Good evening. We are Red & Denton from the Red Sox blog SurvivingGrady.com. We invite you to visit SurvivingGrady.com to follow the 2008 Red Sox season, as experienced through the minds of two slightly deranged Sox fans.
We know it's easy to feel that you don't belong. You, with your out-of-style shoes and your bad hairdo and your tarnished Fred Lynn button. But you're not alone. No, you're not the only one who lives and dies on every Ortiz at bat. Who has the Remy dream each weekend. Who's building a robot Mike Timlin in the backyard shed. See, we're just like you. And that's why we created this place. So come. Spend some time. Get to know us. And feel the love.
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Who I'd like to meet: Fellow Boston Red Sox fans, beer drinkers, criminologists, taxidermists, pan flute enthusiasts, female ex-cons and Norman Fell.
Today at Noon, and everyday for 1 week only, I'd appreciate it if you could vote for me @ Maxim.com! - I'm in their Hometown Hotties contest again and need votes in order to win.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE Tom Brady will play football again. The Red Sox will recover from two narrow defeats to the Rays. But for those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001...
There was no tomorrow. No more trips to the ballpark. No more hot dogs. No more high fives with friends. No more MVP debates with foes. No more rivalries. No more pennant races. No more Sundays. No more Octobers. No more cheers. Just silence.
While the anniversary of 9/11 has come and gone, the chilling events serve as a reminder to keep everything in perspective.
Sports helped America heal from the nightmare. Though games were postponed, a championship spirit arose from the rubble, wreckage and chaos at Ground Zero. Players and teams lent a hand however they could, and once games resumed, a sense of normalcy returned. Even Red Sox and Yankees fans showed solidarity for a moment.
Sports continue to play an important role in our society. They can be a great unifier, bringing together people from all different backgrounds, tax brackets, races, creeds and religions.
We celebrate sports as a metaphor for life. But sports are not the end-all and be-all in life.
Sometimes, words like "suffer," "tragic" and "loss" get overused and misconstrued in sports. Can a team really "suffer a tragic loss" or "be dealt a crushing blow" or "fall victim" to anything?
At the end of the day, sports are just a game. There's always another chance – whether it's the next at-bat, next series or next season.
Life isn't like that. As a nation, we learned this fact seven years ago.
All we have is today. Make the most of it.
Eric Ortiz of NESN Thank you Mr Ortiz! I dont think it could have been worded any better!
what happened to you guys on facebook? i was just going to leave a comment there...
anyways, love the remy victory dance - only wish i coulda seen it here in OC. thank god they beat the angels...OC fans are getting far too arrogant for my liking...considering they're from THE FRIKKIN OC!!
