Hi! waving...

Last TV opportunity for me for a few weeks, so I'll mostly be in the other room watching the festivities, but will check in as time permits.

Tomorrow I may be scarce...real life calls and I have errands to do on the way home but once I get back will listen on whatever audiostream I can find, maybe post a little too.

Play ball, y'all!

I hope Clay throws a great game.

Go Sox!

I'm working late, so better be good and actually *work*.

I hope this game is REALLY LONG. I DON'T CARE about sleep.

(You hear me, Sox and Yanks?)

Hey all!

Joe Thurston up to cover for Cora.

Mmmm, LIza...much as I'd love a marathon, I hope they can hold it to 4 hours in the interest of my getting a decent night's sleep.

all right everyone. let's do this thing! buck v. wang. BRING IT.

i like pedey hitting .311 this early. ATTA BOY.

omg, wang needs beating.

Hehe at the Sox's plane blocking the Yankees last night.

I am ridiculously excited about Thurston. I really hope he gets to play soon.

C'mon, Jacoby!

:: doing the getting the game on NESN happy dance ::

I LOOOOOOOOVE Don & Remy.

Evening everyone! I'm looking forward to a great game tonight, considering the totally crappy day I have had. Come on Sox! Cheer me up!!

Coco injured? Didn't need that.

Sorry if I'm a bit delayed tonight - my computer is doing a virus scan and it's not done.

Nice walk, Dustin!

ok, is the ump particular huge or is dustin particularly TINEH tonight?

Coco being injured helps explain Thurston a bit more since he can play OF too...

C'mon, Manny!

Oh, and for those who didn't see it - Jed's post-game interview. And the first thing he does is crack up. I love him.

Hey everyone! Love'd y'all comments during yesterday's especially since I'm in Orlando for college and don't get to see the games often! :( Time for a break from reality of school! Let's win 5 in a row Sox!

YES!

WOOOOOO! Yeah Manny!!

YEAH!!

Yay cleats in pleats! Way to run home! Thank you Manny!!!

I heart you Mannyyyyyy!!!

Coco being injured will decrease his trade value (not that I'm in a hurry to trade him, but one has to wonder what Theo is going to do).

MANNNNNNYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Bethie, sorry about the crappy day. Manny is trying to help ;-)

Manny!

Last Friday that would have been straight to Matsui:-P

Hey Danielle! :)

I'm working on a paper due tomorrow. 15 pages thus far. Ugh.

Youuuuuuuuuuuk!

Manny improved my mood just a tad. :)

Yuk...where's the dramatic "oh I'm hit?" Bring it!

15 pages? How many do you need total?

I'm making a PPT for my reenacting group so we can play 1860s baseball better right now. I'm currently at the 'debunking Doubleday' part.

Liza, 15 pages???? What class is this for?

I feel your pain Liza. I just finished two case studies, one 35 pages, one 20 and had 2 1/2 weeks with 5 tests! Not so fun- Thank god finals start next week and the Red Sox are on so life's good.

It amuses me to NO END how the Yankees catchers' pinstripes form a diamond around the groin area...

Anyway. Woo, 1-0 already!

Youk bouncing while he's at bat always cracks me up.

dustin + manny = WIN

I so hope Clay has a good game tonight. Completely nervous for him.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with homework ;-)

I'm working on something for a meeting Friday. It's amazing how much better I code when watching the Sox! heheeheehee

How much you want to bet Clay's wearing hemp tonight?

Dustin hitting better than A-Rod. Whee!

I missed this about Coco being injured. What happened?

AHA! HAHAHAHA

Dustin's average at the start of the game: .311.
A-Rod's average at the start of the game: .300.

Conclusion? Dustin > A-Rod. Simple arithmetic.

I'm willing to bet he's loaded up with a lot of hemp tonight.

I love that Clay is Beckett upside down (Mariner's number)

Coco has a sore hamstring...Tito says it's nothing big, they are going to rest him as a precaution though.

Buchholz is indeed wearing (a) hemp necklace(s).

Also, I'm watching Jed's postgame interview and he is SO CUTE IT HURTS.

coco = tight hamstring, but he took bp, so the speculation is that it's not too serious // listed as day-to-day

Hi kids! I haven't been as chatty lately in open threads because I notice when I'm typing or reading I sometimes miss key moments - like noogies! Fortunatly TG has righted that particular wrong.

Woo hoo! No error!

HE IS. I love how excited he gets over the game ball. And the cell phone bit at the end. And...well, all of it. It's so ADORABLE.

(grins stupidly)

The defense is up to fourth in the AL East (after being 13th or something). :P

*AL. Not East.

Aww, Casey...

Awww, poor Clay. I'm sure that's not what he wanted...

There goes the no-no!:-P

Hey Casey. No fraternizing with the enemy. That's it. You need more rest. Get the Intern back!

time for ... GIDP! (!!!)

Was Abreu just making eyes at the umpire??? HA

GIDP?

THIS is fraternizing with the enemy. At least in my Pac-10-addicted mind.

(Subjects are Conor Jackson, now with the Diamondbacks, and Sam Fuld.)

...ugh, Clay, not fun. Don't do that again.

Oh my god. And the part where Jed talks about how Jacoby got the same fake-ball treatment? I love how Jacoby must've told him about that...

EEW. That was a TOWERING hit.

dammit.

Well that sucks. Immensely.

Double crap.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

awwwww biscuits.

stupid air raid siren.

DAMMIT, BOBBY!

GIDP = ground into double play. Which did not happen.

Hi everyone. Missed a few threads due to family obligations. Very happy to be back. Not so happy about that 2fer. grrr.

DAMMIT!!!

OK, WTF??

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?! C'mon, Clay!

Ugh.

YES! You know Jacoby totally tipped him off about that! The two of them just need to take care of each other.

I hate A-Rod. Have I ever mentioned that?

(Is this revenge for the whole Phil Hughes drubbing the other night?)

starlight: Ground(ed) Into Double Play

... which is not what's happening here.

omg. This is NOT what we -- and Clay -- needed.

I hate A-Rod.

I hate A-Rod...

This is not what I wanted to see :(

ish.

c'mon, stickbug. let's scoot forward here. you can do it!

Apparently Clay hit the spot perfectly. Tek just picked the wrong spot this time. Either that or A-Rod just guessed right. Hmmm. There's still plenty of time...

LOL, ecl, GMTA.

A-Rod just passed Ted Williams on the all-time HR list:-(

Poor Clay looks like he's about to cry. I wanna cry for him. :(

Let me just be juvenile for a minute and say A-Rod is an A-Hole.

Don't worry, Clay - Jacoby has your back, just like he has since you two were drafted together. See?

Clay needs to pull himself together, he does look visibly pissed...two HR's do not a ballgame make.

I was in the kitchen when the 2- HRs happend. Come on Clay!

Nice Mikey sighting there...

Don't worry starlight. It's not juvenile. it's a fact of life.

There we go. Nice recovery, Clay!

And there was the big inning. (knocks on wood)

This is a big lesson for a baby pitcher--sucking it up after getting beaten up. He has more innings to go through.

ok, let's get those runs RIGHT BACK, you hear me, guys? eeep.

Jules, and at the same time, no less. But Steph got it started.

Yep, time to turn it up a notch and score 2 in the second....Please??

stickbug can really prove his maturity here tonight; that would be awesomesauce. :: hugs him :: :: gives him some hot cocoa ::

What did I start? Did I miss something?

I could totally imagine Clay walking back to the dugout and just sitting down, and then Beckett tapping him on the shoulder and pointing to the still upright water coolers, reminding him that he forgot to do something...

JD!!!

J.D. is ANGRY. Take THAT.

Yep...it's official...I love JD Drew. :)

meghan: excellent call.

How did Clay get the nickname "stickbug" (I'm afraid to ask)

C'mon Tektektektektek

At least they seem to be making Wang actually work tonight...

Ok, I'll take it. Casey at bat...

TG calls him stickbug so i call him stickbug. ;D

McClellan is the crew chief tonight! I'll bet he thinks he's outnumbered.

Sorry, bad Civil War joke.

star - just look at him.

I absolutely LOVE JD.

Starlight - Here :)

I call Clay Mihashi, but that's only because he looks EXACTLY like an anime character of that name (on the left).

c'mon, The Mayor!

C'mon, Casey... make him work for this...

hey all. How are you all today?

I don't trust Lugo in the clutch....

I'm great Piney!

Here's the ultimate "Clay looks like Mihashi" picture. Well, that's the best one I've found so far.

And wow, what's up with Wang?

Hey, Piney! :)

Ball 4... wow. Control issues much?

Well this is an interesting inning so far.

"wang does not look sharp so far ..."

understatement of the evening, i believe. KNOCK ON EVERLOVING WOOD.

You're so RIGHT. He does look all sticky...

Piney....DO IT AGAIN!!!

There's so many empty seats...I should have gone:-(

3-2!

Heeeey, welcome back! (I apologize on behalf of Clay for the bottom of the first.)

Yeah JD!

Hello, Jacoby. :)

I don't trust Jacoby in the clutch....

Pinstripes are for pinheads.

could have been worse, lugo! :: grudging praise ::

COME ON ELLS! :D :D :D

Okay, Jacoby - let's do the Oregon thing again. (Jed is in the dugout if you need him.)

Woa...I go to kill a spider and lookie what happens.

Go Jacoby!

I'd hardly call the 2nd inning with no outs "clutch."

Wang must have drank the same shit Lester drank Monday.

Man...I hate pickles.

Oh, Tek, the grass, the grass.

This just in: spiders endangered in Boston.

Hey, Piney, do you trust Pedroia in the clutch?

Wow, that was...really awkward baserunning.

Come on wee one!!

I don't trust Pedroia in the clutch

TEK!

Ugh, damnit! We had a good opportunity there, guys...

Bye bye Pedie.

Come on Stickbug!

NO HASSELHAUF PLEASE Your psyching me out...

...I have the 'Five Dollar Footlong' song stuck in my head now.

yayyy Gameday!

jesus, 2nd inning and already a bazillion comments.

thank God Wang is losing his sh-t already -I REALLY want Buck to get a win here!

I hate you, A-Rod.

fc -- It's more of because last night's game I did something like that and it worked well :P I only used it there becaues of the situation

come on buck, settle in. go after them. you can do it, kiddo. come on come on come on.

Giambi, (or Fat A.J. as I call him) his neck is bulging.

god what an ugly f-ck.

strike him out, Buck!

C'mon, Buch... get him out...

i swear, if clay turns sideways, he disappears. somebody FEED that kid!

Is that a needle I see sticking out of his bat?

I kinda wish Tek had barreled over Moeller, just to see if he could have been safe. And then the Yanks might have had to put Posada in again and everyone could steal!

Ah, I get it Piney. All that stuff amkes me nervous - I say, say nothing! But hey, whatever works...

atta boy, pedey. LOVE.

it would be really cool if A-Rod's wife went into labor RIGHT NOW.

Fun fact I learned from my friend who totally loves this guy: Robinson Cano is named for Jackie Robinson.

(cracks up) That was good...!

THERE'S the wicked sweet curve. nnngh. atta boy, BUCK!

To the A-Rod bit, not Cano. The Cano bit is pretty cool, actually.

And hey, they literally just said it on ESPN, too!

WHAT? Someone actually SLEPT with that jackass?

I had no idea that A-Rod's wife was pregnant until today.

And he's #24 because that's 42 backwards. (for those of you lucky enough not to be watching ESPN)

Wang can either be a 2-hit wonderboy or he completely sh-ts the bed and leaves by the 3rd inning - there's no in-betweens for him.

I'm sensing this is a sh-t the bed kind of night for him. and we all know the Yankees have absolutely nothing in their bullpen. yay more fun with sh-tty bullpens!!!

Dose ESPN ever mention random Red Sox facts?

Nah, he was named after Mrs. Robinson (jesus love you more than you can know....woah woah woah...)

Professor Farnsworth? (keeps her fingers crossed) I want an excuse to make Dugout jokes...

I never noticed how ridiculously long Buck's legs are. He IS a stick bug.

I can remember one random Sox fact from ESPN - they mentioned that Jacoby and Trevor Crowe went way back once during Spring Training. I added Jed myself from my seat in my basement.

(Starlight - Simon and Garfunkel are amazing.)

I had a weird day today. I think I was asked out on a date by a kid that I'm 96% sure is gay and my mom just broke my brain with a mental image that I prefer not to share with you guys....because it's horrifying

I remembered the bit about Cynthia Rodriguez being pregnant because there was a big deal about it after the Toronto thing last year...

Oh, Pleats, what was that??

kid as in this is a guy that I'm sure is gay.

congrats, piney! ;D

oh noes, pedey. rats rats rats.

starlight - and this is after he bulked up in the offseason!

...wow, that's a bit...awkward...

Of course, I really can't speak from experience, because I've never been asked out in my life, but...yeah.

Steph: Word.

Lyndsay, I left this at the end of one of these threads the other day about your question about the game vs. the Angels, but I think you left by the time I posted it, so here it is again.

His legs look even longer in person when I saw him in spring training.

well, that is how babies are usually made, starlight. However, A-Rod probably had to imagine Joanie "Chyna" Laurer as he was procreating.

but then again, if Cynthia went into labor right now, A-Rod would probably go "give a good push for me, baby - good luck!" and go back out to the field.

I've been asked out once and that was to the Prom.

It was really weird. I mean maybe he was just asking to hang out one day or maybe he is trying to hook me up with a friend of his. Regardless it was totally out of nowhere. I haven't really made plans with him or what not, I was in a hurry but I'm gonna see him on Friday in class. :P

much better inning, buck. atta champ.

anyone want to lay down an over/under on how many diet cokes is it going to take me to get through this game? :: polishes off number 1 ::

I was asked out once in 7th grade but I thought it was a joke at first(though I did have a crush on the guy) and I...well my friend on my behalf....asked out a guy that I liked/was friends with my Prom....that's a weird story in itself.

I'll go out with him and all(why not, right?) But I'm still a little like "WTFz0rz" on it

Yay Piney. :) Gettin' the hook up.

thanks njdevils - good to know!

by the way, any urge to paint your face and go out and scare the Pope?

I've never been asked out but I'm still a freshman in high school, so I've got time. :)

Aw, Papi.

ARGH SHIFT. ARGHHHHHH.

This is how I see it: I'm 23 years old, I could surely use a lay or a date. Or both....

*shrugs shoulders*

If you want to scare the Pope, all you need to do is introduce him to Papelbon.

I once said "Papel Infallibility" by mistake. In St. Patrick's Cathedral. It was an awful Freudian slip.

I'm a freshman in college and I've never had a boyfriend. How can I find a guy thats into both Theater and Sports?

I'm a freshman in college...but nerds generally aren't asked out. (shrugs) I've been a nerd my whole life.

Eh, something will work out when I'm older, probably. Or there's always...no, I won't go there.

Liza, you never said what that ridiculously long paper was for...As a high school teacher, I feel obligated to know how I might torture my students in the future. Muhahahahaha

Ooooh don't get kicked out Manny.

WTF was that

Way to work the count, Manny. Get his pitch count UP and chase him out early in the game.

Oh, FUG. Manny, don't get yourself thrown out, there, buddy...

Wow...I don't think I've ever seen Manny pissed off before.

That almost got really interesting.

Come on Youk

...okay, bad. I never liked George McClellan as an officer, either. He always thought he was goddamn outnumbered.

Can we get an umpire named R.E. Lee or U.S. Grant or something? People named McClellan are historically incompetent...

Wonder how those water coolers are holding up now...

Good call, 18. :)

I'm not a nerd, I'm a dork...and I know jack shit about love. I've always said that I'm the Alex Cora of love. Oh I know the game somewhat and I can put up a good at-bat but I usually end up laying down the sac bunt for others so they can get their chance(I've done shit like this before.....my best friend(who I had a crush on) and I re-enacted the movie "Some Kind of Wonderful" with this girl he liked...except it didn't end as happily as the movie did....*sigh* (in other words: I played chauffer for the two....dont' ask me why I did it..."

Starlight - Shakespeare and how he changed the world. I chose this freakin' topic myself (we had to choose a "revolutionary" person), so I'm good with it.

For anyone else watching NESN--I just caught the bobblehead in the back of that taxi in the Olympia Sports commercial. Anyone notice which player that was? I'm gonna look carefully next time it comes on...

To the dateless ones upthread...I can relate. Not that I've never dated at all, but it's been an amazingly long dry spell. Since 2001. So I feel your pain.

i love jerry remy, all concerned about manny's display, and then the camera shows manny laughing, and remy says, deadpan, " ... and how there's something funny about it."

god i love this baseball team.

Piney, I was 23 when it finally happened for me. Maybe this will be your year.

This man annoys me. Henry Chadwick was right about where baseball came from. Spalding ordered the whole inquest that stupidly came up with the Doubleday myth.

I'm just clearing this up with the group before I move on to the rules and old equipment.

Oh, for those who don't know, I'm working on a little 'Victorian baseball' thing for my reenacting group for tomorrow. I'll miss part of the game tomorrow as a result, though...waaaagh.

Nice, Lugo. Sit that smug bastard down.

OOH! I know! Clay should be acclimatized to the song by now...so I'll play this and see if it throws the Yankees off.

(Only a few people will know why Clay's used to it, but it involves Justin Masterson.)

Two nice plays in a row from the middle infield. Nice going, guys!

HA!! A-Hole goes down.

Dose Clay have a entrance song?

Go Clay!

I RICK ROLLED A-ROD THROUGH MY TV. (is oddly proud of this incredibly lame fact)

Sit down! Ha!

Argh! 1863, I should have realized what that link was after I read the parenthesis... I seriously have to stop falling for that!

That french fry commercial is obscene.

Nice catch Matsui. (He's one of the Yankees I don't hate).

Boo to all the first-pitch swings!

I tried to tip people off with Masterson...I didn't want anyone to actually get it except the Yankees. Sorry!

Don't get me wrong...I hate the Yankees, but that was one hell of a catch...And I have a soft spot for matsui. Wish he played for us...

YAY TEK.

But don't scare us like that again.

yeah, Tek!
that was close..

Does anyone else get the feeling Tek was thinking "I'm getting too old for this shit?"

wow! way to run that one out, 36 year old catcher!

That was too clse for comfort.

TEK!

whew!

Nice running tek!

wooo!!

SWEET!!!

WOOT TEK!

YAY TIE GAME.

YEAH TEK!

I'm not sure if I like or dislike Tek's newfound veiw that he is fast....

3-3!!! Casey!

YAY!

Awesome!

Tek runs it out again!

CASEY!!!!!!!

TEK!!!!!!!!!

wooohoooo!

:: goes back to work ::

Hey Piney, once upon a time I committed the ultimate romantic sac bunt. I was totally enamored of a guy who I played in a band with, and we were best friends. A couple of years into the friendship, I came to terms with it being no more than that, and just a couple of months later was at an event where he met this young lady and was clearly smitten. She and I both ended up at the same after party and I encouraged her to go out with him because he was such a great guy. I called him the next day and he was all a-flutter about her. I told him she really liked him and he should go for it. Seven months later I sang at their wedding (and they're still happily married 17 years later). I like to think that I had a hand in it.

YAYZ SCORE!!!!!

Wow, the Devils just tied the Rangers 2-2 a few seconds ago, too.

Captain sure can haul ass when he has to.

I love that Tek wears his socks over his pants. It's so old school.

Don't mess this up, Lugo. What did Piney say?.,,

Awww....ecl you are quite the romantic. Kudos to you.

Its annoying that both the Sox and the Bruins are playing tomorrow night at the same time.

Aww, Ecl, that's sweet!

...I won't bore you all with the intricacies of high school not-relationships. Ugh.

Jacoooobyyyy!

That's a great story, ecl.

I remember when at least half of the '03 team wore high socks...and then it started declining...some left, some opted for full pants....and now it is just Tek, Timlin and Aardsma.

come on Jacoby, NO BUNTING!

thats a cheap Lugo move.

awee, Sean is so cute.

Casey is so silly.

Casey, that's hilarious. There was no one there to catch the ball! I love the way his hat was askance.

Casey, what a goofball. :)

Did anyone just see that replay on ESPN? That was so cute!

Casey! That was the funniest thing I've seen in baseball!

He's not going to hear the end of that any time soon.

:: ignores work ::

Late comment, I know, but LOL at Casey crawling back to second base. I was sitting in front of the TV howling until the tears rolled down my face!

I much prefer the high socks to the Manny pants.

High socks WIN. Except when Alex Rodriguez wears them.

Awww, that's really sweet...

Oh, don't get me started on high school. Actually, middle school is even worse - it takes about ten people to ask one kid out. It's almost funny.

I was just on the phone with my dad, and I looked over and saw Jacoby on the TV and had a 'damn' moment. I randomly mumbled, 'Wow, Jacoby is pretty,' over the phone...

...I'll stop being shallow now. (has her one true favorite anyway and is incredibly proud of him right now)

Somehow I think we'll be seeing Casey do that very soon on a blog-near-you.

I taught an entire Semester course on Shakespeare. LOVE HIM. (Or his plays at least.) Are you focusing on any particular plays or the Globe?

aRAH is totally kicked off the all-high-socks team.

Oh, Youk. These guys are so funny.

C'mon, Buch...

(replaces aRAH on the roster with Justin Masterson)

Manny was one of the ones with the high socks in '03...they were still kinda baggy then though haha.

Starlight, yeah, I'm romantic. I cling to the stubborn hope that someday it'll happen for me, even at this late age (49). As for that situation, I guess I did it because I really loved that guy. He was my best friend for several years. Once I stopped pining for him I wanted only the best for him.

ESPN occasionally gives me good news!

KEVIN LOVE IS PROBABLY ENTERING THE DRAFT.

GET READY FOR STANFORD TO DOMINATE PAC-10 BASKETBALL.

...Jed has made me a very, very biased person. (sighs)

(masterson would be awesome at 3B)

Ja-ja-jacoby!

Why do I feel like making Clay a huge pot roast dinner and stuffing him full of food? Apple pie for dessert. EAT SOMETHING!

Justin Masterson: Hot Corner. Yeeeah.

starlight: i will help you cook for him. i make a mean loaf of banana bread! ;D

...you know you want it.

(Okay, actually, I'm content with him as a sinkerball pitcher. But he'd be such a funny third baseman...)

Hey, what's this? Remember that guy Mikey? Plays ok and not too tough to look at either.

*Justin Masterson: Hot

(/shallow)

Anyway. Re: college baseball players, I really like Ike Davis from ASU...

ecl: I've found myself in similar situations in life. Then I finally found my keeper. (Who, by the way, looks a bit like a skinny-faced Beckett...) I'm sure you'll find that someone. My best friend's mother started dating again after a divorce. She has had multiple boyfriends and she's over 60! Plus, what guy wouldn't LOVE a woman who loves Baseball?

Oh my God, I LOVE Ike Davis. LOVE. (Of course, I'm all Pac-10-biased, but...I still love that kid.)

Oh! I forgot to listen for Jacoby's at-bat song...

Nice catch, too.

....and I much prefer the Manny pants to the "oh my god my pants are so far up my ass I can barely run, but check out the package" look of the Wade Boggs era.

Re the high socks look...it makes the guys with long legs really look like gazelles.

What is Jacoby's at-bat song?

wait while I was googling "wade boggs photos" I missed that - what is Jacoby's song??? is it Run Like the Wind by Christopher Cross?!?!

Lyndsay, I must agree with you on that.

Also, seriously, if/when Davis gets drafted, I am going to track him. Obsessively. I really like him.

I always think Tek looks like a colt at bat especially the way he kind of dances around the box.

Hey Clay, I'll trade metabolisms with you! (I hate that I can't ever shed this freaking gut that I have. No matter how hard I try, it stays there)

Also, I know someday I'll be all shined down on. Hell it could be soon if what I heard from that guy is what he meant. :P Though I find it odd that he has the same name as my ex who I also have suspected of being gay....

There's good ol' Mr. Clean. I was joking about making him a third baseman, because he's a fantastic pitcher, but you know he'd be all, "Look at me, Jed, Hot Corner!" in Pawtucket if he was converted.

(For those who don't know, Jed and Justin get along quite swimmingly and do stupid interviews together. Well, they did one stupid audio interview, at least.)

Erin and Lyndsay - I have no idea. That's why I meant to listen for it. :)

Also, just a note: I don't like that Davis likes Barry Bonds. But the baseballiness is awesome.

Steph - I have that picture on my iPod. (/random)

C'mon, Buch...

ok, buck needs to win this confrontation with moeller. REALLY.

Barry Bonds went to ASU, though. Dustin actually went to ASU because he grew up a Giants fan and followed him to the same college. (I often wonder if Dustin is now disillusioned, what with all the steroids talk and perjury business.)

Also, for those who care, Ike Davis.

DAMMIT!

Aw,nooo.

YOU GUYS NEED TO FIELD BETTER.

And Clay, STOP IT.

(Liza - you do? I always thought it was one of the better ones of him...)

Oh fug.

*buries face in hands*

Clay got jobbed on that call

(mutes her TV) I don't like listening to those fans at all...nor do I particularly enjoy ESPN's commentary. It's a win-win.

starlight: First I've got to find a place to meet some decent men, and ones who like baseball at that. And I know it sounds like a weird dilemma, but decent men seem to be hard to come by around here for non-hotties and women who don't like NASCAR.

Lyndsay: LOL at that picture. I don't mind the Manny pants on Manny...they make him look like a sack of potatoes but he's so damn cute that it doesn't matter.

COME ON BUCK!

I BELIEVE IN YOU!

Strikes, Clay. C'mon. Good.

Steph - Yep. I love that one. I also love this one...

Wait just a minute! He's NOT wearing hemp. It's a bunch of metal around his neck. See? That's the problem. How could Beckett let this happen? Isn't that the first lesson at Boot Camp?

...okay, why are the people in the room next to me playing that guitar riff the Navy uses in their recruitment commercials? And weirder still, why do I recognize it?

Settle down, Clay, c'mon...

batshit's getting up..

...okay, that's a GREAT picture of Masterson. He's such a happy person!

Ike looks like Lex Luther.

He's got four necklaces on, I think...

C'mon, Buch. DO NOT let him make contact with the ball.

...But, uh, not that far inside.

Composure, Clay.

Yeah, but no hemp that I can see. It looks like it's all metal...unless that red one is actually red hemp, which I haven't seen in AGES.

Tav's like, "Christ, I gotta work some innings again tonight? I was hoping to get out to the NY bars tonight and follow some girls back to their cars with my cattle gun".

Okay, Buch. Don't let him make contact but DO NOT WALK HIM.

I should make us all rally hemp necklaces. :)

ugh

Oh FUG.

I am so glad the TV's on mute right now. I don't want to hear the fan reaction to that at all.

uhm..

-these announcers make me sick.

nooooO! I want Buck to win one!!!! :-(((

sigh...

dammit

WTF?!?!?!?! We need some relief. Still love you, Clay, but this is NOT your night.

d'oh

D:

o hai batshit.

DAMNIT!

Don't worry, we'll win in the ninth, like we did last night. And the night before. And...

Also, since I've been abnormally lucky so far today - I forgot about an appointment and then got an e-mail from my professor saying it had been canceled anyway - I'm hoping for an, erm..."late defensive replacement." (keeps her fingers crossed) Hey, he can hit...

It's only the 4th! And Wang hasn't been pitching the best. Let's make it 3 comebacks in a row! I sound way more cheerful in text than I actually feel.

Casey, STOP TALKING TO JETER!

awww, I hate seeing our pitchers like that.

(writes about Henry Chadwick - the real one, not Sam Fuld - and tries to distract herself from the game for a moment) I need some happy thoughts here...this is getting depressing. Even if I still think we can potentially win in the ninth three nights in a row, the likelihood of that is...

C'mon, Tavy.

Aw, Clay. He looks sad. Either that or exhausted...

in fact, that is exactly why the sox keep giving Tav innings: to keep him from following girls home from bars with his cattle gun.

(plays Rick Astley) Tavarez is insane and will therefore be immune.

*head into wall*

crap

Steph (that IS your name, right?), since you're the history buff...why aren't we called the Yankees (thinking of the 1770's Yankees)? The revolution started here...why are we the red sox?

That one was really crazy.

Fug.

That was painful.

thank GOD.
I ruined the art project I'd been working on because of that inning.

-sighs-

Come on offense!

ok, what the hell was Tavarez just yelling/talking to himself about as he was walking off the mound?

I'm totally right about this one. I knew it!

He just has to keep imagining that he's throwing the ball at all the women who have rejected him.

cheer up, emo stickbug!

maybe throwing some watercoolers will help ... ?

...that's a very good question, especially given that the Sox started out as the Boston Americans and the Yankees were once the New York Highlanders. Hmmm...

I should go read 1984 for tomorrow...especially with how things are going...but then I'll miss when we come back.

sighs also

Yanno...Abreu is one of the few Yankees who I still like, but not when all these runs are scored against US under his watch...

I believe this all happened after a questionable ball? Clay thought he'd struck Matsui out but it was counted a ball and matsui hits the double.

I don't trust the offense in the clutch....

anyone know the status of Clay's relationship with that penthouse pet?

because I figure he's either getting laid too much or not enough right now and Susan Sarandon is totally messing with his mojo...

Lyndsay, with looks like that I'm not surprised about women rejecting batshit. He's one of the few Dominican players out there who is not attractive in any way.

So I can blame McClellan again! REPLACE HIM WITH BURNSIDE NOW!

Ah Piney, by now we have to unjinx the whole offense?

Clay's dating a porn model? What explains a lot...

Starlight - Yep. And what's worse is that his DAD outed them on the radio.

Yeah Pedie!

yay petey! Let's get those runs back!

He just doesn't look like the type to date a Penthouse Pet. He looks like he should be with the girl next door.

icky...

where you been, starlight? she went on stern and blabbed about it. I was thoroughly disappointed but just glad it wasnt jacoby.

GOOD JOB, DUSTIN. You and your mad hitting skills! (runs to get her ASU hat) It arrived in the mail right before Game 1 of the World Series last year. It's my Dustin hat!

Yeah, and helping old ladies cross the street.

PAPI! PEDEY!

PAPI!

Papi!
yeah!

YAYYYY PAPI! RBI!!!

I don't listen to Howard Stern. I've been under the hole that is NPR. =]

Papi, you make me smile! :-)

There we go

PAPIIII!

NPR rocks. It's like the PBS of the radio! I wish I listened to it more...

Papi is back!

oops forgot to put my name haha too excited!

My mom has a few choice words about Clays g/f. Then again her grandmother went to jail so women cold vote, so I can understand why my mom feels that way.

damn, its 9 pm and we're only in the 5th???

MANNY! Nice, guys, nice!

-happy dance-

I love how Ortiz's wife is so little compared to him. I wonder how safe she feels sleeping next to him...one wrong roll and squish by the teddy bear.

Yaaaay!

Clay's dad gives me weird "stage parent" vibes This article from ProJo just seems to just give me that kind of vibe/reads really weird. What do you guys think?

YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUK

Yeah!!

...oh...my...God. Stomach in knots...

I don't trust our hitters in the clutch...

Yay Papi & Manny! Papi don't push it. And I know this is a totally late comment, but did Casey's crawl back to the base before remind anyone of Wacky Wallwackers? Have I just dated myself by bringing that up?

JD...c'mon, JD...

Okay um...I kinda effed up a bit on the past thingie....so um....yeah sorry?

hahahah!
hahah!
lolz, Wang's getting PWN3D!!!1!

YES!

BEEEYOOOOTEEEFUL

YES!!!

JD!!!!!!

See ya, Wang.

Woo!

high scoring game. SWEET.

This is kind of poetic.

Piney- Being the Broadway fan that I am the first thing that came into my mind when I read that article was the musical Gypsy when I read that. Which is about the ultimate stage mother.

Heeeeey...if the Sox score enough runs, do you think they'll put in some...defensive replacements late in the game?

Wishful thinking on my part, probably, but...

LOVE this commercial!

LOL, starlight -- only an Amazon wouldn't be little compared to Papi.

Great work guys...get a few more...

The pitcher's name sounds like Ganondorf. You know, from the Zelda games.

I am such a nerd.

Erin -- okay so I'm not the only one. I mean I'm sure that Bill Reynolds' main focus was to write a touching father/son article there...it just reads really stage parenty to me more than anything else.

I want them to put in TWO middle infield defensive replacements... ;D

Also, just as a general announcement: I got this today. I'm wearing it now!

Zelda is the best!

-Oh my god, 1863, I've always thought that.