Backed Up Against the Wall

BILL LAMBERT

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Thursday, October 18. 2007

I may have mentioned once or twice that baseball is a funny game. If, in the ninth inning of game two, Kevin Youkilis' line drive lands a yard to the left, Boston takes the game and we're in a totally different series.

The flap around here today was the media trying to make news out of a few Manny Ramirez quotes taken out of context. Manny said, "And if we don't win, we'll be back next year."

No wonder Manny won't talk to the media for years at a time. The idea is that Manny somehow just doesn't care. Later on in the same interview, when someone asked about all the personal records he has been setting, he replied, "I'd give up all my records to win the World Series."

That doesn't sound like someone who doesn't care, to me.

Sources in Hollywood claim that director Steven Spielberg has signed Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (right) to star as Terry Francona in the blockbuster halocaust drama sequel, "Schindler's Red Sox".

The fans don't get it... if the players went around denting lockers and smashing water cooolers after every loss, how could they survive the game, mentally.

Like I said, it's a crazy game.

Despite being down 3-1, the Oracle at Blog from the Future Past still insists that Boston will go on to win the whole thing. I don't mind if they don't. I thorughly enjoyed the year and see nothing but good things ahead for the Sox.

You gotta believe.

Posted by Bill Lambert in Red Sox at 18:16 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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