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Happy Halloween everybody!!

Since the Boston Red Sox are the reigning World Series Champions and they’re very well represented by their own pumpkin carving fanbase - they get their own post. 

Red Sox 3rd Baseman (and World Series MVP) Mike Lowell. This is really impressive work.  This will make him want to stay in Boston.

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Happy halloween everybody!! 

Pumpkin carving is a combination of sport and art form at my house.

So let’s take a stroll around the front doorsteps of baseball fans around America and check out some artwork dedicated to their favorite teams and players …

Baseball Pumpkins!!  Baseball Jack O’Lanterns!!

The MLB logo is looking pretty sharp in this guy’s kitchen.

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The best player in baseball has decided to opt out of his contract and test the free agent waters, despite the threat of Yankee dollars not being available to him if he did exercise that opt out (boy is it nice to see someone put the Yankees in their place - it brings a smile to my face). 

That announcement came during Game 4 of the World Series, much to the Chagrin of MLB and Red Sox Nation. 

The response to the timing of the announcement has been terse and directed mainly at Uber-agent, Scott Boras, also known as Darth Vader in the baseball world.

Look at the reaction of Bob DuPuy, MLB COO:

“We were very disappointed that Scott Boras would try to upstage our premier baseball event of the season with his announcement”

Boo-Frickin-Hoo, Bob. 

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The champagne probably hasn’t been cleaned out of the visitors’ clubhouse at Coors Field after the Red Sox champagnedalized it last night. 

Jonathan Papelbon hasn’t done his enthusiastic riverdance down the streets of Boston during the victory parade.  No championship rings have been distributed.  They haven’t raised their 2007 World Championship banner.  Boston’s collective hangover hasn’t even begun to wear off.

But that won’t stop me from making a prediction for 2008. 

The Red Sox will repeat as World Series Champions.  You heard it here first. 

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So it’s been about a week since the Cleveland Indians blew a three-one series lead in the American League Championship Series and lost in seven games to the Boston Red Sox.

And now, to make matters that much more heartbreaking - the Red Sox are up three games to none over the Rockies in the World Series.

That seems to be all the time it took for the Indians’ embattled mascot, smilin’ Chief Wahoo to move from the stage of denial and compose himself … and grant a quick interview.

However, Wahoo doesn’t seem to be quite over the most recent chapter in Cleveland sports heartbreak. The Chief has some interesting words about the Red Sox’ rise to glory and then directs some leftover vitriol at dancin’ Jonathan Papelbon.

But the changing emotions on Chief Wahoo’s face are the best part.

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Everybody loves it when big fat guys take off their shirts and dance at baseball games. Remember the big Oriole Fan who was ridin’ dirty a few months ago?

But Colorado Rockies fans (and their ticket brokers) need to learn an important lesson of having a successful sports team. Sometimes you have to act like you’ve been there before.

The following video is proof that the Rockies had never been to a World Series. The Yankees or Cardinals wouldn’t do this …

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Hey Boston Red Sox fans … in case you missed Jimmy Kimmel’s show the other night.

There was a Public Service announcement - just for Red Sox Fans.

Please take the time to watch this.

Update: Red Sox Monster seems to have found this simultaneously.

So last night, Joe Buck talked about how it was a great time to be a Masshole — I mean Boston Sports Fan. 

What with the undefeated New England Patriots, the #2 ranked Boston College Eagles, the Boston Celtics’ new Dream Team, and of course … the White Sox in the World Series..

Wait a minute - what was that last one?  White Sox?  Let’s go to the video tape.

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So Taco Bell  is running that Steal a Base, Steal a Taco promotion - wherein if there’s a stolen base in the World Series … everyone in America gets a free taco.

In the following video, FOX decided to see if the Red Sox’ Coco Crisp could explain it to his teammate, Royce Clayton.

This might be the most shameless plug in the history of the World Series.  But at least you could get a free Taco out of it.

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