Josh Q. Public: I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. -Muhammed Ali
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! Like my main man Jesse Jackson always says: Hold your head up high. Stick out you chest. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep Hope Alive. Things are not even that dire. Dire Straits. I want my MTV! I want a championship! We’ve come through worse than this. Haven’t we? So Daisuke Matsuzaka didn’t have his best outing Monday night? So Curt Schilling didn’t on Saturday night? So Tim Wakefield didn’t last night. So everything seems to be falling Cleveland’s way. So it appears the Boston Red Sox are up against the ropes. Right up to your face and dis you. Rope-a-dope! Red Sox bombaye! Red Sox bombaye! We got Boom Boom Beckett going tomorrow night. Twenty game winner Boom Boom Beckett. Boom Boom Beckett who beat Cleveland ace C.C. Sabathia in Game one. Boom Boom Beckett who in Game One of the AL Division Series against the Halos, opened with a complete-game shutout. Opened with a complete-game shutout and struck out eight. Struck out eight and issued zero walks. Boom Boom Beckett who was in this same position four years ago. Four years ago when the Chicago Cubs stood just one win away from reaching their first World Series since 1945. Choke the goat! Four years ago, Boom Boom Beckett stepped in and led the Marlins to an improbable comeback. An implausible comeback. An inconceivable comeback. Inconceivable! You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Boom Boom Beckett knows what it means. This means war! Boom Boom Beckett took the ball in Game Five of the 2003 National League Championship Series and threw a masterful two-hit complete-game shutout to send the series back to the Windy City. Back to sweet home Chicago where Florida proved victorious. Proved victorious and rolled through the Bombers en route to their second ring. ‘Cause everybody knows, it don’t mean a thing if you don’t get that ring. Doo-wab-di-wab doo-wab-di-wab doo-wab-di-wab doo-wab-di-wah. The Boston Red Sox will prove victorious. This is a team of destiny. This is not your Daddy’s Red Sox. This is the never say die Red Sox. The never can say good-bye Red Sox. This is the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie Red Sox. That’s amore! So hold your head up high. Stick out you chest. Keep Hope Alive. Roll Sox Roll!
Public Acknowledgements: Mark Knopfler, Beastie Boys, Princess Bride and Cab Calloway
wasup,I want to belive but it's tough Theo was on waaf this morning being interveiwed by none other Lyndon Byars and got all pissy because he didn't like the things LB was saying it might be on AAF's web page try to check it out I thought it was pretty funny. and LB was right to ask why the hell Ellsbury is not stating over JD stinkin Drew or soggy #### Coco Crisp
Don't get me wrong Josh, the Sox are a great team and all but so are the Tribe. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series! Go TRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
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So everything seems to be falling Cleveland’s way. So it appears the Boston Red Sox are up against the ropes. Right up to your face and dis you. Rope-a-dope! Red Sox bombaye! Red Sox bombaye! We got Boom Boom Beckett going tomorrow night. Twenty game winner Boom Boom Beckett. Boom Boom Beckett who beat Cleveland ace C.C. Sabathia in Game one. Boom Boom Beckett who in Game One of the AL Division Series against the Halos, opened with a complete-game shutout. Opened with a complete-game shutout and struck out eight. Struck out eight and issued zero walks. Boom Boom Beckett who was in this same position four years ago. Four years ago when the Chicago Cubs stood just one win away from reaching their first World Series since 
1945. Choke the goat! Four years ago, Boom Boom Beckett stepped in and led the Marlins to an improbable comeback. An implausible comeback. An inconceivable comeback. Inconceivable! You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Boom Boom Beckett knows what it means. This means war! Boom Boom Beckett took the ball in Game Five of the 2003 National League Championship Series and threw a masterful two-hit complete-game shutout to send the series back to the Windy City. Back to sweet home Chicago where Florida proved victorious. Proved victorious and rolled through the Bombers en route to their second ring. ‘Cause everybody knows, it don’t mean a thing if you don’t get that ring. Doo-wab-di-wab doo-wab-di-wab doo-wab-di-wab doo-wab-di-wah. The Boston Red Sox will prove victorious. This is a team of destiny. This is not your Daddy’s Red Sox. This is the never say die Red Sox. The never can say good-bye Red Sox. This is the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie Red Sox. That’s amore! So hold your head up high. Stick out you chest. Keep Hope Alive. Roll Sox Roll! 
