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Rally-licious

So yesterday was RALLY MONDAY in Boston, and several Sox players turned out at the RALLY at City Hall Plaza to fire the crowd up. I call it RALLY MONDAY because it was an MLB-mandated event in certain of the cities of the playoff teams (we had one here in Chicago, they also had them in Cleveland, Philadelphia and, surprisingly, Denver- even though the Rocks had not yet clinched their playoff spot), and they called it RALLY MONDAY every place, so RALLY MONDAY it shall be.

Lameness of the MLB edicts aside, it looks like there was a bunch of fun to be had. Mike Timlin, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kyle Snyder, Javier Lopez and Clay Buchholz all were spiffed out in their finest button downs for the occasions (OK, Kyle is in a polo, but still), and of course Cinco Ocho made an appearance and did a little dance- clothed and sans Bud Light headwear unfortunately.

Victoria Welch (of The Bostonist) was on hand for the festivities and took some lovely photos which she has so kindly allowed me to post here -- so I've got a whole bunch of photos PLUS video of Javier, Clay, Jacoby, Mike & Jonathan fulfilling their PR duties and speaking to the crowd. (You can also read what Victoria wrote about her day.)

First up: Cinco Ocho riles up the "party people" of Boston, and promises that if the Sox win the World Series, he'll "dance all night long". I cannot imagine how he will improve on the AL East celebrations and the jig and dance show.

video courtesy of WBZTV

Rest of the video and photos after the jump...

And now here's video of Javier (who was proposed to by someone in the crowd, and he politely declined citing the fact that he's already married), Clay (stickbug!), Jacoby (nice handling on the question about all the little girls who have crushes on him) and Mike (lay off the old jokes, man). Seriously- did they coordinate their button-downs beforehand?

video courtesy of WBZTV

Here are some great photos, used with permission by Victoria Welch:

And some other assorted photos, courtesy of the AP, Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

Comments (9)

[ Amy ] says:
on October 2, 2007 7:04 AM

Dang. Javy, Clay and Jacoby clean up pretty good, don't they. Although poor Kyle Snyder, it's sort of like "one of these things is not like the other" :)
And I don't think my heart can take anymore of Paps dancing. I'm still trying to recover from the jig.

[ Kristin L. ] says:
on October 2, 2007 11:23 AM

I gotta say, even though I'm not really allowed to as a Yankee fan, I kinda have a thing for Mike Timlin. Yum. (And I'm sending the black and white of Jacoby to my mom, who is all about him.)

[ save the steagles ] says:
on October 2, 2007 11:29 AM

Who is that tall glass of milk in the pink button down with the sun glasses? Apparently I should have been paying attention to non-Pap members of the Red Sox roster.

[ beth ] says:
on October 2, 2007 1:26 PM

where's josh?

wow, in that last pic clay buchholz actually looks like he wouldn't disappear if he turned sideways. that's a rare shot!

[ Texas Gal ] says:
on October 2, 2007 2:03 PM

Josh (and most of the other veterans) were no-shows. I think this was one of those "pawn the PR event off on the rookies and the relievers" things. But, of course, Papelbon had to show up.

Clay has also caught the dreaded "Choking Collection of Necklaces" disease from Beckett.

Steagles- that is Javier Lopez, lefty reliever extraordinaire.

And Kristin- I'm right there with you. You are not alone.

[ Kristin L. ] says:
on October 2, 2007 3:48 PM

Once this summer Tim and I were at a game at Fenway and we just happened to be milling around Yawkey Way as Timlin was leaving with his daughter in tow. (So adorable!) I just stood there in awe - he just looked like a real, relaxed surfer dude. And the fact that his entrance music is Black Betty always gets me going.

[ mouse ] says:
on October 2, 2007 3:53 PM

Beckett was at Fenway--saw it on the Globe webpage. Monday was also an optional workout day, and he and several players (including Manny, Varitek and Lugo) were there. I don't think any players went to both. Francona did, though.

There's always a disconnect for me seeing players out of uniform. It's not a bad thing...they just look so different by comparison that it throws me off.

[ Liza ] says:
on October 2, 2007 4:32 PM

GUHHHHHH. Sorry, let me go collect my jaw. It fell on the ground. The wonderfulness of Pap, Buch, and Jacoby all in the same place at the same time cracking jokes just made me lose about 100 brain cells right there.

But really, our boys do clean up nicely, don't they? [collective AWWW at how grown-up those little rookies look when they're not standing next to Big Papi, Beckett, etc]

[ Jai/MoonstarMA ] says:
on October 2, 2007 4:49 PM

Javy - drool, drool, drool. Jacoby - yummy, yummy, yummy. I've been crushing on these two for the last half of the season.
Clay - adorable, but he's got some aging and filling in to do. Mike - love him, but scares the living daylights out of me (in a good way).
Good lord, these guys should only wear uniforms, because when they are out like this - all spiffy and cleaned up - they are going to cause traffic jams!

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