um...I think we just saw Youk practicing Kung Fu.

I have no idea what that Youk thing was... or that Papi thing, either, for that matter...

I'm going to be posting randomly and distractedly. But YIPPIE--regular baseball!

Go, Jacoby!!

welcome to my part of the country. i'll be here sporadically until 11 PM. I'm pulling double duty with the UConn women playing right now.

I've got NESN HD on the computer for the Red Sox and ESPN HD on the tele for the UConn women.

Is it me or were we just getting a little spanish broadcast in the background?

Oh, I've been looking forward to this for some time...more baseball. Even if I only get the radio.

(If I wasn't from New Jersey, I'd totally pull for UConn, too, but I'm contractually obliged to be a Rutgers fan tonight. Sorry!)

Uh... is it just my TV or is there some Spanish commentary also going on?

It's gone now... but it was really hard to tell what Don and Remy were saying.

Nope - we had it on our feed too. I thought it was Japanese at first- shows what I know.

alarm is set for 6:30 a.m. tomorrow ... i wonder how long i can justify staying up tonight ...

It's ok 1863. at least now it's a game again. I thought I might have to switch the women off the tele.

Plus part 2 of last night's CSI Miami is on.

First thing Texy unpacks when she gets to the Boston area. Her laptop. you gotta love her.

Okay, Daisuke - now's the time to look good. (crosses her fingers)

c'mon dice, don't nibble, kid, GO AFTER THEM.

ooh! K! atta boy.

Nice start, Dice-K!

I liked the Spanish broadcast leak! Not that I understood much of it. Does this mean Don and Rem are seated right niext to them?

Go Dice-K. Keep ahead of the batters.

I approve. Even if Travis Buck went to ASU. (hearts her Pac-10 kids for no real reason)

:: does happy dance ::

I've got baseball! The A's/Sox games were blacked out last year, so this is a wonderful surprise.

So far so good for Daisuke.

NICE one to get the strikeout there... Good job, Dice. He's looking good.

Dice-K-K

damn, the yanks won today.

Good job, Daisuke!

oof, dirty beautiful. nice work, daisuke! two down!

I'm a little delayed because I've got the radio! I'm reading spoilers...but they're good ones. Nice strikeout, Daisuke.

Mikey!

a pretty economical inning!

Nice 1-2-3 for Dice-K. Way to get it started!

I know it's old news, but Gagne's implosion yesterday makes me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Sucks he still got the W.

YES. I approve.

The Dugout about Gagne's meltdown made my morning today. A blown save should negate a win or something:-P

Watching the Bay Area feed...they're showing how the A's beat the Sox in 2003 by a bunt.

shuuuuuuuuuudup!

Hi TG,
I saw a glimpse of Gagne yesterday and my stomach seized. He just causes an adverse reaction in me. He most definitely does not make me laugh.

Speaking of closers, Huston Street is on the radio! Okay, so he just did a commercial, but...he was still a closer on the radio.

HA-HA BREWERS, HA-HA! (clap clap clap)*

I mean, go Manny!

*Me being late on being late about Gagne. :P

BOINK! manny! eee.

YES! Go Manny!

I can't wait until the Brewers come to Fenway so we can "welcome" Gagne back hehe.

Manny really wants his $20 mil. SB!

Mikey with a necklace on - that's new/

Yeah...Manny on 2nd.

Woo, to second! (Blanton totally missed on that one...)

Street is Sweet.
Suzuki's having some ball problems and he's getting boinked by Lowell's bat.

That must've hurt (bat to the head for Suzuki).

Thankfully Manny was on 2nd already, that would've been a double play.

fc, you're right--it looks like a Beckett necklace... or maybe a Buchholz one... I'm not sure where from, but it's definitely familiar-looking...

(Is that weird, that I recognize necklaces of baseball players? Wait--don't answer that. It's no. :D)

Meghan: my favorite part of that Dugout was "a nation laughs", followed closely by "ow my career".

starr4: as a Cubbies lover, anything that messes up the Brewers makes me laugh. When it's Gagne, who we unloaded + got a pick + got the Cubs rival to pay him $6MM? HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Pretty funny, A's crew is showing all the Sox fans in the stands.

heeheeheee

Awww, poor Kurt...I like him.

(And the necklaces aren't weird at all - the number of ways I can recognize Jed Lowrie are creepy, including the shape of his nose.)

Don't worry, haha. It's not weird.

NICE grab by Hannahan...

Umm what do i with the ball? I;ll hold it so all the Sox runners are safe.

Nice snag though.

Oops, Hannahan! Your rookie is showing there, kid. (I feel a little bad, actually.)

at least Tek didn't strike out.

MANNY THE INTIMIDATING BASERUNNER! safe all around!

oh. oh tek. sadface.

That was a GIFT. Coco totally took a swing on that. 3B umpire wasn't paying attention.

The radio (the A's stream) just described Blanton's fastball as a 'dead fish.' (is totally weirded out...)

I see your point, TG. He just doesn't amuse me but I'll try and keep in mind your equation the next time he's on the TV. Thanks.

Did you see the rooftop block the Cubbies proposed today? That was amusing.

oddly enough it's thundering out here.

Cocoooooooooooooooooooo...

Oh well. Let's see some Dice-KKKKKKKKs!

Coco's got a decent at-bat going here...(knocks on wood)

Dang it! that pitch looked inside.

Go figure. Me and my radio delay. Ugh.

Whoa. This commercial TOTALLY reminds me of August Rush, which I watched the other day and completely loved...

(Random? But true. And a little relevant: I love NESN.)

(stealth severe thunderstorm out here in western mass too)

And now comes the lightning. Please please power stay on.

God fucking damnit.

Ow, outta the house. Ouch.

Oof.

Bye-bye Cust.

No weather of note here...

sayanora baseball.

that sucks. but helps my fantasy team.

Dice-K PPPLLLLEEEEAAASE don't let this get to you

AWW BISCUITS. stupid stupidhead, jack cust.

...well, I saw that comment just as I heard the play on the radio. Not fun.

I'm on the shoreline of Connecticut. West Haven to be exact. Or as the locals call it. Waste Haven.

And now 3-0. Booo.

Wait, that's...is that the score? I'm still on radio delay here...Please tell me that's the count...

Haha no, just the count! Sorry.

kids, usually avid commentator mhcranberry has charged me with saying hi while she splits her attention between Sox & Celtics.

Me, I'm a one-sport one-team girl.

Yes, 1863, the count. Score is 1-0

They're talking about the Twins game on the radio - did anyone else catch that last night? Carlos Gomez looked gooood.

I'm so glad I can still wear this. It just arrived in the mail today!

Thank God. I had a heart attack for a second - I'm studying for a test I have tomorrow, so my full attention isn't there...

OK. my apartment building just started to shake on the last round of thunder.

I'm splitting between the two games as well....focusing more on the Sox cause the Celts have everything pretty much locked up. I don't know what I will do when the NBA playoffs start though:-/

Yeah, watched that game. Gomez looked good. Hunter got a warm reception first time at the plate, too. Respectable.

(is very happy to be in her PA college right now) I saw rainclouds earlier today, though - I'm surprised we didn't catch it here!

AAAAAAAAH, 1863, it came!

I am SO jealous. I wish I'd thought of that, actually.

Phew. But wow--two home runs in (less than) two starts against the Dice...

where's the Pedroia ads on NESN?

I still have the newest one to upload.

who needs eric chavez when they have Hannahan

I was grinning like an idiot as I carried the package back to my dorm room. The whole campus must think I'm deranged...

I'm gonna wear it on Thursday when the PawSox kick their season off. I'm pathetic like that.

It actually rained a lot earlier today... I was outside, too. (Trying out for my school's softball team, specifically...)

WOW, good fielding by the A's today. First Hannahan (again), now Brown.

at least pedroia made blanton work for that out. ::shiftyeyes::

Need to find the gaps boys....

Dustin's tiring Blanton out - it's all part of a master plan designed by Alex Cora to get him out of the game so the Sox can get to the bullpen. Cora's a certified genius.

Yeah, Dice!

1863 - Radio delay is that bad, huh?

Buck's up now.

According to the radio, only three A's batters have gotten a first pitch strike - and one of those was the Cust homer. Uh-oh.

And YEAH, Tek!

nice throw there by Tek

It's slightly off. All the action is spoiled for me by at least a few seconds.

Tek pretending to be Dusty Brown there?

so much for that base runner

ok, who's got the horn that sounds like my car???

beep beep beepbeepbeep!

certified Tek fan asks: Say what?

Daisukeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Dice-K is ON tonight!

If you're asking about why I mentioned Dusty Brown, it's because I've never seen him miss when he throws runners out. He's got a golden arm - he's fast and deadly accurate.

Woot! Dice-KKKK.

The last game I went to that someone had a horn like that, this older gentleman sitting near me told him it was bothering his hearing aides, and the dude with the horn stopped. The older guy later told me he didn't actually have hearing aides but "hate(d) thos damn things!" :-D

Brown gets some love from me but as Respect the Tek, as the blog says. :)

That story about the older gentleman reminds me of a story of my late grandmother at her last Mets game. There were some people standing up a few rows in front of us, and none of us could really see. My grandmother, who was born and raised in New York and didn't take shit, went up to them and told them to sit down, and they did - and this guy in his twenties or so behind us nodded and said, "Cool." It's one of my favorite memories of her...

I love that blog. It's so fun.

I'm looking forward to seeing Dusty and/or George as Tek's backup soon - they both can catch knuckleballs, so they'll be exciting to have with the big club. And they'll have the opportunity to learn so much from Tek, too - his knowledge is encyclopedic.

Tek = encyclopedic. I like it. (Plus, it's freakin' true.)

Mikey! C'mon... wow, that wasn't outside at all... but that one was nice!

Hahahaha. THAT was funny.

Oops. nice catch barton

UConn women won. WOOOOOOOOT.

Wow, Mike. Lucky. (It's totally because I just moved the location of my "lucky" Oregon quarter on my desk. Okay, totally not.)

Wow, hideous play (if you can call it that) there.

And Mikey: WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN IT OUT?

Anyway. End of the inning.

Okay, let's just forget that luck business. Everything I say seems to be immediately negated by the next pitch.

nesn had to kill the end-of-inning music that hard already started. hee.

BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS IT, BARTON.

This umpire's strike zone is full of ish

Very well put, Piney.

Yeah Dice-KKKKK!

5 strikeouts for Daisuke. With the exception of that little blip in the first inning, he's looked better than last time.

Whoops, meant second inning. Sorry!

Yay. That's better!

Dice's performance so far is very encouraging.

Whoa--either monster, random rain or intense hail just started...

But now we've gotta get the bats goin...

It's rain--it's drowning out Remy and Don!

dice is looking quite sharp. c'mon, sox bats: help him out! ;D

Okay next inning I'm gonna try to call it:

Youk BB
Tek K
Coco HR
Lugo fly out to center
Jacoby infield single
Pedroia ground out to short

Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk!

YES! I was able to switch to WRKO! Much better!

(grabs her Oregon quarter) It's a Jacoby-and-Jed-and-Pesky-are-from-Oregon thing. I kept the quarter for that really lame reason. Let's see if we can get some help from Pesky here...

Youk! 2/2!

I swear if they go 1-2-3, I'll stop!

Holy crap - just got that cloudburst here.
and....Yooouuk!

Not so far, Piney. Although if you change the BB for a 1B, that might work out.

My new roomie has a GIANT HD flatscreen... it's like night and day to my old TV. I can see the freckles on Tek's head underneath his hair.

Yay, Youk! Nicely done!

The only player whose actions I can accurately predict is Jed Lowrie. I'm not sure why, but I can tell what he's going to do (I've predicted strikeouts, double plays, walks and the like, but only with him). I wonder about that sometimes...

Holy... the house just shook!

C'mon, Tek! Tektektektektek...

fc and Liza- You guys are in Boston right? I haven't gotten any of that stuff yet.

Please don't strike out Tek...please.

omg, blanton's HAIR. awesome, kiddo. just awesome. ;D

Hold the phones - Blanton might be injured...or he might have a contact lens issue.

(cannot see Blanton's hair) Nuuuu! It sounds epic!

dang it. nice catch by buck though.

tek should call 911 cuz he just got robbed.

Well...that's a start Tek.

We've having bad luck tonight with where these are going:-/

Yep, Boston. Just outside, anyway. And it's suddenly stopped... and started again... and stopping again... jeez.

WOW. Nice catch. Reminiscent of Jacoby in Japan, but with a shorter jump...

nice hit by Tek, robbed by good fielding.
But he made good contact. Nice to see.

that's why I had earlier Liza.

DAMNIT!

(Travis, you're making it easy for me to dislike you. But you went to ASU with Dustin so I can't hate you altogether.)

0/2 so far....mehh not taking much into it. I would liek for Coco to do good

BUCK!

Coco's chin hair disturbs me. So do his continual K's.

Ugh. Coco, it's not your night.

Make that 0/3....I'm not gonna do this predicting stuff anymore....I suck

Bwaha, that's more like it, guys!

Jacoby...(gets the Oregon quarter ready)

YOUK!

*crosses fingers* don'tbehurtdon'tbehurt

Woohoo! Yay Jacoby and Youk (I want to see a replay though...but I'm not complaining).

YES!

SAFE!

Yeah, Jacoby! Finally some htis. This is looking good. C'mon, Dusty P...

There's the power of the Oregon quarter. I had that thing clenched in my fist.

(Jed's mentally supporting you from Pawtucket, Jacoby.)

Eeek I hope Youk's okay...he had that wrist issue last fall after getting HBP'ed by Wang, but I can't recall which had it was.

They're juiced... just in time for Manny Ortez.

Come on Papi!

I've got the scary thunder near me now.

Dustin - good job! Nice patience!

(Ooooh, I like this.)

I think it was his left hand before?

LET'S GO PAPI! -clap clap clapclapclap-

Well that sucks.

Damnit. Eh, at least we tied it up!

Ouch, bad luck for the Sox tonight, but I'm glad to see the team starting to hit a bit, so there's encouraging stuff.

TG: i'll never forget the first time i saw fenway on an HD tv .... i swear, i could count every blade of grass. it was otherworldly.

i really need to be in bed ... stupid early work ... mumbletygrumblepants!

Well it sucks that we stranded all those guys, but DiceK's throwing strikes, kept pitch count low, and our bats are alive. Even Tek made solid contact.
My glass is half full.

Ooookay, Dice, let's get over the plate, hm? Ooh--much better.

At least he just reached 60 pitches. He's being much more economical this time around.

Dice-KKKKKKK!

Dang Dice-K is dealing.

nnnnngh.

bed bed bed bed bed.

dice-KKKKKKK! (!!!) GO SOX!

g'night, everyone!

YES! (fistpumps ala Paps) Nice, Daisuke!

God damn, I cannot wait to see Manny get back to the Monster this season.

Yooouuuuukkk!!!!

Night, jenny!

I'm really happy (and a little pleasantly surprised) at Dice's command tonight.

Also: Blanton has the ugliest delivery I've ever seen.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK!

That was awesome. Sorry there, Brown.

Yay, Youk! He's having a fantastic night!

...I love watching him hit triples, too, because he's not fast. He and Dustin are gonna have some fun with this one later...

TEK!!!!!!!!

Spoilers good?

That was SO gone! It bounced UP!

But in any case, we're ahead!

Spoilers VERY good! YES!

How the fuck did it bounce up if it didn't hit the lip ABOVE the yellow line?

GIVE HIM THE HOMERUN YOU ASSFACES!

That was a home run. No doubt whatsoever.

Spoilers VERY good! YES!

DAMN. ROBBED.

BOOOL SHEEET!! Ugh! I'm not even blaming Tek for this...he should have a damned HR

Spoilers VERY good! YES!

THAT WAS A HOMERUN.
AND MATT HOLLIDAY STILL HASN'T TOUCHED THE PLATE.

Hey- Coco got another out! Left another runner stranded!

What the hell? Damnit...I call bias! They did something similar to Manny last year, too...

On the bright side - how awesome is it to see Tek hitting again?

That was DEFINITELY gone. Ughhh.

Anyway--75 pitches through 7 for the Dice! This is definitely good news! (On average, he's on track for 96.4285 pitches through 9... not bad at all!)

Yeah, it happened to Manny at the Jake during the ALCS. Although it wasn't quite as obvious as Tek's. Bullfuckingshit though. That could have been a big run.

Stupid non-HR call better not burn them or else I'm going on a rampage...and it will not be pretty.

Aww, that Oki story is so sad.

Get #8!

Dice-KKKKKKKK

What Okaji story? (Radio...)

Heh. I was supposed to sleep at 11. Oops...

Okay, I'm going to bed. Good luck Dice-K(KKKKKKK--that's eight now!) and other Sox!

DICE-K IS AWESOME TONIGHT

Oh my god--nine!

Dice-KKKKKKKK!!!

...I'm in love a little. Watashi wa Daisuke ga daisuki desu!

I've never had a Japanese baseball boyfriend before...

Fuck yeah! His most SO in a game last year was 10...

Remy was just talking about how the Japanese media was fawning over Dice-K, while Oki, who had pitched in Tokyo, was mostly overlooked.

It's OK - he's a Hero in the Dark

If it makes Okaji feel any better, he's my favorite reliever by far. I'm a huge fan. (Coolest delivery ever, too - okay, maybe second coolest delivery to Pat Neshek.)

Dice-K's awesome tonight!

The game isn't on TV near me, so I'm listening with GameDay Audio.
I'm listening to it in Spanish (because...well, why not?), and the announcers are going crazy.

They're actually yelling "Strike" in English because they are so excited.

And when he strikes someone out, they shout "Sientate!," which means Sit Down!, but they are using a form that makes it informal and a little insulting (it's kind of hard to explain...)

It's pretty hilarious, but I'm sure it not as good as actually watching it. :(

Tied with Neshek. No doubt.

Also, GO DICE. (And the only hit so far in the whole game has been that homer. Just sayin'...)

...does your username mean I'm not the only New Jerseyan in here? (hopeful grin)

Yep, I'm from Jersey, too!

YAY! New Jersey! It's fun to find Sox fans in New Jersey...

(I try to convert people sometimes, but since I'm up north it's hard to convince the Yankees fans otherwise.)

Daisuke done for the night. Good job, Daisuke!

YAY!
Yeah, the Yankee fans here can get pretty annoying.

Just curious...Are you a Devils (hockey) fan?

Well, that was very, very promising.

Aw, Dicey. Oh well. Great job through those innings, wow, though, wow.

Does anyone around Boston still have rain?

I don't follow hockey too closely, but I've been to a game or two and would consider them my team if asked. (They have my support, in short. I'm pretty much a baseball person, though.)

I'm in college in western PA, though, so I see a lot more Penguins stuff out here where I am. A lot of Penguins and Orioles stuff, actually. Not too many Pirates fans - hmm.

still raining, drip,drip,drippy.
And we are seeing GOODNESS from our team tonight.

Totally random, but: I love that the new crossfade graphic has the trophy on it, in addition to the NESN logo.

Cool.
I'm mostly baseball, too, but with the playoffs coming up hockey has been pretty intense.

Yeah - from what I've seen on ESPN, the race is pretty tight this year. (Out in this part of PA, it's Crosby this, Crosby that...)

Damnit, Okaji! I love you, but let's not walk people, okay? (You're still my favorite reliever.)

I think everyone else is trying to figure out why he wasn't allowed to finish the inning too, Don.

I just literally laughed out loud at Jacoby slapping Dustin's ass after he caught that out. LOL MOMENT!

Anyway. I just adore that NESNHD commercial--"We're World Champions. The first time, we didn't see it coming. The second time... we kinda did." It totally gives me chills.

The bigger question 1863 is am i the only male in here.

Knocking on wood, but Youk would tie the all-time 1B errorless record if he gets through tonight, according to the radio...

I'm quite female, actually...

I think so, Ian!

Why Ian, you're looking quite fetching tonight...

I'm quite female, actually...

I figured that as I can most of the people here. It does seem like I'm the only male.

Argh, stupid thing posted twice. (kicks the computer)

I love that NESN commercial too...the "we kinda did" line and the music just get me for some reason.

Where are the bats????

Ian: pretty sure. According to the ticker at the bottom, 14 people are online. In the last 20 minutes, 6 different people have posted. 5 are girls. The other is you. Yep, methinks you're the only guy.

Lurker guys: if you exist, post! We won't bite... We don't even bite Yankees or A's fans. Mostly.

I wonder... will Street be pitching tonight?

It's cool I really don't mind ;)

the bats are still in Japan. They do have 7 hits.

If you sign up for Red Sox Kids Nation you can get a free Dustin Pedroia lunch box. I wonder why they picked him?:-P

...I want a Dustin Pedroia lunch box! Damnit! I identify with him (long story, but still...)!

Jonathan warming in the pen.

The Red Sox still have two more Opening Days this season to go through. One in Toronto and of course THE RING CEREMONY

Because Pedroia is about as tall as the kids who will get the lunchbox.

And in case you hadn't heard the first hundred times tonight, RemDawg is the president of Red Sox Nation,

I'm nervous....

There's nothing wrong with joining Kid Sox Nation for the lunchbox. Not that I know anybody who did that last year for the Papelbon lunchbox or anything.

Oops. I really am going to sleep this time, guys... I mean, girls and guy...

Good luck Okie and Sox!

Mike Sweeney in. Cue the Dugout Jif!

I still think of PECOTA when I see Jif in the supermarket...

Jonathan in.

AAH. I think the world wants me to stay up here--Pap's coming in AND the "we sorta did" commercial just played.

Must... stay... awake...

I would TOTALLY get a Pedroia lunchbox. Seriously.

I am curious to know the state of RemDawg Nation, since their president must have resigned:-P (I've had a few beers, forgive my silliness).

Paps in...please show us the last two outings were flukes.

I'm back--fam turned in. We had American Idol on and the game on Gameday on my laptop.

Pap is pitching!

Forecast for tomorrow is horrible. I hope we don't get rained out.

I'm not a big fan of the 4-out Papelbon

...dude, they're playing the Murphys in Oakland! I hear it on the radio!

Liza, you're still in school, right? So you are a kid, right? Go for the lunchbox!

Would that anybody perhaps be you Texy?

How old was your "kid"?

Pap got him on two pitches. Excellent.

Dropkicks!?!?! Awesome.

The Spanish guys keep obnoxioiusly saying "El Animal," so I'm pretty sure they're talking about Paps...

"El Animal?" ...epic. So calling Jonathan that now.

My kid, coincidentally enough, was the exact same age as me. Which is to say, not a kid at all.

I do love that lunchbox, though.

*I* would've signed up for a Pap lunchbox. AND I would've used it ;-)

Look at this way. Who's gonna steal your lunch with that mug staring back at you?

He is officially now Jonathan "El Animal" Papelbon -- whether they were talking about him or not.

That is pretty hilarious and awesome :D

The way they're saying it is pretty hilarious.
It's half English, half Spanish, and completely awesome.

Jonathan "El Animal" Papelbon
That is sooooooooooooooo perfect for Cinco Ocho.

Perfect.

He'll always be Cinco Ocho to me.

fc - I guess I count... I think I might join. But I really don't like the whole you-have-to-be-this-official-to-go-in-this-fanclub crap that the "official" Red Sox Nation goes by.

I really do want that lunchbox, though.

Holy shit Tek! You have redeemed yourself.

TEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so glad to see him hitting.

YEAH TEK!!!

C'mon, Coco! Let's get some hits. Sound good?

(I really want Street to pitch. Badly.)

Liza, I'm with you on that but for the right lunchbox...I can be bought.

Nice bunt, Coco!

I love Paint Shop Pro.

El Animal

HA- Hannahan is having a mixed bag of a fielding day.

It took a muffed bunt off of Foulke, but Coco got on base!

Also: Hannahan is smoking hot.

Coco! That was an awesome bunt. Beautiful.

JEEZ. Like I said, mixed bag...

Awesome, 1863!
You made that insanely fast!

Come on, Jacoby. Another RBI.

Good job, Coco! I could only imagine how pretty it was...

(Note to self: Google Hannahan.)

geez, Pedroia could fit IN a lunchbox. :)

Aww, thanks...

I've had PSP open all night because I've been lolcatting some pictures of Stanford kids from 2003-04. Sad but true.

Yes, yes he is.

C'mon, Jacoby, get 'em around home... just in case... or, you know, walk for Pedroia and Papi. That's fine too.

Is that the second or third time tonight Brown's robbed Jacoby of a hit, or is it just me?

...ooh, so that's Hannahan, eh? Not bad at all...

I'll stop being shallow now.

1863- The Chris Carter one almost made me spit out my drink. Hilarious!

Second time Liza

Thanks - I was just really annoyed that the Chris Carter list was so shallow. I love him, too - but because he can hit, got his degree in 3 1/4 years and likes reading classical literature. That's what makes him awesome to me...

That's more like it Paps!

One down.

El Animal is smokin' em tonight.

I definitely wasn't looking at those photos for the hotness of the players but they were pretty funny 1863.

Golden sombrero for BUCK.

Aah, they said the exact same thing on the radio! Golden sombrero indeed!

(And thanks, by the way...!)

Don't get me started on girlsoxnation. That shit is RIDICULOUS. And not in a good way.

I just noticed something. Texy your blog is on eartern time now. I had to look at the clock to make sure it wasn't 1:44 AM.

Cinco Ocho is throwing cheddar. 94-95 MPH.

PAP is BACK

damm! Two down.

One more, Pap!

Paps is on FIYAH. He's back to his standard intensity... that seemed to have been missing up until now.

El Animal es en fuego!

Exactly! They don't seem to understand that the game comes first! That's exactly why I made that macro...

Yup - since I'm on Eastern time now, the blog is too. :)

how long til Texy picks up the Bostonian accent?

With that GirlSox Nation thing, I'm really tempted to sort of disguise myself as a stupid fangirl and infiltrate their HQ to get a look at how stupid it is...however I feel like my brain will melt if I even attempt that ish

Perfect, Meghan!

One strike away... C'mon, Jonathan Cinco El Animal Ocho Papelbon...

givem the ol number 1 rickey

LADIES and GENTLEMEN (cue song), WELCOME TO THE 2008 BOSTON RED SOX

Woohoo!

Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous. Beautiful 3-K 9th from El Animal.

Fuck yeah!

FISTPUMP!!

Dirty Water time. WOOOOOOOOOOOT. And wow was he butt nasty tonight.

AWESOME! That's why I love Paps.

Night all.

I'll be at the game tomorrow--can't wait!

YES!

(sighs) Radio delay. But YES anyway.

Yay!
Now it's bedtime!

That was some strikeoutlicious pitching from the Sox tonight. How many Ks overall? Nine from the Dice, three from the Pap, I forget how many from the Okie...

Anyway, I am actually going to sleep now. For the, uh, third time.

'Night, everyone!

It's been a pleasure ladies. I'm off to write a recap of this game. I hate being a two team blog sometimes.

Until we meet again,

Because I love that dirty water
Oh, oh, Boston, you're my home (oh, yeah)

Alrighty, I'm off - Civil War stuff to study (Antietam...!). Catch you all next thread!

I have no problem with checking the players out - clearly I don't. I have no problem with girls who don't know a lot about baseball trying to learn more - everyone has to start somewhere. But I absolutely object to girls reveling in the pink hat nonsense (retch!) and proclaiming that all girls everywhere should only care about how hot the guys are and not about the game.

Because stats and math ARE HARD FOR GIRLS, y'all! Girls are silly and stupid and don't understand math! Baseball is too hard for our small minds! We'll leave all that "baseball" part of baseball for the menfolk.

Okay, not studying quite just yet, even though it's battlefield stats. Because baseball stats have me more occupied for a moment.

The only reason I was good at statistics in high school was my obscene obsession with baseball (and video games, but mostly baseball). And to be honest, I went through several years of not truly falling for any players at all (Jed Lowrie's the first player I've ever truly been in love with, and it took until college for that to happen). It was the game that drew me in first.

(Well, being raised in a baseball family helped a bit - my grandfather got an offer to play for the Yankees [which he stupidly turned down] and my great-aunt saw Jackie Robinson play in person.) That stuff probably encouraged me quite a bit in that direction. Everyone in my family loves the game, too, so why not me?

What's up with RemDawg wearing a leather jacket?

Rem is trying to be hip with what the kids are wearing nowadays.

I'm surprised he didn't "mention" where he got it from.

I am so happy to see Daisuke (yup, he deserves his real name) so on point. Awesome performance. I hope it makes the headlines back home.

We're off for Oakland. Go Sox! I hope Lester has a great game and the rain stays away. So far it's cloudy, no rain.

I am watching the Yankees/Toronto game on ESPN right now, so this is off-topic, but I had to let TexasGal know that one of the commentators just referred to David Eckstein as a "little pest" because he's 5'6".

also, two fairly obvious observations:
1. Giambi is a terrible first baseman.
2. Mussina blows. he and Gagne should just quit and go drink somewhere together, cuz they both is DONE!