Mo Gets His 602nd Save

[The Poet]

. . . and takes over sole possession from Trevor Hoffman for the record.



But still, he has but one RBI. Trade the piker! :r

[kelmac07]

Congrats Mariano!!! Greatest closer in MLB history.

[The Poet]

I thought I'd bounce this one back up to take note that Mo got his 625th last night against the O's down in Baltimore. In case you haven't noticed, the old man is 17 for 17 in save opportunities so far this year, with an astronomical ERA of 1.47.

"Astronomical??" Yeah . . . it's stellar. :r

[kelmac07]

He looks like he did back in the late 90s/early 00s...UNHITTABLE!!!!

[The Poet]

In case you missed it, Mo got his 650th save last night, which is a record that should stand for a little while. :D


And yeah, he still has the one career RBI too. :r

[icehog3]

Congrats to him, and to Larry and Curly for the set-ups.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa73/icehog3/stooges.jpg (http://s196.photobucket.com/user/icehog3/media/stooges.jpg.html)

[The Poet]

:r


Good 'un. :tu

[AdamJoshua]

Congrats to Fruitbat but the Red Sox still own him. :tu

[The Poet]

Congrats to Fruitbat but the Red Sox still own him. :tu

Reminds me of a few years back, when Rod Sux fans were chirping how Poopiebum was better than Mariano. :r

Boston fans know the Rod Sux, but know NOTHING about baseball. :fu2

[Bruins Fan]

We know the wankees Suck.
And have the most obnoxious fan base in all of sports.:r

[pnoon]

We know the wankees Suck.
And have the most obnoxious fan base in all of sports.:r

You've obviously never been to Philadelphia.

[Bruins Fan]

Yeah I forgot about them, at least the NYers don't Boo Santa :D

[Blueface]

Yeah I forgot about them, at least the NYers don't Boo Santa :D

Aside from that, we can gloat over this.;)

World Series Champs
2009 · 2000 · 1999 · 1998 · 1996 · 1978 · 1977 · 1962 · 1961 · 1958 · 1956 · 1953 · 1952 · 1951 · 1950 · 1949 · 1947 · 1943 · 1941 · 1939 · 1938 · 1937 · 1936 · 1932 · 1928 · 1927 · 1923

AL Pennants
2009 · 2003 · 2001 · 2000 · 1999 · 1998 · 1996 · 1981 · 1978 · 1977 · 1976 · 1964 · 1963 · 1962 · 1961 · 1960 · 1958 · 1957 · 1956 · 1955 · 1953 · 1952 · 1951 · 1950 · 1949 · 1947 · 1943 · 1942 · 1941 · 1939 · 1938 · 1937 · 1936 · 1932 · 1928 · 1927 · 1926 · 1923 · 1922 · 1921

East Division titles
2012 · 2011 · 2009 · 2006 · 2005 · 2004 · 2003 · 2002 · 2001 · 2000 · 1999 · 1998 · 1996 · 1981 · 1980 · 1978 · 1977 · 1976

Wild card berths
2010 · 2007 · 1997 · 1995

[Islayphile]

No need to gloat, they know ALL too well

:D

[Blueface]

No need to gloat, they know ALL too well

:D

I know but it's our "I know you are but what am I" response.:r

[The Poet]

Boston fans know the Rod Sux, but know NOTHING about baseball. :fu2

We know the wankees Suck.
And have the most obnoxious fan base in all of sports.:r


Thanks for proving my point, John. Case closed. :D

[Bruins Fan]

What you know about baseball you can fit on the head of a pin.

[pnoon]

Let's not make this personal, fellas.
Generic trash talk is fine but personal barbs can turn ugly fast.

[Bruins Fan]

OK with me:D

[AdamJoshua]

Koji compared to a young Mo last night, which is funny because he's actually 38yrs old. :r

34 batters retired in a row, I suppose that would be the real comparison his nasty split-finger and 88 mph fastball.

[The Poet]

Let's not make this personal, fellas.
Generic trash talk is fine but personal barbs can turn ugly fast.

OK with me:D

Peter, you are absolutely right. Still, I totally expect to receive internet crap in return for internet crap I post, and rarely if ever take it seriously . . . hence my "Sturgeon's Law" motto below. ;)

Shoot, on the internet, expecting 10% to NOT be crap is the height of optimism, if not outright lunacy. :r

[AdamJoshua]

Great ceremony for a great player at Fenway, after a long standing ovation, the Sox presented him with a painting, his number 42 that is put up on the green monster scoreboard when he pitched, the #42 seat from the original fenway seats, the pitching rubber from the visitors bullpen and a check from the owners for his foundation.

Then a ESPN video highlight and some "man on the street comments".

[kelmac07]

Very classy Boston!! :tu :tu

[AdamJoshua]

Love Papi going out to meet him and walk him over and Dustin giving him a hug. Now let's just make sure they don't need to bring him in for the game, unless it's a blow out for the Sox and they just want to give him one last time on the Fenway mound.

After living in Boston for almost 20 yrs I can honestly say that I never heard a bad word about Mo, lots of "god damn it"s etc., but one of the classiest guys to play the game and ever Boston fan, ok ever REAL Boston fan, not the stupid college kids etc., respected the hell out of him. It's not like he's Arod or Joba or any of them, sure people talk **** about them but not about Mo, and to go further while we all know Jeter was a terrible defensive player, same for him, he might be selfish, but always a classy guy on the field, Captain Intangibles as it were.

[AdamJoshua]

Nice Mo walking to the Fenway bullpen (classy move to put him in even in a loss) and the fans clapping for him and were all reaching over and he stopped to shake hands with the Red Sox faithful.

Edit: First of all, we hope a loss, secondly he's just standing there in the pen chatting with the fans, nice.

[AdamJoshua]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUQSMenIUAAWxTf.jpg:large

It was a message for the bullpen attendants.

[The Poet]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUQSMenIUAAWxTf.jpg:large

It was a message for the bullpen attendants.

Nice gesture for the bullpen guys. Now if the rats that infest Fenway don't eat it away, like they've done with the REST of the wall. :r

[AdamJoshua]

No the rats left town last night after they got swept. :)

Here's the video of the tribute, including a few seconds of the quartet playing Enter Sandman.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?c_id=bos&content_id=30661695&partnerId=as_mlb_20130916_12002204