This is for all you Boston Red Sox fans!

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A Red Sox fan used to amuse himself by scaring every Yankee fan he saw strutting down the street in the obnoxious NY pinstripe shirt.

He would swerve his van as if to hit them, and swerve back just missing them.

One day, while driving along, he saw a priest. He thought he would do a good deed, so he pulled over and asked the priest, "Where are you going Father?"

"I'm going to give mass at St. Francis church, about 2 miles down the road," replied the priest.

"Climb in, Father! I'll give you a lift!"

The priest climbed into the rear passenger seat, and they continued down the road.

Suddenly, the driver saw a Yankee fan walking down the road, and he instinctively swerved as if to hit him. But, as usual, he swerved back into the road just in time.

Even though he was certain that he had missed the guy, he still heard a loud "THUD."

Not understanding where the noise came from, he glanced in his mirrors but still didn't see anything. He then remembered the priest, and he turned to the priest and said, "Sorry Father, I almost hit that Yankee fan."

"That's OK," replied the priest, "I got him with the door."

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Arianna Frances

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Nice!

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Chuck

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Awesome


I'd rather have a sister working the whore house than a brother who's a Yankee fan

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Better you than me
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[SpeedRacer 1]

New story re. Red Sox World Series Rings:

Red Sox ring in new year
Celebrate Series win in Fenway opener
By AP


BOSTON -- For 34 minutes, the cheers rang out in Fenway Park, from the old, from the young, from the true believers who never gave up hope and, yes, from the New York Yankees, too. It was a day like no other in New England since 1919, a sun-splashed spectacle to celebrate 2004, the triumphant year many Boston Red Sox fans thought would never come. And it happened in front of the hated Yankees, who filled the third-base dugout to watch, like a conquered nation forced to view the rituals of their victorious tormentor.

'Tears in my eyes'

Forty-seven rings were handed out yesterday before Boston beat New York 8-1 in its home opener, the prize for overcoming a 3-0 deficit against the Yankees in the AL championship series and sweeping St. Louis in the World Series. And then Johnny Pesky and an assortment of all those Red Sox who fell short joined the triumphant heroes for the walk out to centre field, where they hoisted a red, navy and white World Series banner up the flag pole for the first time since an era few survive to remember.

"I almost had tears in my eyes," said the 85-year-old Pesky, a special assignment instructor starting his 53rd season with the Red Sox. "It was a very emotional day."

In the roof seats above first base, the tears started flowing for some fans soon after the ceremony began. While members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops in white dinner jackets behind second base played Strauss' "Also sprach Zarathustra," a huge banner proclaiming "World Series 2004 Champions" dropped from the top of the Green Monster and covered nearly all of the 37-foot-high wall.

And then members of the military, two of them missing parts of legs and in wheelchairs, two limping with canes, delivered the rings to a table in front of the Boston dugout, where Red Sox ownership handed them out to players and on-field staff. When Boston manager Terry Francona walked the red carpet to get his, even the Yankees applauded.

"After 86 years, I think they deserve to win one," New York closer Mariano Rivera said.

Wearing special gold-trimmed jerseys, players picked up their prizes one at a time as the scoreboard showed video highlights of the great comeback. On the front of each ring was a diamond-covered baseball diamond. Inscribed, along with each person's name, was "Greatest Comeback in History," "8 Straight Wins" and "4-0 Sweep." There was a picture of the World Series trophy, placed inside Fenway Park.

Yankees captain Derek Jeter and many of his teammates watched from the top step of the dugout.

"I've been on the other side of a few of them. I've never watched one," said Jeter, who has four rings of his own.

Francona, back from a hospital stay last week, made a point of seeking out Yankees manager Joe Torre to thank him. Tim Wakefield, who went on to beat the Yankees, appreciated the unexpected audience for the new lords of the rings.

"They could have easily just been in the clubhouse," he said, "but they came out and showed their respect."

Even players who have moved on to other teams returned to receive their rings, including Derek Lowe and Dave Roberts. Pedro Martinez, however, did not.

Lowe remembered standing next to Jason Varitek, the Red Sox captain.

"I said, 'You're lucky. You get to play here the next four years. There really is nothing like it,"' Lowe recalled.

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