Holy shit.
 

Now if Arafat and Castro kick it on or before 12/31/04, I would say that 2004 will go down as quite a remarkable year.

Another link in the Bilmore family tree?
 

I love that movie.

Another link in the Bilmore family tree?
 

Now we know whose sock NYD was. Glad you put her back in the drawer. She was annoying.

Holy shit.
 

3

Pigs can fly and hell is frozen over.

Someone pinch me.

rant
 

You'd have rather heard "so I hear you're getting divorced" in a sing-song voice from the perky alumni solicitor?

It must be alumni phone solicitation week all over. At least my school uses current students, who are more inclined to be achingly sincere rather than perky.

Holy shit.
 

No offense or anything, but in 1975, the Big Red Machine actually showed up.

Is Fanueil Hall on fire yet?

Holy shit.
 

1967 Cardinals -- best NL record of the 1960s
1975 Reds -- best NL record of the 1970s
1986 Mets -- best NL record of the 1980s
2004 Cardinals -- best NL record of the millenium

The Cardinals showed up, and got beat by better hitting and better pitching.

Holy shit.
 

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

Give a moment or two to the angry young man,
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight.
I once believed in causes too,
I had my pointless point of view,
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.

And there's always a place for the angry young man,
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
But his honor is pure and his courage as well,
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.

(synthesizer solo)

There's a place in the world for the angry young man
With his working class ties and his radical plans
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
He's always at home with his back to the wall.
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on the cross-
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.

Holy shit.
 

Congratulations
It's been a long time coming
Victory is sweet

TM

Holy shit.
 

You have to be fucking kidding me. I'm not going to argue that Boston wasn't the better team, but if you think the Cards showed up, you're nuts. They were absolutely pathetic.

TM

Holy shit.
 

They also got beat by the worst defensive team to ever win a World Series. Nevertheless, congrats.

Holy shit.
 

More to the point:

• The Cardinals' 105 wins were the most for a National League team since (ta-da) the 1986 Mets (108). And the '86 Mets were the NL's winningest team since (who else?) the 1975 Reds (108).

(source)

But, yeah, the Cardinals didn't show up for four straight games. Just like the Yankees didn't after winning 19-8.

Holy shit.
 

That team was disbanded on July 31.

Holy shit.
 

Poor Nomar. He's just another ballplayer now.

Holy shit.
 

Although he does get a full WS share. Interesting to see if they give him a ring in April.

Maybe he'll resign with the cubs and help try to end their drought.