From: Michael_Moran
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: Hello

Great time the gang during game 4. What a day, as we came straight from the Pats game in Foxboro. After we had to repremand a few fat forty- something year olds for making jokes and inapproriote comment, my buddy Dominic and I had the pleasure of meeting Nelson. We had a bunch of laughs and the Sox never lost another game.

<<Moe-Dom-Nelson.jpg>>

Best Regards,
Moe

Michael J. Moran

From: Michael Sheehan
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: Nelson and the Redsox parade

Hey, as an avid red sox fan, I became aware of Nelson shortly after Pedro began bringing him to some of his games. As his star has risen, he has made more appearences, and during game 4 of the ALCS against the Yankees, he was under the concourse offering photo ops with fans for $10, but unfortunatly Park security asked him to leave. One of these pictures surfaced on www.bostondirtdogs.com a while ago but I cannot find it now. After game 7, Nelson was rumored to be doing the same thing, except this time he set up shop in the Cask'n Flagon, a bar near Fenway. Nelson was also sighted during the Sox celebratory parade riding alongside Pedro on one of the Duck Boats. I have included a picture as an attachment.

Thanks and keep up the good work.
From: Jeremy Clough
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 11:14 AM
Subject: THANK YOU!

Thank you from all the Red Sox Fans here in New England!

Thank you for raising our spirits!

Sincerely,
Jeremy Clough
I had asked Kevin Schiffman (see below) if I could post his picture with Nelson and he wrote back...

From: Kevin Schiffman
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: NELSON RULES!!

HELL YEAH!!! POST IT!!

I will tell you the story now that it is over.

My buddy called me up on Saturday afternoon and asked me if I wanted to go to Game 4 and I couldn’t pass it up, I have been to so many games this year that I had to go for this one. I got to Fenway Park on Sunday after the Patriots game and it was DEAD! Yes we did lose 19-8 on Saturday vs. the Yankees, so I could understand how people felt. Now down 3 and 0 in the series I had an idea we were going to beat them tonight and people would finally wake up. So met my buddy and went to Tequila Rain, a bar on Lansdowne St next to Fenway Park for some food and drinks before the game.

During game 4 we were down and I was getting very upset, so I got up and walked around the park for a little while than ended up on the concourse behind home plate where I saw Nelson. He was taking pictures with the fans, so I went over and asked if I can take a picture with him. When I took the picture I told him that we would win this and to put your finger up representing Number 1 and he understood me and did. After the picture I went back to my seat and held the picture up and we tied the game 4-4.

Then Ortiz came up in the LAST inning and put the picture up again and he hit the game winning homerun.

So then on to Game 5, I had to go and I got tickets. I brought the picture with me to work and we scanned onto the computer and I sent it to BostonDirtDogs.com because I knew that they put up picture on the site and I was just trying to spread the luck. I ended up getting interviewed by the Boston Herald, New York Times and a couple of other stations.

Well at Game 5, some people recognized me from BDD.com which was awesome and they wanted to see the picture. I tied the picture to the string of my sweatshirt and had it out for everyone to see and touch for good luck and it worked! WE WON GAME 5!!!

For Game 6 repeated the process at home and we won. Game 7, went to Tequila Rain were it all started in Game 4 and wore the same clothes and had the picture and WON!

Well I did the same routine over and over for 4 games against St. Louis and as you can see on October 27, 2004, the Boston Red Sox became the 2004 World Series Champions and the rest is history.

THANK YOU NELSON and THANK YOU 2004 BOSTON RED SOX FOR A GREAT YEAR!

A True Fan,

Kevin Schiffman
From: Matt Stillwagon
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:41 PM
Subject: check it out
From: Kevin Schiffman
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:14 PM
Subject: NELSON RULES!!

I have a picture with me and Nelson taken at Sunday's game, I was walking around and saw him, so I asked if I can take a picture with him. After the picture was taken we tied 4-4 and then won the game, after that went to Monday's game and won again, then last night had the picture with me and WON AGAIN!! Now I will bring the picture to Fenway tonight and will be at Tequila Rain for Game 7!!!!!

Kevin Schiffman
From: Hilda Ramirez
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:48 AM
Subject: Hi!

Hey there!

First off, I think it's great that you are a fan of Nelson and have created a website in his honor.

As a Dominican-American I just wanted to clarify that the correct spelling of "mahow" is "majao", or probably more properly, "majao' ". The song that Nelson is dancing to in that video is a merengue by Benny Sadel. He had several other hits and in all of them he uses the "majao, majao" slogan in reference to the dance. Merengue artists use these "slogans" as a way of identifying themselves on their songs.

Dominicans have a tendency to not completely enunciate their words, particularly word endings. "Majao'" is the Dominican way of saying "majado" which means "mashed". We use a wooden mortar (pilon) to mash plantains for a variety of dishes. See this site for more details:
http://www.dominicancooking.com/recipes/specialoccasions/mofongo.htm

The majao, majao dance is a play on the action of mashing plantains using a pilon. The pestle is a phallic symbol which is why the reference to it, combined with the thrusty motion hip motion, results in a dance that is a sexual innuendo.

Long live Nelson! And best wishes to you.

From: Shiloh Rose Gadsby
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:29 AM

He was ON Jimmy Kimmel, wearing a Spiderman costume. A much bigger man (I think he said he was his brother, but that could be completely wrong) was translating, and also wearing a Spiderman costume. I didn't catch the whole thing but he was probably on there for at least 5 minutes. I found your website by typing in "Jimmy Kimmel, Nelson De La Rosa" into Google. It comes up with several references to him being on the show.

Shiloh

From: Judy Pokras
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: Nelson de la Rosa

I'm excited to have discovered your site (via the E! Online article.)

Years ago when I saw The Island of Dr. Moreau I was fascinated by Nelson. I once happened upon the tail end of something about him on TV as I was flipping the channels and heard a tiny bit of his voice. I've always wanted to hear and see more of this actor, but could never find anything.

I hope your efforts to reach him bear fruit, and that you can become his agent and help him to have a larger career. I'd love to see a romantic comedy feature film starring many small people like Nelson. Why not?

Thanks again,

Judy Pokras
editor/founder/designer
www.rawfoodsnews.com

Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:47 PM
Subject: MR. MAHOW
I think nelson is a wonderful person and wow what a performer. That is why i ask myself,why does Nelson associate with a bum like Pedro Martinez and the Boston Red Sox. I hate to see a person be degraded as a good luck charm for some crazy baseball player or a team that blames a curse for their piss poor baseball skills and failure.
Please tell my MAHOW GOD BLESS, and may the curse continue for the Red Sox and expecially Pedro..

sincerely.
A true NY YANKEES FAN.

From: Howell, Michael E (US - Boston)
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 9:36 AM
Subject: RE: Contact De La Rosa

I think Nelson is the man. I fell in love with him as soon as I saw
Pedro hoisting him above his champagne-drenched shoulders.

MessageFrom: Varilek, Tara M
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jay,
I am an associate producer at Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC Television.
I've seen you quoted in many of the articles that mention Nelson de la Rosa in association with The Red Sox. I also noted that you did not know how to contact Nelson in the articles from last week.
Since the articles have been published, have you been able to contact Nelson or do you have any leads on how to get in touch with him?
The producers here are very interested in having him on our show, but I'm not having any luck finding his contact information.
If you have any information or suggestions, I would be appreciative.
Thank you very much.

Regards,

Tara

____________________________________________
Tara Varilek
Associate Producer
Jimmy Kimmel Live
6834 Hollywood Blvd.
4th Floor
Hollywood, CA 90028

From: Jerry Lehane III
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: Mahow Mahow News/onward Jay,take a ride to Boston and get the chance to meet him

I also remember seeing him dance on telemundo in 1996,and he was already an established hit with a video of him and wife and kids.I was pretty amazed.That's cool how the big media tried to contact him thru you.You'll have better luck,perhaps using searches in his language,since they are who know him.Someone in his city or town could serve as a middle-man for info,and consider paying for the info.Jerry

From: Joal Ryan
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 3:28 PM
Subject: Interview request -- E! Online

Hi. I'm working on a story for E! Online
(www.eonline.com)
about Nelson de la Rosa. Found your tribute site to
Nelson, and would love to get your takes on him. What
inspired you to do the site? What do you think of his
recent "adoption" by the Boston Red Sox?

If you're up for talking, I can be contacted via this
email.

Thanks in advance.

-- Joal Ryan


From: John Bennett
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:28 PM
Subject: meeting Nelson

Hello Jay

I ran across your site because I was looking for information regarding Nelson De La Rosa, whom I had the pleasure of meeting yesterday.

I share season tickets to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Yesterday was the 2nd to last home game of the year, and I, as usual, trudged to my usual seat in Section 12, Row 11.

As I walked up the steep aisle, something caught my eye in the first seat of a row just short of mine.

I had come face to face with Nelson De La Rosa.

He was attending the game as a guest of Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez who is a friend of his. He stayed for several innings (he was accompanied by a handler who carries him around) and put on a little show - high fiving other fans when the Red Sox did something good, and putting his head inside a bag of Cracker Jack (at which point I just about lost it).

Let me tell you something - no matter how sensitive you are, nothing can prepare you for a face to face meeting with a 28 inch tall man.

Unbelievable. Suffice it to say that I had never heard of him before yesterday, although I had seen Island of Dr Moreau, but I always thought his character was a special effect...

JBennett