit that sparked a rally for 5 runs. All the Sox runs came with 2 outs last night, and Mueller almost had a Deja vu and the nation would have errupted. But tonight Pedro Martinez goes up against Jon Lieber.

And for the gambler here are tonight's odds;
Boston is favored by 140 and the Cardinals are favored by a whopping 250.
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And let's have ode to E6 part 3.

I swear E6 doesn't learn, he keeps digging a bigger hole for himself. Here we go with another Ode to E6
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But you did have time to tag, thus when her blog was updated you started to take shots at me on her tag board
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I wasn't even on Anna's blog when she released her new post. I first read that on Friday.

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YES I AM!!!!! I have a birth certificate that says I was born in 1988. I'm telling the truth here; you don't even know me, so don't base my age on a brain cramp. You know, this is the only uncontested fact in the whole ordeal. If you really think I'm not 16, procure a birth certificate saying that I'm older than 16.

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No, I screwed up and it was a brain cramp brought on by excitment.

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How would you know? Where are the rock-solid facts? What you're mostly bringing up is circumstantial evidence.

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I'm not blaimng anyone. The point of "the long time between updates" remark, was not to take a shot at anybody. The point of it was to prove I had no time to go on the tagboard. And isn't it funny that you're the one that's brigning up irrelevant stuff, when you're the one that tried to tell me my arguments were irrelevant?

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Chag, I don't have a blog account, I didn't know that you enabled Anonymous posts up until now.

Shall we break down the arguments just made by E6;

I wasn't even on Anna's blog when she released her new post. I first read that on Friday.

Who cares, we know that you did it

YES I AM!!!!! I have a birth certificate that says I was born in 1988. I'm telling the truth here; you don't even know me, so don't base my age on a brain cramp. You know, this is the only uncontested fact in the whole ordeal. If you really think I'm not 16, procure a birth certificate saying that I'm older than 16.

And I have an ID that says I'm 21 what's your point. You can make those ID's and birth certificates so easily.

No, I screwed up and it was a brain cramp brought on by excitment.

Oh that's what you call it nowadays a brain cramp.

How would you know? Where are the rock-solid facts? What you're mostly bringing up is circumstantial evidence.

You're right I wouldn't know that you're actually 26 but by bringing up things that happened before you were "born" hints at it.

I'm not blaimng anyone. The point of "the long time between updates" remark, was not to take a shot at anybody. The point of it was to prove I had no time to go on the tagboard. And isn't it funny that you're the one that's brigning up irrelevant stuff, when you're the one that tried to tell me my arguments were irrelevant?

Chag, I don't have a blog account, I didn't know that you enabled Anonymous posts up until now.

Yet he doesn't take shots at anybody and here is a shot at me.
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That's why I stopped checking on her blog for a while - When I keep seeing the entry from August 28, I assumed she's busy. It wasn't meant to be a diss, my "one-and-a-half-month between updates" argument was to prove I had no time to tag.

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I didn't take that shot at you to earn the tithle of "E6", thus, I refuse to recognize that as a moniker for me.

Well isn't that too bad, you will always be known as E6 by me and a few other members of wp.com and the Baseball Party
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Not really. The only reason why I had time to respond to your blog is because some of these accusations are false. The reason why I don't have time anywhere else in the day to post on blogs, is becuase I have schoolwork to do.

And I haven't proved any points. First of all, I don't see rock-solid proof of how I can be older than 16.

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You think I'm older than 16 just becasue of that comment? First of all, I AM 16, and second of all, you're just twisting my words, and taking some of my statements out of context. Whatever happened to "benefit of the doubt"?

Well school work is less important than my blog, E6 I'm honored that you honor my blog that much. Any rock solid proof that you're older than 16, your post on wp.com that states and I quote,

Being at the 1986 World Series was so great seeing the Mets coming behind to beat the Red Sox. Seeing the ball go through Buckner's legs was the happiest day of my life

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And yet after saying I wasn't going to listen to anymore PM's and in a move that surprised NOBODY I got a PM last night,

Chaggy, look. It's obvious that we both stongly believe in our contentions, you believing that I posted an insult about you on the tag board, and me contending that I didn't do it; that it was an imposter.

- I'm 110% sure I'm innocent, but you're not buying a thing that I say.

- You believe that I did it, but I'm not going to confess to something that I did.

Nobody's going to budge. Why don't we just agree to disagree over the matter and move on? I want this over as much as you do.

Circumstantial evidence is not a sure-fire way to determine whether or not I took that shot at you on the tagbord. But you don't believe any of my testimony, either. Rather than arguing over an insult, let's just say we both agree to disagree on whether or not I took the shot, rather than airing out other things over your blog.

I wilI realize that I have taken shots at you in the past, from the incident about [MUTE] up a post, to the PM regarding the King-Size Rant. So I was wrong to say that I never took a shot at anyone. Heat of the moment, I tend to forget some of my previous actions on the board. But honestly, I don't remember taking any personal insults at you. If I did take any cheap shots at you on the board, I apologize for that.

Wow wait a second, that last paragraph he said that he took shots at me in the past then he says that he didn't. So now we're getting conflicting reports. And I'm not the only one who's not agreeing with your testimony, but I'm the judge, jury and executioner so you're guilty as charged. And now he's saying that he was wrong and that he did take shots at people in the heat of the moment, while a few days ago he said that he never would. Let's just wait a few days and then he'll come clean and say that well yeah I did that on anna's tag board and Chag I'm sorry that i didn't admit to it. And I believe that yes that [mute] post how can I forget that, since because of the bashing war we got in I GOT A STRIKE, BECAUSE OF YOU! So E6, and now he's trying to tell me how to run and operate my award winning blog, E6 just stop you've already dug a hole big enough for your ego so you can stop digging, if you keep going another inch you're going to hit the center of the earth.
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That's the blog for today, Red Sox recap tomorrow and Cardinals preview and maybe an Ode to E6 part 4? We'll have to see

~Chag

Ode to E6 Part 2, Playoff standings, Tribute to my favorite MLB player

First let's start with Playoff Standings, We've reached the Final 4 and here's a surpriseI still have a perfect bracket. Let's preview the matchups shall we
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Red Sox vs Yankees
Tonight Curt Schilling takes the Red Sox under his wing as the Sox fly into Yankee Stadium to face Mike Mussina and the New York Yankees. The same New York Yankees who profit from selling MLB approved merchandice that bashes the Sox. We wondered how the Yanks had so much money and allowing a team to sell shirt that say, Hey Red Sox who's your (Yankee Logo) Daddy is insane. But getting back to tonights game.

Game one as I've already said is Curt Schilling vs Mike Mussina
Game two is Pedro Martinez vs Jon Lieber
Game three is Bronson Arroyo against Kevin Brown
Game four is Time Wakefield vs Javier Vazquez

For tonights game Curt Schilling is favored by 140 at Yankee Stadium which is incredible. For those of you at home who do not understand this method of betting, if you were to bet on Curt and the Red Sox you'd put down $140 and when the Sox win then you'd win $100, if you were stupid and bet on Yanks you'd put down $100 and if for some miracle the Sox lost then you'd win $140.

Tonight at Yankee Stadium the Sox will beat the Yanks no question. Curt has always owned the Yankess and the Sox are going to go up one to nothing.

Cardinals vs Dodgers preview and Sox vs Yanks game two will be blogged tomorrow
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In an instant you're here and then you're gone.
As strange as it sounds being a Baseball fan In Boston my hero growing up was Ken Caminiti. Back when I was playing baseball I copied everything he did from his pregame exercises to his stance. He was my favorite player and I almost broke into tears on Monday morning when I learned of his death by watching the Midnight Sports Center. I was in absolute shock and I couldn't believe what I was seeing and I jumped out of my bed and jumped on my computer because there is no way that he just died, the scroll on the bottom of Sports Center can't be true. I believe the first words I said when I found out that yes he was gone was holy shit, you have to be kidding me. And those were the last words I could say for a while. He will be missed by all of his fans and baseball fans in general. I was just happy that I was lucky enough to meet him at an autograph signing in Boston a few summers ago, during the All Star Break. He was honored that I learned his stance and he wondered why I'd want to learn his stance out of all stances. He will be missed and I just wish for one moment that he wouldn't have taken the drugs so he could still be alive now.


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After reading my tribute if you are wondering how I could continue to do this blog, I wrote my tribue last.





Oh this is going to be good, another Ode to E6

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Okay, so I've never launched a personal insult at anyone on The Board.

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Wow, the last time you took a shot at me would have to be on Anna's tag board but before that would have to be the shot you took in a PM at me when I was talking about the WP.com board.
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But never a personal insult, though.

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How stupid do you think we are. Which sox would you be talking about, how many teams named the Sox are playing right now.
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Not that stupid. I just have a habit of specifying which Sox it is.

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First of all, I AM 16.

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HELLO you claim to be 16 now, which would have you born in 1988, 2 years after the Mets won the world series.
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So it was a brain cramp.

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E6, do us all a favor and just admit it was you and then we can start to get back to normal over on wp.com...
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When I'm bored (no offense to Anna) from reading the same entry on a blog for a month-and-a-half, I don't have the time to go on the tagboard.

And about motive, I don't have a motive either. On the tagboard, you asked why "I" would take a shot at you, b/c you didn't do anything to me. Exactly just that. Besides the King Size Rant, you haven't done anything to me; why would I take a shot at you?

Polygraph me on this whole incident; I'll certainly pass it.

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Well let's look at his arguments,

Argument A) Okay, so I've never launched a personal insult at anyone on The Board.

Really you've never launched a personal insult at anybody. Anna, Justin, Pens, Ryan, please agree that this is the funniest thing you've ever heard

Argument 2)If you get to know me in person, you'd know that I'm not mean-spirited. I'm a nice guy, but if you press the proverbial "wrong buttons", I do get ticked off.

Oh so if I press the wrong buttons you get ticked off, well I'm guessing that myself and everybody else on wp.com has pushed those buttons then. You're not mean-spirited oh mercy here we go and I wouldn't want to get to know you in person, nor would anybody else on the board.

Argument 3)But never a personal insult, though.

Really, hummm things that make you say hummm

Argument 4)Not that stupid. I just have a habit of specifying which Sox it is.

No that is stupid, what other Sox could you be talking about now that it's MLB Playoff time, the Seahawks?

Argument 5)I get tired of looking at the same entry from August. I don't stick around the blog when that's the case; I just hit the "Back" button on my browser. No time to tag.

But you did have time to tag, thus when her blog was updated you started to take shots at me on her tag board

Argument 6)Well, the imposter could just figure out who SS is, and just type my name out. It's not rocket science.

Yes since we all know what your real name is, none of us really give a damn what your name really is, from now on you'll be known as E6

Argument 7)But did any of those barbs include a perosnal insult? I don't think so.

Ah yeah a few of those threads I have no idea what a barbs is unless it's a BBQ, have been personal insults and you can ask anybody on WP.com and I'm sure you've also thrown a few personal insults at them.

Argument 8)First of all, I AM 16.

No you're not.

Argument 9)First of all, I read about all this stuff. That's why I know much about the 1986 World Series.

Yes but as your post on WP.com said,

Being at the 1986 World Series was so great seeing the Mets coming behind to beat the Red Sox. Seeing the ball go through Buckner's legs was the happiest day of my life

And how many first of all's are you going to have. This point should have been second of all and a 16 year old would know this but a 26 year old wouldn't.

Argument 10)So it was a brain cramp.

A brian cramp, yes because you screwed up and let all of us know that you are older than 16.

Argument 11)What, you want me to confess to something I didn't do?

No you did do it.

Argument 12)When I'm bored (no offense to Anna) from reading the same entry on a blog for a month-and-a-half, I don't have the time to go on the tagboard.

Well for not ever taking shots at anybody there is a slap in Anna's face. She doesn't have the benefit of being rich so godforbid she had to work and go to school and didn't have time to update her blog, is that her fault. Um NO!

Argument 13)And about motive, I don't have a motive either. On the tagboard, you asked why "I" would take a shot at you, b/c you didn't do anything to me. Exactly just that. Besides the King Size Rant, you haven't done anything to me; why would I take a shot at you?

But you have taken shots at me before E6 on the board and on both boards we are members of I've taken shots at you and you've just been waiting for revenge.

Argument 14/15)Polygraph me on this whole incident; I'll certainly pass it.

P.S: It's still SS.

I would polygraph you but as we both know polygraphs don't prove anything and you can't even use them in the court of law. And second of all it isn't SS it is E6 and you will always be known as E6 from now on.

That's the blog for today leave some here not on my PM's
~Chag

Ode to E6

Today's blog is going to be fun, so E6 beware, the proof is in your PM's

First PM

Chag, I just read Anna's blog, and I just found out that someone has been *impersonating* me on the tagboard. I don't know who, but I just wanted to let you know that that wasn't me.

I don't know what the imposter siad, but I DON'T take shots at people just to be mean-sprited. If you'd get to know me personally, you'd see that I'm a nice guy.

If you don't believe me, go ahead and check the IP addresses... You'll see that they don't match. I haven't posted a thing on the tagboard since the WPFL Draft

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Wow, the last time you took a shot at me would have to be on Anna's tag board but before that would have to be the shot you took in a PM at me when I was talking about the WP.com board. Then you've bashed me time and time again on wp.com's board and I'm sure that a lot of members there would agree. And now on to the next PM
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First of all, it's SS, NOT E6.

Second of all, the imposter could just look at the tagboard and find out what my real name is.

And plus, the imposter need to check his facts:

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Chaggy, how dare I take a shot at you. You take shots at me in your blog each time.
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I read you blog, and I would have some sense to know that the only shot you have taken at me before, was in your "King Size Rant".

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We all know you love Anna, don't argue
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I'm not into gossip. I wouldn't say stuff like that.

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But anyway Sox looked good, good luck with them.
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Sox? I would specify which Sox I would be talking about.

How stupid do you think we are. Which sox would you be talking about, how many teams named the Sox are playing right now. And a month and a half inbetween updates what the hell does that have to do with you bashing me on her board. And First of all it is E6 not SS, and if you look at the tag board the only posts by somebody named what ever the hell your name is are the ones bashing me. Which would once again disprove your evidence. The imposter needs to check his facts, SS you and me have taken shots at eachother since the day I joined. don't pretend we never have, ask anybody who was in the innercircle, when you and me were fightning both of us got blacklisted. TO say that you've never taken a shot at me is a shot at me because you're thinking I'm stupid and I don't remember things. But then again you're probably 35 so it doesn't madder. Talking about things that happened before you were born such as MTV debuting and this world series happening and the 1986 world series being the happiest moment of your life. HELLO you claim to be 16 now, which would have you born in 1988, 2 years after the Mets won the world series. E6, do us all a favor and just admit it was you and then we can start to get back to normal over on wp.com, we all know it was you, nobody would want to do that. And the only person with time and motive is you E6.


That's the blog for today, leave some
~Chag

It's sunday so it's time for a pure Chags and Zags column

Welcome back it's Sunday and we know what that means, CHAGS AND ZAGS
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Zags to somebody who will be refered to as E6 from now on for taking shots at me on another blog. If you have a problem with me do what most people do, email me. I'm not hard to find.
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Chags to both the Red Sox and Yankees for setting up yet another dream ALCS, outcome this year will be different as the Sox take it in 5 games, I'm changing my prediction, 5 games.
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Zags to the Cardinals for blowing a chance to do what the Sox did and that's to sweep
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Zags to Ricky Williams for thinking that A) the NFL will let him come back this year. B) thinking the Dolphins will forget everything he's put them through. And C) thinking another team is going to want him know after all of this bologna.
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Have I told you that my bologna has a first name?
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cheers to myself for doing the research on this and Zags goes out to Eddie Kenney, director of baseball administration for the Orioles. He used to work for the Red Sox like both his father and grandfather did but what he did will blacklist him from anything Red sox now. He was the one who put in the complaint to MLB to ban Johnny Pesky from the Sox dugout during games. What was he hurting?
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Zags to a reader who decided to use my catch phrases, Chags and Zags
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Zags to that same reader who didn't call during the Cardinals game
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Zags to the Twins who had 2 chances to win this series, Joe Nathan was overused but you can't blame the Twins manager for doing that. And ZAGS to everybody who said that this was a Grady Little. No Grady left a Starter in too long while the Twins manager said before the game mind you, that if the situation arose that he would leave him in for 3 innings, Grady had no place to leave Pedro in, Pedro was in the clubhouse before the "inning from hell"
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Well it's Sunday so let's go over my picks for this week;
NE over MIA
NO over TB
CLE over PIT
ATL over DET
DAL over NYG
MIN over HOU
IND over OAK
BUF over NYJ
JAX over SD
SF over ARZ
SEA over STL
DEN over CAR
BAL over WAS
TENN over GB
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That's the blog for today, next update is on Tuesday.
~Chag

It's Post Season time so let's get Chaggy's Picks

well I had a nice table here but since Blogger doesn't enjoy my HTML code we're going to have to do this the old way and tell you what's going to happen instead of using a table.
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The Red Sox vs the Angels. This is going to be a squash series, Schiling will win game 1, Pedro will lose game 2, Bronson will win game 3 and then Wakefield will win game 4 to give us the series 3-1
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The Yanks against the Twins. This is going to be in my mind the best ALDS series. The Yanks will win the series 3-2 and the only 2 wins the twins will get is when Santana pitches games 1 and 4, yes game 4 because that will be an elimination game.
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The Cardinals vs the Dodgers. Um this is going to be an easy pick. IF you think I'm going to pick the Dodgers then you havne't been reading my columns. The Cardinals will sweep the Dodgers.
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The 'Stros against the Braves. The 'Stros will win this series 3-1 as they will take a game at Turner field.
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Then that moves us to the ALCS and puts us in another dream match of Red Sox vs the Yankees. Schilling will start game one and he'll win. Pedro will continue his dominance by losing game 2. Bronson will come in and win game 3. Wakefield will lose game 4. Schilling will come in and win game 5 and then in a shocker they will jump over Pedro to let Bronson pitch game 6 in which Bronson will win.
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The 'Stros vs the Cardinals, which will be a great series and will go a full 7 games but I know a reader of this blog is going to shoot me as I say this and a few others will cheer but the Cardinals will lose 4 games to 3. I know about a month ago I had the SOx vs the Cardinals in the Series but my original pick was Sox vs Stros and a month ago it didn't look like the 'Stros had a chance so I changed my pick.
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The Redsox vs the 'Stros. Game one will be Pedro vs Clemens in which Clemens will win and give the 'Stros a 1-0 lead. Schiling will come in and win game 2 at Fenway to tie the series at 1-1. Bronson will pitch game 3 at Minute Maid and he will win the game to give the Sox a 2-1 advantage. Tito Franconia will make a mistake and stupidly have Pedro pitch on 3 days rest and Pedro will lose game 4 to tie the series at 2-2. Wakefield will pitch game 5 and win to give the Sox a 3-2 advantage. The Sox will have Curt Schilling on the mound in game 6 to close the series but will lose game 6 on a walk off homer from Adam Everett. This leads up to a Game 7 and my hero Bronson will pitch the game of his life to give the Sox the first World Series title since 1918.
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That's the blog for today, feel free to leave your own predictions.