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Dave's PA Rental
10-28-2006, 06:03 PM
I am putting this here because it's not an attention whore thread and I only really want the serious sports fans to see this...

During the 2004 playoffs, someone at the Red Sox message board that I frequent (sonsofsamhorn.net) started a thread called 'Win It For'...

Basically it was a thread where each post started with 'Win It For...' and people talked about relatives and conveyed stories about how much the Red Sox finally winning the WS would mean to generations of New England families...

Anyway, the thread became a phenomenon because of the outpouring of pure emotion and sentiment by the people posting, and was featured on national news segments, the New York Times, national sports cable channels and the like...

So after the WS, the thread got made into a book...http://www.amazon.com/Win-Championship-Means-Generations/dp/159670084X/sr=8-1/qid=1162072706/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8388796-9518542?ie=UTF8&s=books

Not every post from the original thread was included, but mine was.

That was cool enough in itself.

I just found out that the Baseball Hall Of Fame is going to include a bound copy of the original thread into its perminant collection.

http://abner.baseballhalloffame.org/search/aSons+of+Sam+Horn./asons+of+sam+horn/-5,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=asons+of+sam+horn&2,,3

I am speechless. After the week I have had (and am still having) this news is brightening my day.

Call me an attention whore if you want, but I think that I am friendly enough with many of you here that you would want to know.

Bob_R
10-28-2006, 06:51 PM
Cool. :cool:

POJO_Risin
10-28-2006, 07:11 PM
Dude...I don't see that as an attention whore at all...

What WOULD be an attention whore...would be if I got in for some reason...

lmfao...

I more than likely would change the name of the Forum to...

"THE POJO RISIN HALL OF FAME FORUMS"

Dave's PA Rental
10-28-2006, 07:31 PM
Im trying to upload a picture of the page in the book where my post is...I cant seem to do it for some reason...

anyway, here is a link to the original thread from 2004

http://p086.ezboard.com/fsonsofsamhornsoshboneyard.showMessage?topicID=83. topic

DlocRoth
10-28-2006, 08:30 PM
Dude, that's some cool shit.

Fairwrning
10-28-2006, 10:00 PM
Very cool ..... congrats

Dave's PA Rental
10-28-2006, 10:13 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/browncorduroy99/winitfor.jpg

ALinChainz
10-28-2006, 10:26 PM
Damn straight thats cool PA.

Don't matter what anyone thinks or says.

DlocRoth
10-29-2006, 09:57 AM
PA....first ballot inductee.....

Atta kid!

POJO_Risin
10-29-2006, 11:43 AM
That is extremely cool rental...I'm already trying to figure out a way to join you...

Unfortunately, the Tribe will suck forever...so I may be out of luck...

;)