Saturday, October 04, 2008
Attention Florida Sox Fans
Should we make the ALCS, and should it be against Tampa, I assume you'll all be there, easily outnumbering the Devils fans. But if you want to get a head start on tickets and you lost their ALCS lottery:
"If inventory remains for any of the Championship Series games that may be played at Tropicana Field, they will be made available to the general public on raysbaseball.com on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 9 a.m. ET."
"If inventory remains for any of the Championship Series games that may be played at Tropicana Field, they will be made available to the general public on raysbaseball.com on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 9 a.m. ET."
I HEART BEING A SOX FAN!!!!
What was better, taking it to that piece of self-involved crap K-Rod, and his whining, complaining, Jeter-esque teammates---or shoving it in the faces of the announcers, Caray and Martinez, who took it upon themselves to root with everything they had, unapologetically, for the Angels?
Answer: It's all good, as they used to say in the mid-90s.
Oh my lord! I don't even know where to start with this game. I mean, holy crap. Youk with that crazy catch, and amazing play on the bunt, both in the ninth. Drew, becoming a "true Yankee" for the second straight post-season...Pap shuttin' 'em down. And, again, Caray screaming like a little kid with every ball the Angels made contact with. Oh! That's gone! Oh, wait, it's a fucking popup. Those guys can to to hell for putting on such a pathetic, completely unprofessional performance.
Oh, but hey, the Angels got the "extra base hit monkey" off their backs. Fine. Enjoy that.
I will be at game three!!! I dot dot dot can dot dot dot not dot dot dot wait exclamation point.
And FUCK that Yankee fan they kept showing in the crowd. All you got left is going to the freakin' Angels game and roting against us while your team is home. Hahahahaha! Ass Wipe! I love it!
[Contest board here. Tie for the top spot.]
Answer: It's all good, as they used to say in the mid-90s.
Oh my lord! I don't even know where to start with this game. I mean, holy crap. Youk with that crazy catch, and amazing play on the bunt, both in the ninth. Drew, becoming a "true Yankee" for the second straight post-season...Pap shuttin' 'em down. And, again, Caray screaming like a little kid with every ball the Angels made contact with. Oh! That's gone! Oh, wait, it's a fucking popup. Those guys can to to hell for putting on such a pathetic, completely unprofessional performance.
Oh, but hey, the Angels got the "extra base hit monkey" off their backs. Fine. Enjoy that.
I will be at game three!!! I dot dot dot can dot dot dot not dot dot dot wait exclamation point.
And FUCK that Yankee fan they kept showing in the crowd. All you got left is going to the freakin' Angels game and roting against us while your team is home. Hahahahaha! Ass Wipe! I love it!
[Contest board here. Tie for the top spot.]
Friday, October 03, 2008
On
Game 2 tonight. Let's win so I can see the clinching game live on Sunday!
In the contest, two people have 2 runs each, the rest have zero. It's anybody's game.
In the contest, two people have 2 runs each, the rest have zero. It's anybody's game.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Elephant In Room
A dong in each game so far for Manny. I'm so totally happy for him. I love the thought of all the racists complaining with each great play Manny makes. The thing I hate about the anti-Manny side is how they've convinced themselves they're right by acting like WE'RE the "crazy" ones. I'm still convinced the fans of Manny--the 35,000 who were honored to watch him and showed their love every night at Fenway, as opposed to the whiny, old, button-down, jealous, racist, macho radio and newspaper shit-heads who hated Manny all along--will always keep a place in their hearts for Manny, and cheer him whenever they see him.
I get mad with every mention of Manny by those 'holes. In response to whoever it was yesterday who said in the usual condescending way, "Manny's having fun now? He didn't have fun here in eight years," I again give you my photographic tribute to Manny. You tell me if he was having fun or not.
I'm still just so confused. They say Manny doesn't try (lie), is declining (lie), doesn't care about winning (lie), that we couldn't win with him (huge, very easily disproven lie) and is a clubhouse cancer--if they mean the type of cancer that yields joy, happiness, and the championships we waited our whole lives for, then sign me up for that cancer. I'll pull a Paul Newman and refuse treatment.
So...just because I like when Manny does well (and Nomar and Lowe), doesn't mean I'm rooting against the Cubs. I want the Cubs to win. But if those guys on the Dodgers move on, that's fine, too. It's the NL, so in the end, I really just don't care. Gonna be tough for the Cubbies now, though, down two-zip.
And just because I'm still pissed about the Manny thing, doesn't mean I'm not totally confident in my team.
I wondered what the 2008 playoffs "thing" would be, and I think I've got it. Wednesday night, we finished dinner, and I reminded Kim of the cookie mix we had, since I wanted some tasty junk food for the game. She suggested I make them. Interesting. Me "bakin' stuff." Hmm. Well, I gave it a shot, and those pigs came out great. First time I ever baked anything on my own. (I'm an expert at licking the bowl, but I'd never done the whole process by myself.) There are still some left. Meaning for the initial bulk of games, I will have been downing these chocolate fudge chip cookies. Now I'm thinkin' I'll make more when those are gone. So it looks like the official 2008 playoffs thing will be: cookies. But you never know. We could get a pet elephant tomorrow, then "the thing" will surely be "those early days with Stampy, training him, tucking him in and watching him sleep lovingly, etc." You just don't know how these things are gonna turn out. Wait, maybe this is why the anti-Manny people think I'm crazy....
I get mad with every mention of Manny by those 'holes. In response to whoever it was yesterday who said in the usual condescending way, "Manny's having fun now? He didn't have fun here in eight years," I again give you my photographic tribute to Manny. You tell me if he was having fun or not.
I'm still just so confused. They say Manny doesn't try (lie), is declining (lie), doesn't care about winning (lie), that we couldn't win with him (huge, very easily disproven lie) and is a clubhouse cancer--if they mean the type of cancer that yields joy, happiness, and the championships we waited our whole lives for, then sign me up for that cancer. I'll pull a Paul Newman and refuse treatment.
So...just because I like when Manny does well (and Nomar and Lowe), doesn't mean I'm rooting against the Cubs. I want the Cubs to win. But if those guys on the Dodgers move on, that's fine, too. It's the NL, so in the end, I really just don't care. Gonna be tough for the Cubbies now, though, down two-zip.
And just because I'm still pissed about the Manny thing, doesn't mean I'm not totally confident in my team.
I wondered what the 2008 playoffs "thing" would be, and I think I've got it. Wednesday night, we finished dinner, and I reminded Kim of the cookie mix we had, since I wanted some tasty junk food for the game. She suggested I make them. Interesting. Me "bakin' stuff." Hmm. Well, I gave it a shot, and those pigs came out great. First time I ever baked anything on my own. (I'm an expert at licking the bowl, but I'd never done the whole process by myself.) There are still some left. Meaning for the initial bulk of games, I will have been downing these chocolate fudge chip cookies. Now I'm thinkin' I'll make more when those are gone. So it looks like the official 2008 playoffs thing will be: cookies. But you never know. We could get a pet elephant tomorrow, then "the thing" will surely be "those early days with Stampy, training him, tucking him in and watching him sleep lovingly, etc." You just don't know how these things are gonna turn out. Wait, maybe this is why the anti-Manny people think I'm crazy....
Dirty Thirty
Did it ever occur to you that at any given time, there has to be at least one Major League Baseball team that hasn't won the World Series in at least thirty years?
(Of course, some of the thirty teams haven't been around thirty years, but it's essentially true. You get the point.)
(Of course, some of the thirty teams haven't been around thirty years, but it's essentially true. You get the point.)
Rocky Mountain High
Nice review of our book in the Denver paper, the Rocky Mountain News. "Grade: A." I haven't gotten an A since 5th grade!
Those Who Forget The Past
...are destined Torii-peat it:
It's frustrating for everybody, but we have to get it out of our system and come out with the right attitude for Game 2 on Friday. You've got to have amnesia in this game.
It's frustrating for everybody, but we have to get it out of our system and come out with the right attitude for Game 2 on Friday. You've got to have amnesia in this game.
Relief

Jon Lester is a deity among regulation human hurlers. Oh my him. Seriously.
I'm never afraid of "Peter Brady" Lackey, but he was good tonight. Until the Bay at bat--he'd K'd him twice on those outside breaking balls. Then in his third AB, Brady gives him one right over the heart. Bay takes it. Brady gets away with it...but stupidly throws it again. And Bay swung. Boom, we lead, 2-1.
How key was that Youk play where he threw out Vlad by 30 feet? Lowell running to tag Vlad before he got to third was like American Gladiators: Senior Division.
Masterson was great. Pap was great. And it's one game to none. Us.
Interestingly, Peter Brady doesn't look much like Peter Brady anymore with that slight beard and short hair. But it was funny how he was replaced by "cousin" Oliver.
So that's 10 straight vs. the Angels in the postseason, and yet another 8-game win streak in the postseason, as we had in '04.
We will all sleep well tonight. And as a bonus, the next night, as game two isn't until Friday. Yeaaaaaaahhhh!
*pic of Wicked Lester by me, 9/28/08
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
ALDS Contest Board (Through Game 4) (Which Means It's Over)
Inning # / Person / Runs
1 / Jeff / 4
2 / pweezil / 3
3 / Elisabeth / 0
4 / Dan / 1
5 / JCal76 / 3
6 / Rooster / 2
7 / laureen / 0
8 / Kara / 0
9 / SoxyLady / 5 (winner!)
Fill in that 3rd spot, somebody. Rules here.
Update: 3rd inning taken. Sweet. All nine are filled. Good luck everybody. Totals will appear in this post as we go along.
1 / Jeff / 4
2 / pweezil / 3
3 / Elisabeth / 0
4 / Dan / 1
5 / JCal76 / 3
6 / Rooster / 2
7 / laureen / 0
8 / Kara / 0
9 / SoxyLady / 5 (winner!)
Fill in that 3rd spot, somebody. Rules here.
Update: 3rd inning taken. Sweet. All nine are filled. Good luck everybody. Totals will appear in this post as we go along.
Let's Do That Thing! (Contest)
Pick the inning you think the Red Sox will score the most runs in for the entire ALDS. Winner gets a signed copy of my book, Dirty Water. I will open up comments to the first nine people. The person who picks the ninth inning gets any runs scored in extra innings.
Also include number of hits for your inning as a tiebreaker, in case two or more innings tie for the most amount of runs.
So, your entry should look something like this:
"5th inning. 5 hits."
Remember to check the other comments first to see which innings are taken. You have to pick one that hasn't been picked yet. Good luck. Deadline is up until first pitch tonight, or when we get the ninth contestant, whichever comes first.
Also include number of hits for your inning as a tiebreaker, in case two or more innings tie for the most amount of runs.
So, your entry should look something like this:
"5th inning. 5 hits."
Remember to check the other comments first to see which innings are taken. You have to pick one that hasn't been picked yet. Good luck. Deadline is up until first pitch tonight, or when we get the ninth contestant, whichever comes first.
9/28/08, Pesky Day, Part 4: Game Two






































Good night, Kevin Cash. I stayed by the Yankee dugout, thinking they might give crap away since their season was done. They did, but nothing came near me. Jobber started tossing balls from right in front of me, but they all went over my head.
So that was Pesky day. All the sports radio station were playing football games on my home, so I didn't hear that Beckett wouldn't be starting game one until I got home. I really hope what they say is true, that he can pitch game three. If he does, we've still got Lester and Dice, who both had great or great-in-a-dicey-way seasons. If they're on, we don't lose. And the Angels--people say past playoff matchups don't matter. If you say that, don't you also have to say it doesn't matter that Beckett has been amazing in the playoffs? I say both things matter. Not the '86 ALCS, but the '07 ALDS is relevant. It's a lot of the same guys. Peter Brady still doesn't scare me. Playoffs start tonight, he said, as the calendar fittingly struck October. Woohooooooooo! What will the "playoff routine" be this year? One year it was constant chips and salsa. Last year it was watching The Shining before and after games and on off-nights. Now that we have HBO, I think it'll be some movie that's always on. The three Bad News Bears movies and the three Back to the Future movies are early candidates. Then again, maybe when the month changes, new movies play over and over. We'll see.
Part 3.
Part 2.
Part 1.
Seinfeld Contradiction
In the Chinese restaurant episode, Jerry says you can't go to a movie by yourself. Who are you going to make sarcastic remarks to? Yet in the the dog-sitting episode, Jerry asks, "How does sitting next to a person in a movie theater increase the level
of enjoyment? You can't talk during a movie."
How did I not notice this until now?
of enjoyment? You can't talk during a movie."
How did I not notice this until now?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Eck Freezes Over
The White Sox beat the Twins to claim the central. But more importantly, the nation got its first taste of what we Sox fans experience all the time: the utter madness that is midlife crisis-era Dennis Eckersley.
Going in, I feared the worst. That Eck would say one regrettable thing, then follow it up with four more in a desperate attempt to undo the first one. Followed the next night by a new host in his place, with the others "never speaking of this again."
But TBS surprised me. They prepared for the coming of Eck. They just went with it. When he'd say a wacky line, they'd replay it and Johnson and Ripken would laugh at it. By the end, they had Dennis's face superimposed on a doctor holding a stethoscope, with the caption, "THIS WON'T HURT...MUCH." (That's actually true.)
Isn't this weird? It's like they found a way to merge "think they're funny" sports journalism with stuff that isn't supposed to be funny but is hilarious. Tripleheader tomorrow--check it out for yourself.
Going in, I feared the worst. That Eck would say one regrettable thing, then follow it up with four more in a desperate attempt to undo the first one. Followed the next night by a new host in his place, with the others "never speaking of this again."
But TBS surprised me. They prepared for the coming of Eck. They just went with it. When he'd say a wacky line, they'd replay it and Johnson and Ripken would laugh at it. By the end, they had Dennis's face superimposed on a doctor holding a stethoscope, with the caption, "THIS WON'T HURT...MUCH." (That's actually true.)
Isn't this weird? It's like they found a way to merge "think they're funny" sports journalism with stuff that isn't supposed to be funny but is hilarious. Tripleheader tomorrow--check it out for yourself.
Please Read
You probably know "SoSock" from the comments section. He also comments on Joy of Sox, and over there you can read Allan's piece on SoSock's wife, who has cancer and is in a tough situation. Read it, and if you want to donate any money, the link is in that post. Thanks.
9/28/08, Pesky Day, Part 3: Game One









From up there I had a good view of the Monster scoreboard. The Mets were tied much of the time, as were the Brewers. Finally the Brewers took the lead, and the Mets lost theirs. The White Sox were winning, which meant a make-up game on Monday looked necessary.
















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