Baked Alaskan: so they are like on poster paper, not stock card material????

btw, I was joking about cutting them up...

Vikings: No problem, just cut them up!

Jim Dandy: Yeah, whats the update with him? You guys kicked our butts!

Jim Dandy: Ive never been to Toronto yet. I have heard wonderful things about your town though, and have often thought about a trip there to see a ballgame and check things out! It is only a 2 1/2 hour drive for me to Montreal and I used to love going there for a ballgame. Great food and those french Canadian women, ohhlala! How far a drive from Montreal to Toronto, do you know?

TeamBundy: Well, if you are in Boston it is pretty easy to get into the game, if you hand around the park before game time... sometimes they release some standing room only seats, and those to me are better than some of the really expensive seats where you have to look sideways to see home plate or the view is obstructed. Then as the game goes on, if you are adventurous, you can find seats box seats where somebody left early or a no show season ticket holder. I have actually "upgraded" to seats right on the dugout or behind home plate this way before! My problem is that I live 3 1/2 hours from fenway. So i cant just go down there and hang around looking for a spare ticket etc... and if you just want to bring your family to a game, you cant really go without tickets in hand and seats all together. Parking is 50 bucks around the park, beers are 8 bucks for a 16 ouncer etc.... so it adds up quick. But if you are with a friend or two, and you can get tickets that arent together and just not use them and kinda wander around the stadium, and that can be a fun time, unless you really want to pay attention to the game. Even going to a local bar around fenway can be a really good time as well! I also have some family to visit in tampa, so I am not just going for the games, but I did plan my trip for when they were in town!

Walter Montego: Red Sox average ticket price is 36.08. Compared to tampa @ 18.41, half the price! (and Tampa went up 42% this season) Tickets at Fenway like you get, box seats behind the dugout go for 95.00! Front row green monster go for 130.00, and the most expensive seats go for 275.00! I went online to buy tickets and there are only a few games with seats available, mid week games against tampa or Detroit, no good teams, and only individual tickets, none where 2 people could sit together, and the best i could find were 45.00 for obstructed view!!!! LOL, what a hassle!

TeamBundy: Great to hear about wells!

Im heading down to tampa next week to see the Sox play 3 games.... Its cheaper to fly down there and see the Sox play than to go to fenway!!!

Jim Dandy: Wells is definitely over the hill... I dont even know why we are starting him tonight!!!

Jim Dandy: Did you see that there are 7 players on the Yankees that make more money than the whole payroll for the Marlins!!!! (Marlins payroll is 15 million)

Walter Montego: he went on the dl for 4 weeks! But we love the guy already!

TeamBundy: Coco got a 3 year extension!

Jim Dandy: You are an old man...LOL!!!!

Jim Dandy: The Jays always play us tough, i think they beat us 11 to 7 last year? They have a better team this year as well. They play us opening day at fenway, and they have a good chance to take this series!

Walter Montego: Id say the Sox are looking about as good as ever right now! This is going to be a fun season, and hopefully we will soon stop wondering about what the Yankees are doing and just be happy watching them in the rear view mirror!

On a side note.... the last time the Yankees started a season 1 and 4 (1998) they ended up winning 114 games and the world series!

Walter Montego: Anytime the Yankees lose, I am happy! The Red Sox are 3 and 1!!!!!

Did you guys hear about how the US wouldn't let Cuba play in the world baseball classic unless they were to forfeit any prize money they would earn..... so Cuba decided to try to donate any money they won for Katrina relief, but they couldn't because they had forfeited their right to any money in the first place! Politics, ain't it grand!

Floyd Krieger: I got booted for being a Nazi terrorist! LOL

Pedro Martínez: LOL.... Dont make me cry pedro!

Thanks for the opportunity.... if you want to have some fun, try putting me back in!

Floyd Krieger: I suggest you keep in mind the purpose of this board, and try to keep your comments on topic....

Note: Some friendly banter is permitted, just keep it friendly. I know you are new here, and are only playing a couple of games, I hope your intent on this site is not to cause trouble, as you will not last long in that attempt :)

Pedro Martínez: LOL....you know us Americans, we are too busy making a point to worry about such matters as the details!

TeamBundy: Sounds like fun to me, Im in, go ahaed and post a link if you want to!

I dont care how the US does, really, as long as they do better than Andres lame team :)

Congrats to the Czechs for a bronze in ice hockey!

Pedro Martínez: The AFC is by far the stronger conference this season, and the Steelers have been looking really good lately, plus they have been knocking on the door the past few seasons, and they should be ready to win it this time. The Seahawks are in the Super Bowl for the first time ever, and that usually leads to a let down, since they are probably just really happy to be there.

Having said all that, I really dont want the Steelers to win, so I will predict the Seahawks!

Bruno Jesus: Please clarify..... when you say "you people", do you mean "someone who makes online bets"? or "Americans"? or "anyone not named Bruno"? or "anyone named Chuck"?

Who exactly are the "you people" that you refer to????

Bruno Jesus: Just dont forget to payup when you lose!
You will pay his membership when you lose right? Just as long as you dont wlch on your bet.... you wont forget to pay will you????

Bruno Jesus:I know you used a :) smiley face at the end of your post, but can you explain to me what you mean by "you people always run away"? Specifically, the "you people" part? I am not very impressed by that comment...

Pedro Martínez: Isnt the US team ranked higher than Portugal?

Andre Faria: 6 month rook membership says that the US does better than Portugal in this summers world cup! perfect, since thats when my membership will run out, thanks Andre!

Socrates: Dont go out on a limb or anything like that! LOL, picking the two favorites, now theres a prediction worth hearing....

I predict that the US does better than Portugal!

What is the biggest hurdle facing the US in this world cup?

Andersp: I remember being in nevada (legal gambling) the year before my favorite NFL team won the super bowl. They were almost at 500 to 1 underdogs to win it all. I remeber thinking how stupid I wqas to not at least put down 10 bucks on them, just for the fun of having the ticket! Just that 10 bucks would have won me 5 thousand! Oh well... thats why they call it gambling I guess....

USA qualified earlier than ever before for them... that is my prediction. What odds will I get on that bet?

Vikings: I havent seen the video yet, but it sounds like the umpires got this one wrong.... Now that the "good" sox are out, have lost some interest, but I take solice in the fact that the ankees are gone as well, and I am rooting for the white sox right now.

LOL.... Around these parts we teach our 3 year olds to hate the Yankees and they all know who bucky bleeping dent is and aaron bleeping boone and roger bleeping clemens!

baddessi: Pedro?????? What about me??? LOL... I am the purest of red sox fans, since I live in new england, and have mourned over them since my early teenage days back in 1975 when they lost to the big red machine....

anyway, I am already over it since we really werent that good this season, despite being better than most. My girlfriend is actually a huge Braves fan since they went from worst to first in 1991 when she was living there. She really is a Greg Maddux fan, and still is now that he has joined the bcubs, but she still follows the braves... 14 straight years winning the division, yet only one world series win, that would almost suck more than not ever getting a try.

Anywho... good luck to you and roger bleeping clemens! Im personally gonna root for the "other" sox now :)

Ferjo: NFL... national football league. BUt it has nothing to do with Rugby, LOL!

Guess I am not going to find any help in here, but I dont follow rugby or international soccer....

Goonerg: Congrats!!!! That is quite an exciting upset! I wish I followed that sport more closely though.... anyone here interested in the NFL? (thats American football for you Europeans ;))

Is Tiger gonna win the open again?

Andersp: Yeah! That was a great tournament for him. He really held it together well, when everyone was falling apart all around him. Those Kiwis mus be partying it up today!

I was very young, but I do remember that game, and the ensuing controversy.....

Way to go pedro!

I am sad that you will probably be on another team come next year :(
Now that you have your ring, I think money will become the key issue...

Do you think anyone will be at the parade?
LOL.... I will see you all there?

Well Dan.... we do have one thing we agree on.

I have been saying "wait til next year" ever since I had a tee shirt saying the same after the 1975 world series loss. Thats almost 30 years of heartbreak, and it looked to be more of the same this season. And there are others out here who have been at it longer than I have. My grandfather was born in 1913 and was 5 years old when the Sox won their last world series, and he is estatic that he got to see another one! I just hope that the 5 year olds of today dont have to wait until they are 93 for it to happen again....

GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!

YAHOOOOOOIIEE!!!!!!!

Craven is my man! (only because he is from my neck of the woods)

Hello. I am from the North East, U.S.A. and enjoy participating in and viewing, both live and on TV, many different sports. Right now its football... I am a huge Patriots fan. I also am a Red Sox fanatic. (Yankees Suck!)