Tuesday Curveball

This is tough. I’m going to go with my Roger Clemens ringer t-shirt from 1989– which is one of those heinous cartoon caricature things where the person’s head is 10x bigger than their body. He’s got a Sox cap perched on the top of his giant cranium, and of course it says ROCKET on there as well.

I personally don’t think it’s embarrassing but my husband, the yankee lover *spit* does. I have Julio Lugo’s sock. It’s pretty freakin awesome, I think!

Funny you should mention that — this offseason I *finally* converted a friend of mine to the Red Sox, and immediately tried to find her a favorite player so as to hold her attention. Her criteria were: tall, great player, stunning looks. Of course I steered her towards Jacoby — and gave her my Ellsbury shirt I got back in June, because ain’t no way I’m wearing that now. It’s sad, but true: Ellsbury shirts are the new pink hats, I guess.

I don’t think I have anything incredibly embarassing.
Maybe the silliest thing I have is a box of Red Sox tissues I keep in my car. (My car is Sox-themed, though. Steering wheel cover, 3 bumper stickers, a decal… oh and it’s red. And its name is Sock.) The box is all smashed up but I refuse to toss it.

Jules–

It’s okay, I only have non-fitted caps because of the hair issue. I think it’s acceptable for girls, as long as they don’t do that thing where they don’t wear an elastic and just use the hat to make a ponytail. That looks way stupid.

I don’t have enough red sox stuff yet to have anything embarassing, of course I’m sure to remedy that problem on my first trip to Fenway! :) (One must buy enough Beckett pictures to properly cover a wall!) But, I do have one jersey back from when I was a Braves fan that might qualify for at least awkward and maybe a little embarassing.

My mom actually got a Braves jersey air brushed for me with Kevin Millwood’s name and # (poor guy didn’t have his own jersey’s back in 98-99). It’s a nice shrit, but it almost looks like the guy that airbrushed it had a seziure while doing it. The name is all crooked and there are big spots of gray all over the #’s. But, I still wore it with pride!

Margaret–

My husband bought me a fitted hat and it’s quite nice, but is so uncomfortable with a ponytail. I agree, use an elastic to give yourself a ponytail *then* put the hat on.

I still have an old SF Giants t-shirt that I wear when I’m painting or working on the house (usually wear on old Sox hat, too). That always makes my husband laugh. lol.

Totally off subject…
I was so upset with the A’s website when tickets went on sale because it constantly choked when I tried to get tickets for May so I gave up. Yesterday, while procrastinating at work (like I am now, goodness I *hate*–really *hate*–writing documentation!!!!) I thought I’d try the A’s again. Guess what!??!? I still got great seats to the Friday night game! So, any Sox fans in Northern CA, tickets can still be had. I was so surprised!

So… weird question– obviously, for some people, it’s a chance to meet the boys (like fc said)– but can someone explain why autographs are so popular? It’s someone’s illegible signature. I know this makes me sound like a huge party pooper, but it is something I never, never understood.

That being said–I was not shocked at all when I saw what Ellsbury’s signature looks like. Everything he touches turns to pretty.

Margaret – maybe it’s “He touched this”?

A hawaiian print shirt? AWESOME.

And I agree- minor league gear isn’t embarrassing (at least, I hope not since I have shirts from the PawSox, Sea Dogs, Clearwater Phillies and Round Rock)… certainly not as embarrassing as a hawaiian shirt. :) Which minor league team?

Texas Gal! I have that same Clemens t-shirt! lol…

I have a fair amount of memorabilia (mostly t-shirts) and I think the most embarrassing is that I have last year’s Papelbon lunchbox from Red Sox Kid Nation. Yes, I admit it, I lied about being under 12 to get a Papelbon lunchbox. But it’s an awesome lunchbox.

Hmm…I don’t have too much embarrassing Sox stuff. I do have 4 framed photos on my bedroom wall: Manny, Tek, Ortiz, and one of me with the ‘04 Trophy. People seem to think this is odd….I don’t get why.

Baseball-wise, I still have an autographed 8 X 10 photo of David Justice when he was with the Braves. I NEVER had autographed anything as a kid, but I somehow managed to buy this because Dave Justice was my childhood hero….and then I found out he beat his wife (and it was Halle Berry!!!), and seriously that was one of the most disillusioning moments of my entire life.

I hated him after that, and actually saw him play at my very first Red Sox game in 1999 (it was my first time in Boston!). He was an Indian then and the Sox won and he played horribly and I couldn’t have been happier. I was also glad when he became a Yankee, as I always am when players I hate join that club (Sheffield, A-Rod, etc).

:::sigh:::

But I still have that photo, hidden away somewhere, which is the embarrassing thing. Looking at it makes me cry inside.

Rachel – As a Clemens idol worshipper, I feel your pain when it comes to watching your childhood hero take a nosedive.

Rachel- I totally feel your pain. I too was a David Justice fanatic. When other girls my age had the posters of teen idols on their walls, I had David Justice posters plastered everywhere.

Then they ceremoniously came down once he became a pig. But oh well. Live and Learn.

(Infact, I may have to change my most embarrasing item to that David Justice baseball that I’m sure is somewhere buried in the abyss that is my closet!)

I keep forgetting to get my Wheaties! are they still around? I don’t spend much time in the cereal aisle.

None! I own nothing embarrasing. If it is Boston Red Sox, it cannot be lame. ;-) Unless I had something Clemens, but to be honest, I didn’t even like him when he played for us.

…I have the Bronson Arroyo cd…*hangs head*

I also have a shitload of player tees and a shit load of 2004 Red Sox memorobilia…and a good chunk of 07 stuff. but the last two things aren’t that embarassing. The Bronson thing…yeah that’s pretty bad.

I also have an old ratty Padres shirt from like 1998 or so which I wore all the time. but it was only because it brought me good luck in school. :P

Well, I’m not embarrassed by any of my stuff. However, my mom thinks my inflatable Fenway park is bad. It’s cute, and unusual.

I still have a the yearbook from 1986… it’s tattered, but I still love it.

As for embarassing, my Jet BLue voucher that I had Ellsbury sign, and a stuffed Wally that sits on my bed from Build-a-Bear in Fanueil Hall.
My co-workers also enshrined my cubicle with Red Sox pictures when I was on vacation, I still haven’t taken most of it down. It keeps the sanity.

Lets see…Wally stuffed animal, team calenders for every year since 94, an assortment of Xmas ornaments, holographic souvenir cups from Fenway, and a Damon shirt that I save for “special” occasions, namely times that involves cleaning with bleach or another corrosive chemical.

I do have an Ellsbury shirt and would be embarrassed about that…but the two games I wore it to were Sept. 2nd and Sept. 11th…and he hit HR’s both times. I don’t think I would wear it now without a jersey or jacket over it though:-P

MUST. HAVE. INFLATABLE. FENWAY.
NEED. INFLATABLE. FENWAY.

I’m only slightly embarrassed by the amount of clothing with the number 33 on it in my closet. (there are some Beckett and Papelbon also, but nowhere near the same amount)
I have Tek’s home, away, home BP, away BP, alternate, and St. Pat’s jerseys and I think all the styles of player tees available for him.

My dogs also have sox shirts, but those only have 00 on the back. Believe me, though, if they made player shirts for dogs, they’d have Tek also.

I have one of those 3″ McFarlane figures of Curt Schilling on my desk at work. It is the same size as a Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) that I also have there. My coworkers ask me if Curt and Belle are dating.

I also have a 6″ figure, same player, but in Arizona uniform and at home…next to my Scott Kazmir doll action figure. I need to put up the Sailor Senshi next to them, then my desk will be all set. ;)

I’ve got like 3 pictures of Josh Beckett on my wall above my desk. One of them is from a newspaper, the other is from the globe, and the one next to it is the Wheaties cereal box. I’ve also got the SI commemorative edition with the regular copy and the hardcover on display for random urges to look through Boston history.