A Cornucopia of Champions

...now there's an anniversary 

worth celebrating 

- in confinement! 

***TRIPLE CROWN***

BOSTON HAS ACHIEVED A 

TRIPLE CROWN OF SORTS 

--- NO MATTER WHAT! 

*SUPER BOWL CHAMPS* 

*WORLD SERIES CHAMPS* 

AND THE BEAST OF THE EAST 

IN THE NHL PLAYOFFS!* 

Every other town in North America 

is dead envious of this - YOU KNOW IT! 

"Wait 'til next year...!!!"

* a trifle banged up, in the end -
as we all know now...
Well, Chris Wagner was not seen in a long while -
he has a broken arm! Several other Bruins played on
with a whole lot of nagging injuries bothering them...
TRUE HEROES - I tell ya! 

AND THE ONE TRUE 

CHAMPIONS!

THE City Of CHAMPIONS

--- absolutely no question about that!

... just add a couple more 

WORLD SERIES victories 

for Red Sox Nation 

- and you're up to date! 

There are MORE to COME though...!!! 

#DAMAGEDONE

A Tale Of Two Beards - 

a third one showed up, too, at Fenway: 

ol' St. Nick is a Boston fan! 

We still have no explanation for 

the strange posture "Dirty Craig" Kimbrel assumes 

before delivering his third strike pitches though... 

or this: 

but who cares about all that now: 

WE WON! 

Someone's ALDS Dream...

... is another's nightmare! 

IN A NEW YORK MINUTE! 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The greatest thing about this 

Boston Red Sox *crushing* victory 

over the New York Yankees 

- at the Evil Empire's very stronghold, 

their home, Yankee Stadium, 

where dumb kids like 

prepubescent Bob Costas 

thought they buried their players...!!! 

That it was indeed done 

in such convincing fashion 

-that pivotal Game 3; 16-1 final- 

in a Best-of-5 ALDS series 

in front of their own crowd 

who actually believed 

-for considerably more than a NY minute- 

that they were ''back'' as a contender 

- the kind of contender that BUYS all of its 

''stunning'' accomplishments...!!! 

THEY -the NY fans- DESERVED 

more than any of the scummy players 

(sell-outs, all of them; even the rookies!) 

THEY the scumbags in the stands; 

THEY deserved this crushing defeat the most! 

They wanted it, after all: 

they had chanted it...!!!

They wanted the Boston Red Sox! 

They actually wanted them!! 

THEY GOT THEM!

  

Hmm... 
You gotta work on your 
RED SOX NATION 
level of participation 
at those press events 
post-game things
though 
y'know!!! 

I didn't think that it could be done 
without PEDROIA... 
without BIG PAPI... 
without, well... our previous manager! 
But THEY DID IT! 
Bravo Alex Cora, 
Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez, 
Steve Pearce, Xander Bogaerts, 
Brock Holt, Andrew Benintendi, 
Jackie Bradley Jr, 
Ian Kinsler, Eduardo Nunez, 
Christian Vazquez, 
Rick Porcello, Matt Barnes, 
Ryan Brasier, Chris Sale, 
Nathan Eovaldi, 
Craig Kimbrel 
and the rest of the team! 

111-55 
... and still counting!

#DODAMAGE 

hey - it is working better than that beard thing! 

From World Series Champions To A July 31st Fire Sale

Really - she is that good!

The only John left in town 

will be glad you did... Ben!

(Bye Bye Lester...

Lackey...

Gomes...

And may we re-sign one of you

as a free agent 

soon!)

Generous Greg & Bratty Brad

Look at what the Boston Bruins webmaster (webmestre?) 

and social media coordinator 

has shared regarding the B's off-season 

caritas (charitable) activities...

Three things the share failed to, er, share: 

who is Pete Frates... what is ALS...

and who could it be, among the B's, 

that Gregory Campbell aka Soupy 

would have thought of, first, 

to extend this offer to...?

Pete Frates is a former Boston College 

baseball player who is actually 

plagued with the disease now.

ALS is better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

And the attempt at keeping a veil of mystery 

shrouding the identity of the player 

whom ''Soupy'' challenged was...

surely on purpose 

but everyone knew who it was,

already!

Brad Marchand - aka Marchy -

not only accepted the challenge 

(and delivered proof, too - 

click here to see the videos!) 

but passed it on to several more 

genuinely kind-hearted guys: 

teammates Torey Krug and Chris Kelly 

as well as the AHL's Andrew Bodnarchuk 

and his own brother Jeff Marchand.

ALS doesn't stand a chance 

when the Bruins 

are involved!

This just goes to show, 

once again, 

that the Boston Bruins 

are a tremendous bunch 

of genuine good guys 

- no matter what some may say!

Meanwhile, 

Gregory Campbell's lookalike, 

Graham DeLaet, 

is raising man's awareness 

of Dove for Men products 

first and foremost.

It just speaks for itself.

None of the gentlemen involved

are veritable ''doves'' however -

not even the cartoon character there...

But that's another story.

Impossible Dream Getting Even More Impossible

How sadly ironic that, not even a full year removed 

from a World Series victory, 

an occurrence such as this, normally commonplace 

in the City of Champions, 

 seems to be so rare, at Fenway, nowadays...

Alas, it's true.

And the ''Impossible Dream 2.0'' 

-the 21st Century version of the 1967 exploit- 

might actually have to wait a while 

in order to be officially re-enacted 

as the Red Sox brass 

appears to have thrown in the towel already 

on the year that was to be 

the defense of their championship...

As much as last year was a dream year, 

this year is diametrically the opposite of that...

It's getting to be so bad, now, 

(with another close loss 

relegating the defending champs 

10 games back of 1st place, 

and 7 out of a wildcard berth, 

all that with about 60 games left to go)

that new G.M. Ben 

(not a G.I. Joe type)

is already talking and acting 

in the spirit of a ''fire sale'' 

rather than in that of '76...

Say it isn't so, G.M. Ben! 

(Well, we don't really want to hear 

what he's got to say, right now...)

In the meantime, 

with most of the team still intact 

(thank God!) 

-no thanks to Ben- 

Red Sox Nation 

can still dream 

of the impossible indeed - 

to see the Sox make up 

this much ground 

and compete 

with the O's 

(of all teams - the O's?!?) 

and those damn Yanks 

for top spot 

in the East, 

come October...

In other news, since the All-Star break, 

the Red Sox -the only Real Sox- have only lost one 

of those guys that made it on the voting ballot 

- and,as we all know, 2 out of 3 ain't bad!

Especially when those are 

Big Papi and Pedroia! 

Speaking og Big Papi, 

Yaz himself stopped by Fenway recently 

and gave David Ortiz 

his second place spot 

on the all-time greatest hitters list 

in Boston history - 

right behind Ted Williams. 

High praise - high praise, indeed.

Not nearly as pleasant, 

were the returns of several of the 

teammates Big Papi used to have; 

the team that ''reversed the curse'' in 2004...

Many of them said such things as 

''the writing's on the wall'' 

(Kevin Millar) 

regarding the throwing of the towel 

for this very season...

Ironic to see Kevin Lowe, though; 

when the Celtics hope to have Kevin Love...

But that's another story!

Dream Beards

Everything old is new again - and everything that works (or, that is, at least, a time-honored tradition that works to some extent; most of the time) can be transposed onto a new setting, new environment and new sport!  Such is the case of the proverbial playoff beard...!  

What worked for the Boston Bruins (particularly well in 2011) has also been seen, in the past, put to use in the wondrous realm of Major League Baseball, too - but, now, it truly has come full circle whilst becoming the main trait of this decidedly hirsute 2013 edition of the Boston Red Sox!

And may the shavers and Gillettes of this world stay away for another while, too! 

Because this Bostonian Barbarian with Big Bats look works! 

Big Time! 

See the Sox triumph! 

Sport the Sox facial hair style! 

And, if you're an opponent, 

FEAR THE BEARD! 

There can be no doubt that it is working: already, the Boston Beards have triumphed, first of hated rivals from T-Bay (the Rays, they say? They're still the Devil Rays to me! And why not demonize thugs who hang out in Tampa, hmm?) Destroying these self-proclaimed ''new East perennial contenders'' in a short series to start October was just perfect: from the lopsided first win all the way to the last out that clinched a 3-1 series win: truly, 'twas the joy of Sox...!  (Pun intended - we're tipping our hats, here!)

And then the Sox disposed of the dreaded Detroit Tigers who, aside from having the distinction of hailing from a city in ruins, worthy of an apocalyptic Z-movie (not a B-movie, no; that would be too good for the ol' Motor City) in grand style, 4 games to 2 - with big swings from great bats: GRAND SALAMMIES as some have been heard saying (especially during those eight decades that saw other teams, with fanbases considerably less-cultured and far less eloquent, were getting it done; all during the woeful years of ''the Curse''...! But that is another story - and, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, old history, all in the past now!) 

Fittingly, the Boston Red Sox triumphed in such grand style of the Detroit Tigers just as the Detroit Red Wings have come onto Boston Bruins territory (the new Atlantic Division, duh) and Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons are challenging each other for the bottom of the standings; and best strategic position for the next NBA lottery...! (The New England Patriots and Detroit Lions have no issues with each other: for several years, now, they're at the opposite end of the NFL pecking order! No need to precise which ends those are and for whom they are - EH?)

The Bruins lost a pre-season game to the Wings in embarrassing fashion: but then came back and blanked them the very next time they faced each other in training mode.  They split up a pair of games in the regular season so far and sit atop their division, with the oddest runner-up of all in-between them, Toronto! The old Adams Division/Northeast foes are bottom-dwellers or bound to be: Montreal, Buffalo and... er... where have Hartford and Quebec gone to, again? They've gone south alright! 

Boston's clearly Detroit's superior in hockey, too (in this titanic battle between The Hub Of Hockey and this self-proclaimed Hockeytown - Ha!) as it unquestionably is in baseball, as well.  And it is doubly satisfying to behold, in the latter case, as Boston defeated a team that repeatedly bested the hated New York Yankees in recent years; for, when the Yanks tried again and again to buy another two or three championships, the Evil Empire was thwarted by none other than the Tigers - who then promptly veered back to kitty-cat form once they reached the World Series.  Still...  The Tigers roared all over the hapless Yanks! And, just now, we saw what the Red Sox accomplished once up against those very same Tigers, who boasted such a fine pitching rotation and such an impressive collection of bats, overall... Well, it was the Boston Red Sox' bats (and beards!) that roared the loudest!  And it was over in six games, one-hundred sixty-two outs - and two Grand Slams! 

Now, them St-Louis Cardinals stand in the way: they better whimper and fold as they did in 2004, because once again, as in 2004 AND 2007 too, the team of destiny is clearly the BOSTON RED SOX!

They can get it done in a myriad of ways, too... 

;-) 

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