October 21, 2004
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Red Sox Beat Yankees, Head to World Series
By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK - Boston blew away decades of defeat with four sweet swings. Believe it, New England, the Red Sox are in the World Series. And they got there with the most unbelievable comeback of all, shaming the New York Yankees, the Evil Empire to the south.
The news this morning is the fact that the "Curse of the Bambino" is close to being broken as the Sox are heading for he World Series. Even though, out here in L.A., we were bracing, a few weeks ago, for what we call a "Freeway Series" where the possibility of the Dodgers and the Angels in the World Series looked good until both teams lost early in the playoffs. I'm not a great baseball fan anymore, but when I was a kid my parents took me to a lot of Angels games. (Dad was a BROOKLYN DODGERS fan and didn't like them out in SoCal even though he lived here, and when the Angels team was created, we were instant Angels fans. We attended a lot of the early Angels games in the 60s) In high school and college (I attended USC, the University of Spoiled Children) I was a football fan, natch. And I followed USC football throughout the Todd Marinovich years in the late 80s, early 90s. We lost professional football here in L.A. when the Rams left for St.Louis and the Raiders went back to Oakland.
But I'm proud of the Sox this morning, and can't believe that after losing three straight, the YANKEES lost four straight (which MUST be a record) to lose the championships. Oh to be a Sox fan this morning. Might be a shot in the arm for the election, too, as John Kerry is a Bostonian.
The artwork above is "The Girls of Summer" which is an actual "computer drawing" of Betty Boop as a baseball player. I drew one of my Danbury Mint Collectibles, and placed her in a photo of a stadium. The clouds are from one of my own photographs. This is the composite that got my original "art folder" deleted from Webshots. I always thought that it was because the baseball stadium photo came from there originally and I didn't give credit, but I believe it was because I did state that Betty Boop is copyrighted by King Features Syndicate. If you mention the word copyright on Webshots your folder gets deleted. Anyway, there are more of my composites in the Art folder on my Webshots Gallery.
(Isn't it neat how I always lead back to a part of the AllThingsMike website.
) In other news, I did get my camera back so this weekend I'm planning to "shoot the city" and travel into Los Angeles Proper for a series. That is, if it doesn't rain. I want to act like a tourist, and get some shots of the Cathedral and the Disney Hall, amongst other new structures. Looks like it could be an interesting weekend.
Comments (47)
Hi Mike!:wave:
Thank you soooo much for your very kind words at my site. I appreciate it so much!:)
Beautiful!! That's so great how you did the Betty Boop picture, and I always love the beautiful clouds, too! Good job!!!:goodjob:
Hope you have fun this weekend taking those pictures! I'd love to see them!! I've always been too scared to ventured far from here where I live, so it would be nice to see pictures of other places.:)
Hugs!!
Shara
Hi Mike,
I appreciate your membership to my ring. Someone once called me an art snob because I just am not satisfied with some of the imitation art I see a lot on the net or in shows etc etc. So when I made the ring I kind of set out to find other people who really just got my attention. I guess in a sense that's a little egotistical of me, which I why I asked the people I invited to invite people they think has a bright mind to join as well. Although it is an art ring, I really would love to read other peoples' feelings about whatever happens to be on their minds. After all, art comes from the heart and the heart and mind, both of which are very sensitive to the world. (Atleast, I'd like to think so).
I know you're older than I am, (I'm 18) and I know this is just a xanga ring but it's a comfort sometimes to be able to log on to things like this and have a whole group of people in one place with brilliant minds regardless of age. Once again, thank you, I appreciate your membership and your thoughts.
~ Sunny :sunny:
Oh yes, also, the buddah isn't anything from me. It comes from two artists, Kozyndan, but every other peice on my site is mine unless otherwise stated. That is certainly an awesome DJ though, huh? It used to be a Jackie O-Nasis water color I did.
hmmm Mike I love all your Betty Boop collection...and the clouds are great...aaaah baseball...lol
I love it but I am not a fan of tv so I miss a lot of things
Glad you have your camera - now I expect some great photos next week. Oh, I don't know who to cheer for, I remember when Enos Slaughter scored from 1st on a single and beat the Red Soxs. I think it was the last time they faced each other in a series. Then I was pulling for the Sox, but I don't remember why.
Although I'm a devout Yankee fan...the fact that the Red Sox beat them so many times consecutively seems rather amusing....
Hey!!!! Just stopping by right quick!! Couldn't remember if I had posted a comment here or not before, but I found out I had once I got here, but I thought what the heck, I'l just post another comment anyway!
Yeah, it's hard for me to remember for sure sometimes if I've stopped by and commented. It's hard to remember things as well since I turned 31! 
Anyhoo, hope you're having fun over there this weekend!!
Hugs!!:wave:
Shara
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