Student Newspaper 2009

June 2009

• Red Sox Central • From the minds of the Marblehead Charter School

A great day for the Red Sox and their fans By Adam

This game was the most amazing opening day game ever in the history of baseball. In Boston over just Fenway Park, it had been hailing and pouring all day, which is really strange but nobody really cared. The Sox game had already been delayed for 3 days, and they wouldn’t be delayed any longer. So they played through it.

From the Editor What do you get when you combine the Red Sox, Yankees, Pepsi, Coke, the Green Monster, pouring rain and a hamburger? Some creative work from Marblehead’s Charter School students. The articles in this newsletter are the work of fifth- and sixth-graders who composed the “student newspaper” group for the school’s enrichment-program relationship with neighbor HCPro, Inc. I gave the students a scenario involving a fictional Red Sox game, and they wrote a story playing off the following components: ➤➤ The Red Sox led the Yankees or Rays 100-2 ➤➤ It was pouring rain ➤➤ A Yankees fan painted a NY logo on the Green Monster ➤➤ A man dressed in a Coke bottle broke onto the field and was tackled by a woman in a Pepsi uniform ➤➤ Everyone ate a hamburger at the ballpark And this newsletter is the byproduct of their hard work. —Dom Nicastro Senior managing editor, HCPro, Inc.

The Red Sox really wanted to win this game. They needed revenge on the now good (for now) Rays for beating the Sox in last season’s game 7 of the ALCS, taking away their chances of a repeat (they lost to the Phillies in the World Series in what could arguably be the least watched World Series of the decade). The Sox ace Josh Beckett had a no-hitter going through 6 innings, but he also got at least a 60 minute rest between each inning because the Sox scored 13 runs in the 1st, 17 in the 2nd, 19 in the 3rd, 23 in the 4th and scored at least 5 runs in each inning. Their bats were so good that game, the Rays used up all their pitchers on their roster so they had to call up pitchers from the minors. Things got crazy during the 5th inning. A huge Sox fanatic ran onto the field dressed in a Coke can costume. It caused a 30-minute delay. Finally some random girl in a Pepsi can costume came and tackled him (even though Coke is way better than Pepsi). And as a gift to the fans since of the occasion, everyone was given a hamburger a Coke. Everyone liked that. The Sox ended up beating the Rays 100-2. Fans ran onto the field after the final pitch was thrown. They lifted Josh Beckett into the air. Everyone was awestruck. David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis combined for 13 home runs, 22 runs batted in, 3 triple baggers, 26 hits, and both hit for a cycle. This 1-2 threat is arguably the best in the major leagues, since the pair of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz (who split up after last year’s last minute 3-way trade which sent Manny to the Dodgers, some prospects from LA’s farm league, to the Pirates, Jason Bay to the Red Sox, and some prospects from the Red Sox farm league to Pittsburgh). While offensively Ortiz and Youkilis dominated, people weren’t giving enough credit to former Rookie of the Year and MVP, Dustin Pedroia, who single-handedly stopped the Rays offense. He handed the Rays at least 2 of the 3 > continued on p. 2

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outs each inning. He made amazing plays almost every time that he got the ball. Second year outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury was a stealing king that wonderful night. Jacoby stole 3 bags on the same at bat! He stole 2nd one pitch, 3rd on another, and then he stole home. He had 9 stolen bases by the end of the night. He also made a diving play in the 7th inning that robbed a would-be triple. But sadly he had to leave the game with a shoulder injury. After the game was done and everyone was gone, a die-hard Yankee fan and his “posse” spray painted the Green Monster and put a giant Yankee logo on it. He al-

so gave the Green Monster a moustache. The names of the fans are still unknown, but there was an empty spray paint bottle and a pile of burned Red Sox cards left on the field in the morning. This is under investigation by local policemen. 7 Months Later… The day of the Red Sox championship parade was beautiful. The sun was shining and everyone was excited. The Sox had won in a 4 game sweep of the Dodgers. Every one had a great day and they lived happily ever after (for the day at least).

Was it Jeter? in a Pepsi bottle tackled the Coke man. After that hap-

By Alexander

pened, the Pepsi woman cheered and Wally had to come The Boston Red Sox won the game against the New

out and stop her. The delay lasted 30 minutes. To protect their image, Coke gave the crowd free hamburgers

York Yankees 100– 2. Everyone single person on the Red Sox, pitchers not

and Coke. Josh Beckett pitched the game, stellar performance,

included hit at least a home run.

with Jonathon Papelbon closing out the

During this game, the rain

game. Every player on the Red Sox

poured down in buckets!

scored three runs.

Drenched in the rain the Yan-

After the game, one of the

kees tripped and fell, missing

Yankees players, accompanied

the baseballs! In that inning, the sixth,

by a die-hard fan, broke into

the Red Sox got seventy-five

the ballpark, armed with a base-

of their runs, leaving three

ball, a bat, and graffiti, spray-painted

men on base, with no outs;

the Green Monster with the New York

when the Umpire gave the

symbol, and left the signed baseball

New York Yankees a mercy rule.

and bat at the scene. The mystery of who the die-hard

Only Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter scored the only

fan is still unknown. Authorities think that the player

runs that game. During the seventh inning as a promotional gimmick,

in Derek Jeter because the bat said, “Derek Jeter, BOO!

the Coca-Cola Company had a man dressed in a Coke

Red Sox! Yankees Rule! Green Monster STINKS! Love,

bottle run onto the field.

Derek.”

To prove that Pepsi was tougher, a woman dressed

More information is still unknown.

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Wrecking a Boston monument into Fenway Park with a spray paint bottle and a base-

By Brad

ball bat signed by A-Rod and he spray-painted the YanIt was the bottom of the 9th, and the Red Sox were

kees logo.

winning 100-2, and the Rays were trailing by 20 miles.

The next day when the Red Sox came for their dai-

It is raining like hail and then from its fizzy goodness

ly practice, they found the Yankees logo on the Green

a guy in a Coke bottle ran onto the field hitting all of the

Monster and got really angry. So after practice they set a sign at every pole close

players he could hit. And as you know Coke and Pepsi are rivals and then

to Fenway Park. 25 days later they found who sprayed

a lady wearing a Pepsi can ran after the man and did a

painted the Green Monster. They found who did it be-

diving tackle. To protect their fame Coke gave out free

cause he left the bat, which had his full name. So he had to go to jail for five years for wrecking a

Cokes and hamburgers. Then after the game a die-hard Yankees fan snuck

Boston monument.

Why give us Coke?

The amazing game

By Greg

By John One crazy, rainy day, a guy wearing Coke ran out

The Red Sox won 100-2. They did hit the baseball and got 100 home runs!

onto the baseball field (Fenway Park) and got tackled by a girl wearing Pepsi; the game got delayed for 30

Can you believe it? They hit 100 home runs and it was pouring rain

minutes.

and it looked like nobody was there. Then the huge

Right in the mid-

Yankee fans painted the NY sign on a giant logo sign

dle of the game the

on the Green Monster and did more Yankee signs

Red Sox scored 100

on the wall.

runs, crushing the Yankees!!!! The crowd went

After that, a guy dressed in a Coke bottle and

WILD!!!!

ran through the field everyone was mad at him and then a girl thought of something -- she dressed into

Once they settled

a Pepsi girl and she was 5 years old and ran through

down they all finished

the field and tackled at the Coke bottle and the

their hamburgers. After the game ended

crowd said, “Yea yea yea yea! GO PEPSI!”

a Yankees fan was mad

The crowd was actually having hamburger and Coke. They thought, “Why do we have Coke? It is so

that the Red Sox won, he wrote a big Yankees sym-

stupid for us to have Coke? GIVE US PEPSI, GIVE US

bol all over the Green Monster’s face.

PEPSI!” The RED SOX won the game.

THATS SO DISS!!!! THIS WAS A REMARKABLE GAME!!!!!!!!!

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Funniest game I ever went to Maybe the logo was good luck. Luckily the game was

By Josh

played through rain and the Yankees logo was gone. A Yankees fan breaks in after the game and paints a big Yankees logo on the Green Monster.   The next day the Red Sox played and saw the big Yankees logo on the Green Monster also the Red Sox beat

A guy in a Coke bottle suit delayed the game by running around the field. A girl in a Pepsi bottle attacked the man and then the crowd started attacking the man too. That had to be the funniest game I ever went to.

the Rays 100-2.  

The best Red Sox game To clean it off the Green Monster then, they had to re-

By Sara

paint it took a while till it was back to normal. Last night at the Red Sox, the Red Sox won 100-2! It

One day, a while later some people got together and made an origination to get revenge on the Yankees. They

was pouring RAIN!!!! During the last quarter of the game, a random guy

decided to on Christmas to glue coal all over the Yankees

disguised in a COKE bottle ran into the MIDDLE OF THE

stadium [HA HA HA HA!!!!]. It was a sight for the Red

FIELD!!!!!!!

Sox to see.

The random guy got tackled by a woman dressed up

They laughed for days and days, it was EXTREAMLY FUNNY!!!!! That’s why the Yankees should not mess

in a PEPSI BOTTLE! The game got delayed 30 minutes. Everybody in the stadium was eating a hamburger and drinking a coke (MY FAVORITE). A few hours after the extreme game, a YANKEES FAN (EEW!!) painted a giant Yankees logo on the Green

with them. I will be on the men’s professional baseball team [OF COURSE THE RED SOX] when I am older. I will be the best on my team, off course. I write the best stories, don’t I? BBBYYYEEEE!!!

Monster!!! It was so disgusting, that it took FFOORREEVVEERR!!

The End!!!!!!

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Bay to the rescue for Sox Then the crowd was surprised and then Big Pa-

By Zahira

pi was running but was this Big Papi that hit a home The winning team Red Sox has 100 and Yankees have 2.

run? He was still running, and then the all of the

It was pouring rain outside. The Red Sox are sweating

Yankees were walking and the coach said, “Look, he didn’t a hit a home run.” But then they all looked

and crazy about winning. In the middle of the game, a man dressed in a Coke bottle delayed the game then a girl that was dressed in Pepsi as well. They were running in the field and then they were both tackling each other. It took

back and saw that the ball was running falling down in the field and all of those players were running to get it. Big Papi was still running and all of them didn’t make it to the ball. He was just amazed.

about 30 minutes. Then the

It was the sixth inning, and there was the score

crowd was yelling “win the

– 102-4. Then it was a poor thing that Manny was

fight,” and then everyone

kicked out of the team. We were

was laughing.

all sad.

Everyone in the crowd had maybe about 10 or twenty hamburgers and like about a lot of Cokes. Then there was a fat dude that

The Red Sox were pitching, and there were one out and a person on first base and another on sec-

ate more than anyone and got 30 hamburgers and 20

ond base. Mike Lowell was

Cokes.

pitching. One of the Yankee

Then, barging in, a Yankee fan went to the Green Monster and spray-painted the Green Monster and

players hit a home run. Then a weird thing happened.

put on a Yankee Logo on it. Then everybody was like,

A car drove in, and you looked

“Wow!!!!! What did he do to the Green Monster?”

inside and you saw a dead zombie

Then everybody even the Red Sox players were go-

then no one cared.

ing to hit and maybe tackle the Yankee fan. Then as you

On with the game.

could see, the Yankee players were happy. Then after the

Then it was the end of the eighth inning and the

guy was beaten up.

Red Sox had 129, and the Yankees had 129, too. Then

The Red Sox were up. Big Papi was the batter. The

the Red Sox were batting, and up next was Jason Bay.

pitcher threw the ball, then the crowd went silent, and

Then Jason Bay hit a home run, and that was the end

bid daddy hit a HOME RUN!!!

of the game.

RED SOX CENTRAL Senior Managing Editor: Dom Nicastro, HCPro, Inc. Senior Graphic Artist: Matthew Merchant, HCPro, Inc.

From the minds of the Marblehead Charter School