{"id":201,"date":"2004-10-28T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2004-10-28T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2004\/10\/28\/joy-in-mudsville-senate\/"},"modified":"2004-10-28T14:15:33","modified_gmt":"2004-10-28T18:15:33","slug":"joy-in-mudsville-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/anderkoo\/2004\/10\/joy-in-mudsville-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy in Mudsville Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

I guess the Massachusetts Senate can’t help but be giddy about it. They passed the
\nfollowing resolution this morning by Sen. Jarrett Barrios<\/a> (never a man to pass up a photo
\nop):\n<\/p>\n

\n

WHEREAS<\/span>,
\nON OCTOBER 27, 2004, THE BOSTON RED SOX, AGAINST ALL ODDS, WON THE WORLD SERIES
\nAFTER A RECORD-BREAKING 4 WINS IN A ROW AGAINST THEIR ARCH RIVALS, THE NEW YORK
\nYANKEES, FOLLOWED BY A 4-GAME SWEEP OF THE SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, WINNING THE WORLD SERIES IS A
\nCULMINATION OF A HEROIC, ON-THE-FIELD PRODUCTION BY THE HOMETOWN HEROES’ SUPERB
\nPITCHING STAFF, EXPLOSIVE OFFENSIVE LINEUP AND IMPENETRABLE DEFENSE;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, THE BOSTON RED SOX HAVE BEEN
\nLABELLED “AMERICA’S TEAM” BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSERVERANCE AND SPIRIT
\nIN THE FACE OF SEEMING INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS AND HAVE WON THE RESPECT AND
\nADMIRATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS WITH THEIR DRAMATIC COME-FROM-BEHIND
\nVICTORY AGAINST THE NEW YORK YANKEES TO CLINCH THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, THE 2004 BOSTON RED SOX TEAM WILL
\nALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR THE GAME-WINNING THEATRICS OF STARTING PITCHERS CURT
\nSCHILLING, PEDRO MARTINEZ, DEREK LOWE, BRONSON ARROYO AND TIM WAKEFIELD, WHOSE
\nOUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES PARALLELED THE RELIEF EFFORTS OF ALAN EMBREE, CURTIS
\nLESKANIC, MIKE MYERS, MIKE TIMLIN AND KEITH FOULKE WHO TOOK A “ZERO”
\nERA INTO THE WORLD SERIES IN HIS POST SEASON EFFORTS;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, CATCHER JASON VARITEK WAS SOLID
\nIN HIS BEHIND-THE-PLATE PERFORMANCE THAT KEPT BOSTON’S WINNING STREAK ALIVE AND
\nDOUG MIRABELLI WAS SUPERB IN HIS ABILITY TO CATCH THE ZANY AND NEARLY
\nUNHITTABLE KNUCKLE BALL OF PITCHER TIM WAKEFIELD;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, DAVID ORTIZ, MANNY RAMIREZ, MARK
\nBELLHORN, JOHNNY DAMON, JASON VARITEK AND BILL MUELLER PROVIDED GAME-WINNING
\nHOME RUNS BY THE SOX’S POWERFUL OFFENSE WHICH WAS NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY THE BATS
\nOF TROT NIXON, ORLANDO CABRERA, KEVIN MILLAR, POKEY REESE, GABE KAPLER, DAVE
\nROBERTS AND DOUG MIENTIKIEWICZ;<\/p>\n

AND
\nWHEREAS, THE OFFENSIVE TEAM BECAME A DEFENSIVE NIGHTMARE FOR THE OPPONENTS,
\nEVIDENCED BY A WORLD SERIES PERFORMANCE IN WHICH THE BOSTON RED SOX WERE AHEAD FOR 34
\nOF THE 36 INNINGS THEY PLAYED AGAINST THE SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS, THE REMAINING
\n2 INNINGS OF WHICH THEY WERE TIED;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, THE 2004 BOSTON RED SOX TEAM, LED BY THE
\nSKILLED AND DEVOTED MANAGER TERRY FRANCONA, HAVE BROUGHT DESERVING PRAISE UPON
\nTHEMSELVES, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH;<\/p>\n

AND WHEREAS, AFTER 86 YEARS, NEXT YEAR IS
\nFINALLY HERE AND THE BOSTON RED SOX TEAM HAS BROUGHT
\nTHE ELUSIVE WORLD SERIES TROPHY HOME;<\/p>\n

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, <\/span>THAT THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE JOINS WITH THE NATION
\nIN SALUTING THE MEMBERS OF THE 2004 BOSTON RED SOX TEAM, ITS MANAGERS
\nAND OWNERS, ON WINNING THE 2004 WORLD SERIES;<\/p>\n

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT A COPY OF
\nTHESE RESOLUTIONS BE TRANSMITTED FORTHWITH BY THE CLERK OF THE SENATE TO THE BOSTON RED SOX ORGANIZATION.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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