Red Sox World Series Champions AGAIN
In 2004, I celebrated the win at around 5 a.m. on my own in Horsham, UK watching Channel 5’s MLB International coverage.
Here, three years on almost to the day, I found myself half a world away, upside down in New Zealand at 5 p.m., celebrating a second WS win in my lifetime. Again watching MLB International coverage from Sky and mercifully without Fox (odd, that, given the common ownership).
This time though, thankfully not alone but in the cyber-company of as disparate a group of people as you could find anywhere, the commenters at Surviving Grady.
I started reading SG early in the 2006 season, drawn there initially by Cyn and made my first tentative comments sometime later. Despite getting shouted at by Josh Blue and, I think, Dover, I survived and even got to go to the SG San Diego get together this year. (Never did get the Guinness and strippers, though).
As great a bunch of witty, profane, friendly, cantankerous, quirky, sexy, drunken, loud, supportive and imaginative reprobates as you’d find anywhere.
Thank you one and all for a genuinely memorable experience. I’ll see some of you somewhen next season and around the cyber stove through the off season.
Rollcall follows (E&OE), in no order:
Tex/ KickAssChick of F.U.Brigade
a little night musing
Nancy
Tom Miles
Josh Blue
Amy
Cyn/Red Sox Chick/Wonder Twin JD
JET
NJ Sox Fan
NNews
Rob
JD
hayes
Candaon
Beth
BB
AB
lb
Steve
Johnny Sideburns
Don Penguino and the Tapeworms
Sox on the Beach
Cindy
Alexis
Dover
Kaylee
Cousin Steve
kdb
Larry Young
Red
Denton
Boston Dee
Corky
jenny
coco-a-gogo
Brenken
DeathOpie
VaritekChick
Swedesox
Mrs MLB
Thanks again, everyone. KTMFF.
Congratulations and enjoy it.
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What an amazing year! Unbelievable!
Steve
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I found Surviving Grady just after the last World Series win. It took me quite a while to brave the comments section, but it was only earlier this baseball season that I truly felt like one of the gang. It's been such fun, hasn't it??? And to have this reward at the end of the season is just the ICING on the cake! Hope you get to visit sometime next baseball season so we can finally meet up!
All the best to Red Sox New Zealand!!! Wooohoooo!!!!!!
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John, what a year, huh? And it's been said by me already, but SG made it even better. You said it better than I could have: an ecletic group over there, but what a great bunch of people.
And the Scouser is a big part of that community: I sincerly hope that I can meet you next year, hopefully in Baltimore. Maybe you can visit your sister again!
Keep the Fair, Horsham.
Ted
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Thanks Ted, it's been a great year all round.
As I mentioned a while ago, I'll be in Woodbridge VA for Christmas and New Year and a hack down I95 is not out of the question!
Otherwise, or as well, I'm looking at a series in Boston that's followed by a series in B'more. The timing of this depends on my sister's plan to bring her daughter and Kiana (my great niece, in the photo above) out here during her summer vacation. Won't know how that looks until the schedule is published.
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John, I said it before: you are welcome at the House of Ted ANYTIME. We'd love to have you come down for a night or two, stay with us, and see the sights. In fact, it'd be an honor. And if you go to Baltimore, I'll definately be there: we need to make sure we all coordinate the schedule so as many of us that can, go.
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Ted, thanks for that great offer. I'm sure we can work something out.
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Hey! I'm so excited that I made your roll call list! :P I'm just bopping around over here checking out all your great pictures! See ya 'round SG!
~VC
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Commenting on my own blog? WHF?
Just testing. I tried to log in to write a new post and couldn't. Maybe my subscription's run out.
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