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 ev-
er 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. in each inning. Their bats were so good that game, the
From the Editor
What do you get when you combine the Red Sox, Yan-
kees, 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 need-
ed 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
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 fa-
natic 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 on-
to 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
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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. Ev-
ery one had a great day and they lived happily ever after
(for the day at least).

Was it Jeter?
By Alexander in a Pepsi bottle tackled the Coke man. After that hap-
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 pro-
York Yankees 100– 2. tect their image, Coke gave the crowd free hamburgers
Everyone single person on the Red Sox, pitchers not and Coke.
included hit at least a home run. Josh Beckett pitched the game, stellar performance,
During this game, the rain with Jonathon Papelbon closing out the
poured down in buckets! game. Every player on the Red Sox
Drenched in the rain the Yan- scored three runs.
kees tripped and fell, missing After the game, one of the
the baseballs! Yankees players, accompanied
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.
Only Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter scored the only The mystery of who the die-hard
runs that game. fan is still unknown. Authorities think that the player
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

By Brad into Fenway Park with a spray paint bottle and a base-
It was the bottom of the 9th, and the Red Sox were
winning 100-2, and the Rays were trailing by 20 miles.
It is raining like hail and then from its fizzy goodness
a guy in a Coke bottle ran onto the field hitting all of the
players he could hit.
And as you know Coke and Pepsi are rivals and then
a lady wearing a Pepsi can ran after the man and did a
diving tackle. To protect their fame Coke gave out free
Cokes and hamburgers.
Then after the game a die-hard Yankees fan snuck
ball bat signed by A-Rod and he spray-painted the Yan-
kees logo.
The next day when the Red Sox came for their dai-
ly practice, they found the Yankees logo on the Green
Monster and got really angry.
So after practice they set a sign at every pole close
to Fenway Park. 25 days later they found who sprayed
painted the Green Monster. They found who did it be-
cause he left the bat, which had his full name.
So he had to go to jail for five years for wrecking a
Boston monument.

Why give us Coke? The amazing game

By Greg By John

The Red Sox won 100-2. One crazy, rainy day, a guy wearing Coke ran out
They did hit the baseball and got 100 home runs! onto the baseball field (Fenway Park) and got tackled
Can you believe it? by a girl wearing Pepsi; the game got delayed for 30
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 Yan-
After that, a guy dressed in a Coke bottle and kees!!!! The crowd went
ran through the field everyone was mad at him and WILD!!!!
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.
crowd said, “Yea yea yea yea! GO PEPSI!” After the game ended
The crowd was actually having hamburger and a Yankees fan was mad
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!” THATS SO DISS!!!!
The RED SOX won the game. THIS WAS A REMARKABLE GAME!!!!!!!!!

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Funniest game I ever went to

By Josh Maybe the logo was good luck. Luckily the game was
played through rain and the Yankees logo was gone.
A Yankees fan breaks in after the game and paints a A guy in a Coke bottle suit delayed the game by
big Yankees logo on the Green Monster.   running around the field. A girl in a Pepsi bottle at-
The next day the Red Sox played and saw the big Yan- tacked the man and then the crowd started attacking
kees logo on the Green Monster also the Red Sox beat the man too.
the Rays 100-2.   That had to be the funniest game I ever went to.

The best Red Sox game

By Sara
Last night at the Red Sox, the Red Sox won 100-2! It
was pouring RAIN!!!!
During the last quarter of the game, a random guy
disguised in a COKE bottle ran into the MIDDLE OF THE
To clean it off the Green Monster then, they had to re-
paint it took a while till it was back to normal.
One day, a while later some people got together and
made an origination to get revenge on the Yankees. They
decided to on Christmas to glue coal all over the Yankees
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 EXTREAM-
LY FUNNY!!!!! That’s why the Yankees should not mess
in a PEPSI BOTTLE!
with them.
The game got delayed 30 minutes. Everybody in the
I will be on the men’s professional baseball team [OF
stadium was eating a hamburger and drinking a coke
COURSE THE RED SOX] when I am older. I will be the best
(MY FAVORITE).
on my team, off course. I write the best stories, don’t I?
A few hours after the extreme game, a YANKEES
FAN (EEW!!) painted a giant Yankees logo on the Green BBBYYYEEEE!!!
Monster!!!
It was so disgusting, that it took FFOORREEVVEERR!! The End!!!!!!

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Bay to the rescue for Sox
By Zahira
The winning team Red Sox has 100 and Yankees have 2.
It was pouring rain outside. The Red Sox are sweating
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
about 30 minutes. Then the
crowd was yelling “win the
fight,” and then everyone
was laughing.
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
ate more than anyone and got 30 hamburgers and 20
Cokes.
Then, barging in, a Yankee fan went to the Green
Monster and spray-painted the Green Monster and
put on a Yankee Logo on it. Then everybody was like,
“Wow!!!!! What did he do to the Green Monster?”
Then everybody even the Red Sox players were go-
ing to hit and maybe tackle the Yankee fan. Then as you
could see, the Yankee players were happy. Then after the
guy was beaten up.
The Red Sox were up. Big Papi was the batter. The
pitcher threw the ball, then the crowd went silent, and
bid daddy hit a HOME RUN!!!
From the minds of the Marblehead Charter School
Then the crowd was surprised and then Big Pa-
pi was running but was this Big Papi that hit a home
run? He was still running, and then the all of the
Yankees were walking and the coach said, “Look, he
didn’t a hit a home run.” But then they all looked
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.
It was the sixth inning, and there was the score
– 102-4. Then it was a poor thing that Manny was
kicked out of the team. We were
all sad.
The Red Sox were pitch-
ing, and there were one
out and a person on first
base and another on sec-
ond base. Mike Lowell was
pitching. One of the Yankee
players hit a home run.
Then a weird thing happened.
A car drove in, and you looked
inside and you saw a dead zombie
then no one cared.
On with the game.
Then it was the end of the eighth inning and the
Red Sox had 129, and the Yankees had 129, too. Then
the Red Sox were batting, and up next was Jason Bay.
Then Jason Bay hit a home run, and that was the end
of the game.
RED SOX CENTRAL
Senior Managing Editor: Dom Nicastro, HCPro, Inc.
Senior Graphic Artist: Matthew Merchant, HCPro, Inc.