thanks, everybody

for winning the anti-climactic World Series.

Right now, I'm just glad I have a new job because I just can't hear it from this Patriots/Sox former co-worker.

Gordon Gecko sez "Greed is Good!"

Just kidding.

We'll get 'em next year!

Bud Selig? ("I'd like to present this award to myself!") Derek Jeter? (If so, great call.) Ellsbury? Beckett? Lowell? Josh Fogg? (He really helped the Red Sox win it.)

One thing the Red Sox did well that isn't all about Ortiz & Manny is that they really knew how to "get 'em over, get 'em in" when they had opportunities - they really don't throw many fish back.

Final thought for the night: The Rockies, when they weren't winning 21 of 22 by magically playing over their heads and out of their minds? A .500 team. Fun ride, though. Till this week. :-(

And bad Klown. Very, very bad klown!

He got four outs in Game 2 of a one-run game (picking off a runner that he allowed on)

He got four outs last night, coming in with a 9-5 lead (and two men on). He recorded the last three outs with a 10-5 lead.

Tonight he got five outs to protect a one-run lead.

Yeah he did his job, in sometimes choppy waters, but can't really say he was Most Valuable.

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I caught on at the end of the year here and enjoyed it. Made an otherwise A's-less and drama-free playoffs somewhat bearable.

I'll leave with this stat: the Series has become a bore. Only one game over the minimum since 2004. Three sweeps in four years is unprecedented in Fall Classic history. Not feeling classic these days.

Though, if I were one to try to find fault...

It's Coors Field.
They left a lefty in against him.

It was bound to happen.

Thanks for a great year. I was bummed Elsbury didn't get the mvp. He's impressive. I'm psyched for next year and (hold your breath) a full season on Rich Harden. Go A's!

Far better than any other sports blog/discussion forum I've found. It was a fun season. Well, it was fun discussing the season, at any rate.

The series was definitely a letdown. The Rocktober machine had so much magic built into it and...the 9 days of rest killed it. Or Beckett killed it. Or something. Either way, Colorado didn't look like they showed up. Hopefully next year the Fall Classic goes longer than the minimum.

And here's to the 2008 Oakland A's!

Best team in baseball from wire to wire.  Don't like em, but well deserved and they have a lot more good guys than they have had.  Ellsbury and Pedroia and Paps are fun to watch and Lowell is just a true class act.  They earned it, I tip the cap with BBG and will greatly anticipate the Paps/Beckett dance at the parade.  

but really, if any team from the regular season deserved it it was the Red Sox. I guess it's good to see the team who played well all year have luck with the crap shoot too. Now I'm just hoping it'll be a team I actually like! :)

I'm sad the Rockies had to lose it in 4, their post season run was really fun to watch and I think they deserved better than that... but oh well. It happens. Hopefully next years WS will be more fun to watch.

Thanks for the year, AN. I had a great time :)

for people who don't like Boston sports teams.

1. Red Sox win the world series

2. Patriots on most dominant run anyone can remember and probably win the Super Bowl

3. Boston College goes to BCS Championship if they win out (not hard given their puffcake schedule) and since the #2 team has won the vast majority of the championships, they might win

Thank god the Celtics will still suck despite bringing in the AARP All-Stars.

to only sell tickets for the WS home games online resulted in "Red Sux Nation" groupies from all over the country buying up lots and lots of tickets. This mobile "fan" base has been showing up at Sux games all over the country, not just in Oakland.

This was reported last night on ESPN radio last night, so I don't have a link.

And why are so many comments sounding like AN is going to be shut down for the offseason?  ;)

What a crappy WS.

It did produce one very weird stat: I doubt there's ever been another World Series sweep where the losersl had more homeruns than the winners.

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from The Onion's take on the Red Sox trying to win a second Series.  (It's a few days old, but I dont remember seeing it in the DLD.)

Thanks to everyone for a great postseason and welcome to the first day of the offseason!  I'll be here every day, and hope you will be too.

I stopped paying attention when the regular season ended, so I missed the whole playoffs.

I'm very glad to hear about Kielty.  He's a class act.  He deserves to have a big moment.

The rockies didn't have the 9 day layoff, or whatever it was, before playing in the series.  They were on fire and got iced big time.  Think about it, the Red Sox were on the brink of elimination and then went on a tear just like in 04.  The Sox might have been the better team but i think momentum played a huge part.  That and the Rockies ineffective pitching.

Baseball was over for me on Sun, Sept 30 in our win over the Angels.