Dan Gould Posted October 29, 2004 Report Posted October 29, 2004 Folks, First of all, thanks for all the support through this amazing run into the history books. After the ALCS was over, I decided that I needed to memorialize this remarkable triumph, and ultimately, and without a lot of knowledge of the program, I was able to create not one but two "music videos" from certain "songs of triumph" (think Freddie Mercury) and an assortment of photos from the web. Everyone who's seen them thinks they're awesome, and I would love to share them with you folks. The way I see it, the obvious and perfectly acceptable way to do this is to send me your mailing address and I will mail a burn out to you. The alternative would be if anyone is willing to host these two large files (6 MB each) so that people can simply download them. However, whoever might want to do that should bear in mind that since I didn't have any clearances for using these images/tunes, there are definite © issues involved. Please note the following system requirements before emailing your address to me: You must have Flash Player installed on your computer. Go to http://www.macromedia.com to download. The movie plays correctly in Windows XP. It definitely does NOT play correctly in ME. Other operating systems have not been tested, but XP is the one operating system I can say definitely works correctly. Otherwise, you may find that the pictures run too big on the screen and get chopped. Anyone wanting to see these two awesome video presentations, please email dangould@hotmail.com Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 29, 2004 Report Posted October 29, 2004 Dan, I think I'll pass on your offer , but congratulations nonetheless. I know how agonizing last year was for you, and I'm sure this year made up for it in a big, big way. I've harbored an affection for the Bosox since the days of Freddie Lynn (my favorite player when I was a kid) and was truly happy to see them win it if NY couldn't. Now we can all dwell on the Curse of the Barber! Quote
Jim R Posted October 29, 2004 Report Posted October 29, 2004 First of all, congrats Dan. As I said in the recent World Series poll thread, I was pulling for the Bosox, despite having been a national leaguer my whole life. It's great to see somebody get the monkey off their back! Now... my other reason for posting here (I'm on a Mac, so I guess it's no dice as far as the video)... For anybody out there who may need help deciding who to pull for next year (assuming your favorite team doesn't get to the post-season, that is): Major League Baseball franchises with the longest World Series crown droughts: Team / last World Series crown Chicago Cubs, 1908 Chicago White Sox, 1917 Cleveland Indians, 1948 San Francisco Giants, 1954 Yes, that's my club. B-) We almost did it in 1962 and in 2002, but we're still 4th on the list (or, 2nd if you only look at the national league). So, if you're not a Cubs fan, and don't have another NL team to pull for.... how 'bout a little HELP!? It would be great to see Barry pass the Babe (and maybe Hank) AND get his first ring in the same season... Quote
ghost of miles Posted October 29, 2004 Report Posted October 29, 2004 Major League Baseball franchises with the longest World Series crown droughts: Team / last World Series crown Chicago Cubs, 1908 Chicago White Sox, 1917 Cleveland Indians, 1948 San Francisco Giants, 1954 Yes, that's my club. B-) We almost did it in 1962 and in 2002, but we're still 4th on the list (or, 2nd if you only look at the national league). So, if you're not a Cubs fan, and don't have another NL team to pull for.... how 'bout a little HELP!? It would be great to see Barry pass the Babe (and maybe Hank) AND get his first ring in the same season... The Curse of the Barber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Move over, Bambino: Here's the Barber By Mark Purdy, Mercury News Columnist Everyone outside St. Louis is a Boston Red Sox fan these days, no one more than myself. One is, if the Red Sox win the World Series, we will finally be spared those endless television close-ups of angst-ridden Boston fans, who watch baseball as if they're waiting for someone to knock on their door and euthanize a pet spaniel. The second reason? That's more spectral. If the Red Sox prevail, they will eradicate their infamous "Curse of the Bambino." The hex was supposedly cast upon the franchise after it sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees before the 1920 season -- two years after the Red Sox won their fifth World Series. They haven't won since. Finally, here is the third reason, and the most exciting: If the Red Sox curse goes away, that will focus more attention on the most underrated curse in baseball. Heck, maybe in all of sports. I speak here about the San Francisco Giants and their "Curse of the Barber." It refers to pitcher Sal Maglie, who pitched for the team some 50 years ago. He was nicknamed "The Barber" because he liked to buzz fastballs beneath batter's chins, giving them a close "shave." Funny, isn't it? In terms of playoff failure, the Giants tend to fly under the radar. But they can proudly stack their postseason misery right down there with the worst of them. The Giants haven't won a World Series since 1954, when they were playing in New York. The Red Sox are among just four teams that have waited longer to win a world championship. The others are the White Sox, Cubs and Indians. The "Curse of the Barber" was something that my paranormal senses first grasped in 2001. That year, the Giants failed to make the playoffs even though Barry Bonds was having the best year of any slugger in history. But they couldn't catch the Arizona Diamondbacks. I was there for the frustrating chase. Squinting my eyes one hazy night in Houston -- all right, so a few beers were involved -- I swore that I saw a ghost hovering over the team hotel. The ghost of "The Barber." Maglie pitched for the Giants in 1946-55. He started Game 1 of the '54 World Series -- the day that Willie Mays made his immortal basket catch. The Giants went on to sweep Cleveland in four games. In that era, Maglie was as dominant as Curt Schilling or Randy Johnson is today. Maglie was a coarse, scary-looking fellow with a 5 o'clock shadow even at noontime. Maglie's temperament matched his countenance. All of which is why, when the Giants dumped Maglie in summer 1955, he surely felt disrespected and abused. During the 1954 season, he had gutted it out with a bad back. He struggled the following spring. The Giants rewarded Maglie's courage by telling him to get lost, selling him for virtual pennies to Cleveland and spreading the word that he was washed up. Far from it. A year later, Cleveland traded Maglie to the Brooklyn Dodgers -- and he complied a 13-5 record on a pennant-winning team. The Giants went 67-87 and finished sixth. You can't argue with facts. Ever since they dissed Maglie, the Giants have worn zero world championship rings. How did Maglie cast his spell? He died in 1982, so we can't ask him. But there is one intriguing element in Maglie's biography. In 1946, he earned a temporary suspension from Major League Baseball by illegally jumping to the Mexican League for a bigger paycheck. Did he learn some strange magic or sorcery south of the border? That's my theory. And I'm sticking to it -- even if the three other franchises that stand between the Giants and the No. 1 curse ranking have their own attractive horrors. The White Sox, for example, are still dealing with the bad mojo created when gamblers induced the team to purposely lose the 1919 World Series. The Cubs have their "Billy Goat Curse," spawned in 1945 when a tavern owner was turned away when he tried to bring his pet goat to a World Series game at Wrigley Field. He promised the team would never again win a World Series. The Indians? They have allegedly been doomed since 1960 when they traded outfielder Rocky Colavito, who was Cleveland's most popular player ever. Impressive whammies, all of them. But since that night in Houston, I have been convinced the Giants will one day rest atop the Curse Rankings. How do I know? The Barber told me so. Quote
Jim R Posted October 30, 2004 Report Posted October 30, 2004 I dunno... it could actually be MY fault- I was born in '56, two years before the Giants moved to SF. The more I think about it, though, maybe we should all pull for Chicago. I mean, between the Cubs and the White Sox, that's like 183 years since that city had a baseball championship! Quote
.:.impossible Posted October 30, 2004 Report Posted October 30, 2004 These last few years living in NE has made me a Sox fan for life. This team was so much fun to watch and I'm happy for them, and for all of the NE natives that hung in there all these years. When the players say that the Red Sox fans are the best in the world, they really aren't blowing smoke. It is intense up here. My family has been a Cubs fan since I was a little kid, and I married into a family of Cubs fans, so I'm stuck to them as well. Can't hurt to have an AL and an NL team right? I mean, they rarely play each other, right? Still waiting for that magic match-up... BTW, I called it in 4 on the World Series poll! Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 30, 2004 Author Report Posted October 30, 2004 These last few years living in NE has made me a Sox fan for life. This team was so much fun to watch and I'm happy for them, and for all of the NE natives that hung in there all these years. When the players say that the Red Sox fans are the best in the world, they really aren't blowing smoke. It is intense up here. My family has been a Cubs fan since I was a little kid, and I married into a family of Cubs fans, so I'm stuck to them as well. Can't hurt to have an AL and an NL team right? I mean, they rarely play each other, right? Still waiting for that magic match-up... BTW, I called it in 4 on the World Series poll! I myself am a Cub fan by birth ... adopted the Sox in '75, hooked forever in '78. Meanwhile, my brothers became Yankee fans, leading to life-long animosities (and monumental stickball or wiffleball games in the backyard: when we played, we were the Yanks and Sox, and we each assumed the batting stances of every player in the lineup (I loved going up on my front toe and bending forward for Yaz, and that Jim Rice bat waving Before Game 4, my Dad told me he's pulling for us, but he's afraid he'll jinx us, having pulled for losers for so long. Now we just have to bring a title to Wrigley. They have the core of pitching, they just need a closer and some more bats. But I have faith! And Impossible, if you didn't hear, the Sox visit Wrigley June 10-12th next year! Quote
.:.impossible Posted October 30, 2004 Report Posted October 30, 2004 Yeah man! I'm going to have to buy a plane ticket for that one! Maybe Organissimo will be playing somewhere in Chicago that week as well! Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 31, 2004 Author Report Posted October 31, 2004 UP! I have fixed the operating system issues and can now offer burns of these two movies in both Quicktime format and as Flash movies. No reason why they shouldn't run on any PC, so I hope I can get a few people interested. Blues for Bartok, where are you? Quote
Man with the Golden Arm Posted November 1, 2004 Report Posted November 1, 2004 Dan, those sound sweet. Can't go wrong with the great stuff to work with. Never one for "sports talk" I did become an avid listener of WEEI up here from the Angels Series thru this past weekend's events. One orchestration came during the pre-game of ALCS#4 against the Yanks. They played the entirety of Springsteen's "Darkness On the Edge of Town" behind Castiglione's calls of all the Sox mishaps and Yankee triumphs from the first three games. I was chuckling at the brilliance of that call feeling just how out of reach what came to be was at the time. You can check out a great deal of audio from WEEI at MLB.com. Not sure how swipable those files are but they provide some nice moments from the hometown chops. BTW I picked up an extra Globe if you need one. Congrats to all !!! ...and that memory of wiffle ball emulation runs across the yards. I recall the "heel up" with Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson at the plate or the half dozen windmills when Stargell was in the box. And thank god for the Sox that the din of Velcro will be heard in New England neighborhoods "nomar"! Quote
MartyJazz Posted November 6, 2004 Report Posted November 6, 2004 (edited) Folks, First of all, thanks for all the support through this amazing run into the history books. After the ALCS was over, I decided that I needed to memorialize this remarkable triumph, and ultimately, and without a lot of knowledge of the program, I was able to create not one but two "music videos" from certain "songs of triumph" (think Freddie Mercury) and an assortment of photos from the web. Everyone who's seen them thinks they're awesome, and I would love to share them with you folks. Residing also in Palm Beach county, one town north of Dan's, I got to visit him this weekend and I saw the two music videos he created memorializing the Red Sox triumph. They are truly awesome and of network quality, meaning that they could be shown on any of the major networks and they would elicit positive responses, most especially from Red Sox fans and sympathizers. Take Dan up on his offer, by all means. And this is coming from a Yankee fan! Edited November 6, 2004 by MartyJazz Quote
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