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Jason Varitek speaks at the Statehouse in Boston Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

oh please

So now people hate us like we have always hated the Yankees?
This comes to us from Seattle:

It is Halloween and These Things Scare Me:

It's not America, it's Red Sox Nation. Is it too late to call our old, tyrannical friends at the British Empire and ask back in? For many of us cannot understand how one night we all went to sleep in the United States and the next day we awakened in Red Sox Nation.

Like a bad flu, Red Sox fans are everywhere and spreading.

I would rather be stuck in a grain elevator with Kid Rock and Tommy Lee than in a sports bar with Stephen King and Doris Kearns Goodwin.

I don't even go to the supermarket anymore for fear of being accosted near frozen foods by a Red Sox fan. And I live in Los Angeles.

When they whined about The Curse of the Bambino, Red Sox fans were self-pitying but somewhat lovable. These days, they are just cocky and obnoxious....

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Dice-K first swing as a RED SOX batter

Dice K The RBI Machine!

BECKKKKKKKKKETT!

I executed just enough pitches today to survive, that's a good lineup over there. You can tell how hungry they are."

--Josh Beckett after game 1 of the world series. He was clearly talking about something other than the game he just pitched.

I hope my teammates are happy, that's who I'm really here to please. If they're happy, I'm happy." --Beckett 10/24/2007

PITCHING LINE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Josh Beckett (W,4-0)	7	6	1	1	1	9	0	1.20

NOT BECKETT
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jeff Francis (L,2-1)	4	10	6	6	3	3	1	4.86
Franklin Morales	0.2	6	7	7	1	0	0	12.91
Ryan Speier	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00
Matt Herges	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
Jeremy Affeldt	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.70
LaTroy Hawkins	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Scoreboard
Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado (0-1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Boston (1-0) «	3	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	x	13	17	0

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett leaves after nine strike outs in seven innings.
Game 1 of the baseball World Series Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, at Fenway Park in Boston vs Colorado Rockies.