They Said What?!

Question: How does this team rank among all the teams you've played for?
Curt Schilling's Answer: "So vastly different that there is no comparison."
(Check out everything Curt had to say in an e-mail Q&A the week of the World Series.)

According to Tim McCarver:
* Pedro Martinez is wily as a wolverine
* a walk is as good as a home run
* Tim Wakefield is 40 years old ... and his name is actually Bill Winfield
* Brandon Arroyo was set to face Pedro Martinez

Classic McCarver Exchange:
* Game Seven: Sideline reporter tells us how the last pro team to come back from 0-3 to win in Game 7 was the New York Islanders in 1975, with the game-winner scored by Eddie Westfall, who just so happened to be a former Bruin. Not 10 seconds later, McCarver tells us, And Eddie Westfall played not only for the New York Islanders but also for the Boston Bruins. NO WAY, TIM!

From the Sports Guy (Liam, you're right, this really sums it up!): "You have to be from here to understand. You just do. It wasn't just that the Yankees always win. It was everything else that came with it -- the petty barbs, the condescending remarks, the general sense of superiority from a fan base that derives a disproportionate amount of self-esteem from the success of their baseball team. I didn't care that they kept winning as much as they were a-holes about it. Not all of them. Most of them. In 96 hours, everything was erased. Everything. It was like pressing the re-start button on a video game."

All-Time Classic Quote from Chad:
Game Seven, as the Yankees are starting to mount a comeback, Jeter is fired up on first base, yelling to try to wake his teammates up. McCarver says, "I've never before seen that look on Derek Jeter's face." Chad yells, "That's because you're too busy sucking his dick!"

Manny's Where?!
From friend on airplane in Boston headed to NY at 2:30pm on Wednesday, hours before Game 6: "So I am on my way to ny for the game (not the reason for my email) andguess who is on the plane??? F'n manny. Apparently somebody does not needto be with his team on the team plane or bus when they are on the verge ofelimination. Oh, and by the way we are taking off an hour and 20 min late.That gets us to ny at 5pm and manny to the bronx at 6 at best. bad omen..."

Other Quotes - From the Team:
* "Kiss my ass, we're World Series Champions!" -- Kevin Millar to WEEI guys who have no life
* "I don't believe in curse. I think you make your own destination." -- Manny Ramirez
* "If we use our brains, we're only hurting the team." -- Johnny Damon
* "The reason we are here is to win, not to dream about winning." -- Terry Francona, Red Sox Manager

Other Quotes - From the Fans:
* "About an hour and a half after the game [Four of the World Series], everyone is still there, hanging out and cheering for the players. It starts to rain at midnight, and I'm standing next to this dad who's with his 4 year old son. The guy says to the kid, "Do you see that falling? What is that?" The kid looked up and said "Rain." The dad said, "Nope. It's the tears of dead Yankees." -- from Chiller
* "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't rooting for them after my rage over the ALCS died down. Rooting for history, yes, but also in some ways rooting for the Sox. See what you reduced me to. Anyway, congratulations!" -- Tom Madigan, loyal Skankees fan, after the RED SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES
* "It's the happiest day of my life,'' the 29-year-old Quincy resident shouted. ‘‘They can lose another 86 years, as long as I got to see it in my lifetime.' -- my cousin John, quoted in the Patriot Ledger
* "i'm still having trouble discussing this rationally... but,congratulations to the idiots, the cowboys and the terminally cursed.here's to ted williams (and his head), johnny pesky, bobby doerr, DOM dimaggio and yaz. salud to jimmy rice, dewey, richie gedman, spike owen, eddie romero, tony armas, freddie lynn, the ORIGINAL pudge and the Babe. because i know you're smiling right now.clemens and boggs, you can both suck it, because you'll never know what it feels like to win on a team. it makes me happy to remember that, according to dante, mercenaries have a special spot reserved for them in hell. i hope those rings you got from the Empire still fit when your hand's on fire.and nomah, i hope you can see what this feels like some day. i really do.i hope billy buckner can sleep now. i know i can.the world looks different now thanks to papi, millAH, schill, d-low, bellhorn, me-you-ler, unfrozen caveman damon, pedro, tek, mientkdkwlblvich, pokey, gabe, manny (2 hits, and i don't mean with a bat), bronson "brandon" arroyo, gabe kapeler (welcome back!), foulke, timlin, embree, wakefield, serial killer michael meyers, john henry and theo, the boy wonder GM.for all you guys who might not be part of the Nation, or any of you who have scratched your head at this message, "if you have to ask, you'll never know..."it started out with "ding dong the wicked witch is dead," now it's "we must keeps our precious." REPEAT IN 2005?! -- e-mail from Nick after Game 4 of the WS
* "Wow. The Sox are American League champs, haven't been able to say that in a while. How great would be it be to call them 2004 World Series champions? Four more wins and we'll be able to do that. Four more wins and we'll have seen them win it all in our lifetimes. And we won't have to wait until we're old and gray (OK, some of us are a little gray already, including yours truly)! So when they do win it all this year, let's meet up at the parade. You know I'll be there, I hope you all will, too :) We'll have some beers and celebrate the greatest sports achievement in Boston sports history in pretty much forever." -- e-mail from Liam after Game 7 of the ALCS
* Story: Warped Satellites Prove Einstein Theory -Scientists: Einstein was right -- again. Satellites that have been pulled slightly off their orbits show that the Earth is indeed twisting the fabric of space-time as it rotates, scientists said on Thursday. Andrew's response: "Twist space and time - that's one way to get the Sox to the world series"
* "My brother, a Yankee fan, asked me how Red Sox fans would handle a World Series victory. Here is my responseto him: We will clutch a World Series victory like the survivors of the whaling vessel Essexclutched the human bones of their shipmates when a rescue ship pulled up next to their lifeboat.They were at sea for many months, and their only sustenance was the marrow of their shipmate'sbones. The shipmates died of starvation in the lifeboats. They were delirious, and they thoughtthe rescue boat was going to take their little pile of bones. As they were pulled onto the shipthey would not let go of the bones. These are Red Sox fans, who will clutch a World Seriesvictory to their chests and not let go for, perhaps, another 86 years. We do not expect instantgratification. A victory will age in the wine cellar for many years, and as we reminisce, itwill grow into something even better. We will occasionally turn the bottle over, and astimeplays tricks, it will become more remarkable and legends will be born about 2004." -- Jonathan Hall
* "just when i think i'm out, they pull me back in!!!!no question, no kidding, i CANNOT handle another extra inning marathon.i'm on my second liver, my hair's falling out, whatever hair's left isgray, and all i've ingested is coffee and beer in the past threenights. and it's all been intravenous - i'm mainlining with an IV tube.if i had heroin i'd be an insta-junkie. all because of the sox.oh, by the way: GO SOX." -- e-mail from Nick after Game 5 of the ALCS
* E-mail from Rachel: "My friend Mary wore a Yankees hats to Stadium in Southie on Saturday night. I thought I was going to have to get in knife fight before the evening was out." My response: "You should have been getting in a knife fight -- with Mary!"

Other Quotes - Rob Corddry from the Daily Show:
* After the WS Win:
Rob Corddry: "And on a more serious note, people always said there would be peace in the Middle East before the Sox win a World Series. And i just have to say, 'They were wrong!' Yeah, this place is a disaster! Man and it's only getting worse! In your face, Middle East! (Bringing his palm in front of his face.) Let's go, Red Sox! (Clap, clap, clap-clap-clap.) Whooooo!"

* After Game 7 of the ALCS:
Jon Stewart: "And I wish you well, um, Rob, the Red Sox (were) down 3-0 against their archrivals, the Yankees. A historic comeback to win the series. I mean, (in a Boston accent) 'Come on , Corddry! What's the mood like up there right now?"
Rob Corddry: "The mood, Jon. I'd say the mood here is hopeful. Cautiously optimistic. People here feel the Sox have the Yankees more or less where they want 'em. But only time will tell, Jon."
Stewart: "They have the Yankees where they want 'em? Rob, it's over. The Red Sox beat the Yankees. ...
Corddry (interrupting): "Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, Jon, Jon, Jon, you're gonna jinx it, man. You're gonna jinx it! Something could still happen. Umm, there could be a forfeit. Or the pennant could go through Buckner's legs, I don't know. Derek Jeter could fly counterclockwise around the Earth really, really fast until it's the night before like Superman did. It's the Yankees, Jon. They're always pulling s--- like that."