(hyperventilates)

LOL.

Does anyone know how to listen to WEEI on the web without a MLB.com subscription?

I don't think it is possible...MLB wants to make sure everyone pays to listen to out of market games so they prohibit the local stations from streaming it.

Front page of MLB.com. FRONT PAGE!

(beams with pride)

I can't wait to see Jed tonight!

I am literally short of breath right now. And waaaay too energetic for my own good.

...and wearing this

18, I can see you grinning all the way from NC!

Abby, I know it's not WEEI, but in a couple of minutes I'll be trying my luck on on freebaseballradio.com, which link was so kindly provided to me a few nights ago by someone here. Just follow the directions on the home page. Good luck!

ECL - Thanks! I saw that link the other night but couldn't remember what it was. I'm in my brother's dorm room and the school cable system doesn't get a NESN plus channel!

I actually caved and bought the monthly subscription to MLB.TV for this. I am so damn pathetic.

...but this is so worth it.

I'll be on in about an hour, when I'm forced to come back upstairs to watch the game.

see y'all then.

I'm considering heading to a local bar to see it but for now, I'm happy with the radio.

Damnit, MLB.TV's only got the Cleveland broadcast right now! (cries) I wanted Remy and Don!

...I still get Jed. That's more important.

I'm just hoping to stay awake tonight.

The out of the ordinary thing Texy is the fact that Jacoby Ellsbury is batting 6th in the order, not the fact that he's playing right field.

JED JED JED JED JED JED JED

Stupid T delays... didn't get home until just now. UGH.

But--JED JED JED JED JED JED JED!

Steph, the road games you get the visiting announcers and home games home announcers obviously.

Not only is Ells batting 6th, but Coco is leading off when Ells is playing.

Maybe to get a little OBP action down there at the bottom of the order?

Yeah, I figured, but...waaaah, I miss Remy and Don. I've heard them before, and I'd have loved to have had them for the debut game...

...but I'm still happy as all hell.

Hello all. My computer is deciding to hate me tonight, so I don't even think I'll be able to watch the game through MLB.com. Boooo.

So much for money well spent, eh? :)

Coco deserves to be batting lead-off right now. he's getting the job done hitting around .340

I'm also grinning like a madwoman. Seriously, what'll I be like when Justin Masterson debuts?

-hisses- ...Sizemore.

Abby: I'm almost to the bottom of the Red Sox list and haven't connected to anything yet. About to move over to the Cleveland list. If you find a station that works please let me know! Thanks.

cn8 is actually channel 9. THAT'S BETTER. ;D

(screencaps the lineup for posterity!)

How many players are wearing the 42?

Coco is...

They said Ortiz is, too.

...dude, Jed could potentially throw out Ryan Garko tonight. (would crack up so bad if that happened)

Coco, Papi and Hale all have the 42 tonight.

Big Papi, Grady, and Sabathia along with Red Sox 3B coach DeMarlo Hale

cn8 is channel 3 for me. Which makes total sense.

Also- despite the fact NESN put a BIG FAT graphic up telling me Coco was wearing Jackie Robinson's number, when the camera cut to him at bat, my first thought was still "Why is wearing #42?" Duh.

Thanks guys.

Dustin!

Ironically enough CN8 is channel 8 for me on Comcast.

that's one for dustin! WHOOT.

I'm still on slight delay...eh. But Coco looks way awesome with the 42 (except when he strikes out).

ABBY! Cleveland page -- WSPD 1370 is carrying the game!

YAY DUSTIN!

Tonight shall be Pac-10 Night. Mark it!

...stupid shift.

Damn DP... (frown)

Suppertime...

But we now get to see Jed at 3B now!

(is on about a two-pitch delay)

They mentioned Larry Doby! YES! He lived in Paterson, NJ! He just doesn't get the recognition he deserves...

...aw, crap. That sucked. But now I get to see our new stand-in third baseman...

I am absurdly excited for this half-inning.

Look! Look! It's him!

SHOW HIM, NESN!

...you can't imagine how badly I'm losing it right now...and it feels so damn good. (is giddier than she's been in months) I haven't felt like this since they won the World Series last year!

...and right now the feed decides to get all glitchy.

(murders the internet)

Abby: WKBN is better. The previous station I mentioned had some weird background sounds like there was a newscast going on at the same time as the play by play.

Yay, thanks ecl!

Nice inning for Wakey!

C'mon, Wake...grounder to third...

IT KEEPS FUCKING FREEZING TO BUFFER. I DON'T FUCKING GET IT.

I HATE THE INTERNET.

Seriously, I have to keep restarting the feed to make it work. Is something wrong?

For those who like college baseball, this site has a lot of games on the net for free. It's best to use Internet Explorer for this.

http://channelsurfing.net/

I missed the entire half of that inning. Well, I saw it, but in stop-frame motion.

...and now it seems to be working fine. No glimpse of him at all so far for me.

Did you install the Microsoft silverlight plugin?

A long time ago.

I hope you can get it straightened out before he comes up to bat!

Crap, I just now got mine to load. I missed the entire first inning.

I think it's just that I'm on a college server and it's really busy. The video just keeps pausing to buffer every so often.

I'm just seeing Youk right now, for those with a television.

I actually don't use the Silverlight program because it freezes my browser up and use the old media player.

He just struck out in real-time, ftr. (Youk, that is.)

Byrd, unfortunately, looks really good.

Jacoby! Let's goooo!

c'mon, ells!

C'mon Jacoby...

Josh's rocking the knitted hat look again.

Oh well.

Frick. Ing. Gra. Dy. Size. More.

oof. this is moving wicked quickly!

How do I get to the old media player? This is what it looks like for me now.

I had to removed Microsoft Silverlight cause it just would not work with my computer. That should take you back to where you can choose the old media player or download the new one.

...end of the inning screen. I had to reload the program again...

I think after I see him I might switch over to the radio, just because this is becoming a pain in the ass.

Gee, at this rate the game will last less than 2 hours...

It's easy Steph. Uninstall the silverlight program in your add/remove programs.

close your browser and restart it. then go here

http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp#20080415

and then choose the Red Sox game at 400K

that may help you. I'd do it at the end of the inning so you don't miss much. or wait until after jed comes up next inning

I could really use a 2-hour game after the marathons we had the last two nights.

is the infield dirt weirdly red for you other viewers or should i be concerned about my tv (or my version of cn8) ... ?

OH HEY NICE CATCH PEDEY!

Wow. Really quick indeed.

(JED NEXT INNING JED NEXT INNING)

all y'all need to stop talking about the length of the game. it will make it go longer :D

Wake always seems to work pretty fast.

And BOO for the hit.

... and jed now has a dirty uniform. NICE.

Jenny it's red here too.

No, jenny - it's a bright red-orange for me, too.

He was nowhere near that pitch...

Haha. Wake's pickoff throws must be about 50 mph.

Hi all. Umm....seriously. What's up with the Bruins' game? Appears I won't get to see Jed make his grand debut (and provide support for 18)

...he does?

Abby, me too. Even with a 7:05 start, I could stand to be all ramped down by bedtime if tonight's game is half as exciting as last night. And don't forget, we'll probably have another marathon tomorrow night.

Currently removing Silverlight to fix this buffering issue...

I managed to locate a radio so I'm listening to WRKO, and they just floated the idea that the Yankees buried the Ortiz shirt themselves. It also cost $30,000 to remove the shirt from the concrete.

Games on NESN Plus starlight. Texy's got a link at the top to NESN plus channels.

JED THREW OUT RYAN GARKO. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

NICE PLAY JED! (!!!!!!!)

(DIES)

hey everyone....there ya go 18, Jed gets his first play!

Yep 18 he dose

Hehe! Garko is out.

I WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN SO BAD.

Maybe they imported the infield dirt from down my way.

Bethie may be the only one here who would understand that comment.

Computer is taking too long to do this removing shit. I can't stand technology today.

Oh, eff, Wake - yikes.

C'mon Assdribble - K, please.

Ian, TexGirl...sweet Jesus thank you. It's fuzzy, but it's the game. *sqeeeeees in delight*

Wakefield, calm down. CALM DOWN.

Like that!

(temporarily gives up because she doesn't want to miss IT)

I can see into the future, clearly.

who can explain asdrubal's pearl necklace to me ... ?

LOL. Does kinda look like the red clay in my backyard. go ahead and get it wet, we'll have an impromptu pottery class by second base. :)

Okay 18...ya ready? Hyperventilating yet?

Bethie--yay...making beads for BecKett's new hemp necklace....

...yes...but not in the good way. My computer is DENYING ME.

(murders it in the most incredibly brutal way she can)

Holy crap we get to see Jed soon!

Nice hit, Julio!

Don and Jerry need to NOT talk about random girls in the stands like that...

LUGOOOO!

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED! HE'S COMING UP!!

OOOOOOOOOOoooooo Here you go!!!

one on, nobody out for jed's first ever mlb ab ...

Yeah Julio.... :-)

EKKKKK!

Aww! Look at him! Uniform all gritty already...

Elbow pads and all!

Oh, sorry 18. :( 24 in 2 days, huh? Young 'en.

I CAN'T FUCKING SEE! It's still on Lugo here!

...waiting, waiting...

...incredibly impatiently.

n'aww, and it's almost his birthday! ;D

GODDAMNIT! STOP FUCKING BUFFERING!

...oh my God, I can see him!

(cries)

His birthday is the day of the first game in NY...

I love watching his swing. A lot.

Hopefully Jed will double and Julio will cross the plate.

Wow, compared to jed, cash looks like he's got a bit of a bubble butt.

Paul Byrd's hair looks like he cuts it by running a brillo pad back and forth across it.

Aww, Jed. It's ok. Good at bat.

Damn. Rang him up the ladder.

Nice crotch grab, Jed.

Aww! Poor Jed.

Byrd is really going now. 4 Ks in 3...

Damnit. But I STILL SAW IT!

...and I very pathetically cried a little. I'm so proud.

Maybe Byrd's "pituitary problem" does something to make his hair brittle:-P

Bethie -- LOL about the pottery class. I have this memory of a friend from NY coming to visit the area and looking at me in amazement and saying "The dirt is RED!!!"

Sheeeeeiiiiitt. Sorry, 18.

Damn doubleplay. And the Cleveland announcers are crowing about it. grrrrr

I really should be prepping for my classes tomorrow. My students are gonna feel neglected....

I think it's the HGH.

Can't believe how fast this game is going. Jeesh.

starlight: That could be a new idea. Red clay Beckett man jewelry. HA.

Whoa. Lugo was safe.

nice NON double-play asdrubal. does w/ the pearl necklace. (awww, biscuits.)

Hi All!

I hate having to run errands and getting stuck in traffic when there's a game on! I know...I know...but the dog has to eat ;-)

How's Jed doing?

has 1863 exploded with joy yet????

I wonder if the Cleavland announcers are saying anything about it now?

(switches over to the radio) I saw what I needed to see, and that's good.

I made my brother a hemp belt back in HS. Maybe i could make one for BecKett, only with a big fat Texas style buckle.

C'mon, Wake. Get a DP back on them.

Cleveland announcers having orgasms over that double play.

That's better. Current gameplay.

...is it sad that I cried because he was up? Because I think it is a little bit.

No, 18, it's glorious!

The Cleveland announcers are waxing poetic about the double play and the Sox announcers are waxing poetic about cannoli. Hmm.

Too bad it wasn't really a double play.

Got him!

Nice!

ha HA! Take that, Cleveland announcers...

Chyeah! Great job, Wake!

This completes my life.

C'mon, Wake...

Nice. Caught stealing!

pedey and wakey FTW!!!!!!!

I would have liked to see that last little bit of excitement.

Aww at Wake's little point back to Pedroia.

Um...I miss Mirabelli

Aww. :D

What is it with these Indians being speedy all of a sudden?

And I'm not even counting the guy at the plate in that.

Hello all :)

Uggggh SIzemore.

i didn't mean to complain about the speed of the game earlier, honest. i swear.

Woooo Ellsbury. Am I talking to myself?

Jenny, I know. We did jinx it.

Oh nevermind :)
GO Wakeywakey! Wow that's annoying.

Oh crap Blake.

18: Nice screen cap. :-)

Abby: I'll take the cannoli, thanks!

*Eric Wedge "I smell something bad" face*

C'mon, Wakey. Strand 'em there.

I want this game to crawl, in that case.

More Jed time for me, too.

Blake = NO.

ecl - Awww, thanks! It made me cry a little...

I know, they're making me hungry. At least they've stopped talking about them.

It's so sad to see so many empty seats. Where is your pride Cleveland?

C'moooon timmeh.

(wishes she could be in Cleveland right now) Empty seats, and yet I could be there watching him in person.

Stupid life getting in the way again. On the other hand, I've got that screencap now! (melts)

18, I know how it is. When they played in Japan and my special faves came up for the first at-bats of the season, I cried a little.

Oh, Steph. You are so pathetic (but in a good way!).

That being said, I'd love to be there, too--so long as there weren't any towels, anyway.

re: screen cap...I think some photoshopping is necessary, Steph. Go ahead. Add yourself!

WOOOO WAKEY!

Nice, Wakey!

YES.

Sweet!

Yeah, it's odd that there are empty seats. It's just under 50 degrees per the Gameday page. Not bad for April in Ohio. The announcers just said that the attendance is better than last night, though.

Sad. If it were Fenway, it'd be packed.

nice job timmy, i'm really trying to get some work done tonight...dam progress report writing is getting in the way of my baseball watching

I...generally don't stoop to the whole self-inserting stuff...I mean, I come from a fanfiction background, and I can't stand Mary Sues so it kind of just...

We'll wait for the real thing when I go to Pawtucket later this year and try - I stress the word try - to talk to him in real life.

Oh c'mon Crisp, I believe in you!

18- Mary- Sues piss me off

No, no, no...there is no try, only DO.

you know, or not.

Oh, yeah...and who's Mary Sues?

Kristen: what do you teach?

do or do not...there is no try, ahaha.

peeeeeweeeee.

Starlight, here's the Sue article on Wikipedia. In short, they're fan-created characters who pretty much exist so the author can pretend she's getting laid with her favorite character. And they're always perfect.

I can't stand them.

Ahoy-hoy everybody. Better late than never, eh? School was school but I got out before anything else could happen. I'm glad to see good ol' Carlson playing tonight(I love that his middle name is Carlson and I love that he's also Swedish(what? I'm half Swedish so I enjoy it!))

PAAAAAAPPPIIIIIII

I only read them for good laughs.

LOOK! I screencapped Carlson!

(melts again)

Mary Sues are basically what is going to happen in the next 1000 Jacoby Ellsbury related Red Sox fanfics, if people decide to write them(and they will. Believe you me)

come on coomme oooon big papi.

WOOOOOOOOO

Erin, have you ever read a fanfiction MST? I used to butcher Suefics that way...it was fun as hell.

Yay Papi....

Hahaha, an Ellsbury fanfic.

What would that go like?

Mannyyyyy.

Nice, Papi! Nice! Woohoo!

There's a surprising amount of baseball fanfiction out there. It stunned me a little when I first found it, but...yeah, I suppose it was due to happen.

Ugh, double play...

Starlight, you took the Sues question right out of my mouth. And now I know.

18- No I haven't. The ones i read are the Lord of the Rings ones. Tolkien must be rolling over in his grave due to those stories

I had no idea there were baseball fanfics out there.

Yay Papi! I switched to Gameday so I'm a little behind.

straight- i'm a preschool autism specialist (well thats my official titile)...dam law says I gotta send home progress reports by friday

Mmmmm I'm having california maki right now.

I wonder if we'll see the (un)buried shirt work it's magic tomorrow?

Ooooh we're back.

Oh, so someone inserts a character that basically represents herself and so forth. Or even just a "perfect" character? Sounds pretty lame...
I didn't realize it was an entire phenomenon. You have my apologies. So, don't Mary Sue. Instead, make that screen shot your desktop background. :)

Oh, poor Tolkien. That was actually the canon I used to work in, actually! Legolas...poor kid.

Here's a great example of an MST. It's in an anime fandom (InuYasha), but it's quite readable. And funny.

c'mon, wakey. hang in there so we can get the bats out for you ...

Oh, and just because - the Baseball Fanfiction Archive. It exists.

(Be careful, though - a lot of it is slash.)

Garko! I want Jed to throw him out again! That made me laugh so damn hard...

Surprisingly, there's no Ellsbury.
But there is Sizemore (obviously).

Ooooh haha I have to see the Mirabelli one.

Kristina: Excellent choice of career.

Damn...two base hits...urgh.

Where's the best place to find baseball fanfic? I did a little Googling and didn't find all that much.

The Sox fanfic authors seem to really like Varitek...

Am I the only one who finds real person fan fiction odd?

I suggest either the Baseball Fanfiction Archive (which I linked to above) or one of several Livejournal communities.

(If you're into slash, there's this community. But slash isn't for everybody.)

thanks ecl...yay for April vacation next week!
nice job stranding them again wakey...now it's time for some hits!

The only reason I'd do any fictional writing related to baseball was if I created a new team with entirely fictional players. I've considered writing a story where the Pirates move to Boston... but with completely made-up people and management, etc.

lowrie to pedroia - inning over.

Ooooh my goood. Hahahaha I'm laughing. The Mirabelli one is a slash with Varitek. It's really funny. Hahaha I'm still laughing.

i like how it's a little under 50 degrees in clevland and Josh is wearing a winter hat and gloves =)

Youuuk

Erin - no, you're not. I've always felt a little weird about it myself - I find fictional people are easier to write. RPS can get really...awkward. (If I write about real people, it never goes beyond a drabble. And I do it very rarely.)

Ah Steph, yes, I found that one already. And I'm no prude by any stretch of the imagination so don't have a problem with slash. My mind is often in the gutter anyway. ;-)

Jade, I'm sure there will be plenty of Ellsbury stories in due time.

...Jed to Dustin...

(mind goes blank)

...Pac-10 All-Conference...YES.

Sizemore...

NO THEY DON'T LOOK ALIKE REMY.

Freaking Grady.

I don't like fish.

Will the Grady-Jacoby comparisons ever stop?

Yes, they're both young, speedy center fielders. They're good looking fan favorites. But UGH.

Yeah, Jacoby! Nice running.

Tacoby steals!

yay, Jacoby.

YESYESYESYES JACOBYYY!

...mabe that's what the fanfic would be like.

Lugo!

YAY JACOBY! WOOHOO!

...and he'll be on for Jed. Now watch the mad Oregon synergy!

I totally agree with you and 18, Erin. It's kind of creepy. I've read a couple and try to avoid it the majority of the time.

Yeah Jacoby!!!

d.o. & remy are talking about jed and jacoby being from oregon. ;D ;D ;D

Woowoo!

C'mon, JED!

Erin -- yeah it is a little weird. When I write(and when I do it's basically under lock and key in my journal) It's all stupid humor and usually is just involving inside jokes and just dumb stupid humor that isn't meant to be taken seriously.

YAY FOR DON AND REMY. They pick good discussion topics.

OMG Julio with two hits!?!?

Okay Jed, now's your chance to make Steph faint with joy!

JED, lets goo!

That. Was. LONG. Oh man.

Now is the time, Jed!

Shoot. I was hoping it was fair.

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JED! It's okay, you can foul. I'll still be so excited.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds them creepy.

JACOBY IS ON FOR YOU.

OREGON SYNERGY.

Hey...Jed's roster photo isn't bad at all, Steph.

Awww. Bouncer...

YES! Lowrie drives in Jacoby!!

WE'RE ON THEBOARD!

RBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LOWRIE YOU MAKE US SO PROUD.

(and jacoby!)

OREGON FTW!

awee, yay Jed.

...OH MY GOD! OH MY FUCKING GOD!

(passes out)

Yay Jed!

Yay Jed!!

Jacoby is so freakin' pretty...

Alright Jed!

Is he talking to Ryan Garko? Just curious. They know each other...

SO FUCKING PROUD RIGHT NOW.

yeah Jed, I bet 18 was just jumping up and down in excitement!

Interesting Lookalike Alert: Jed Lowrie and Red Sox assistant GM Jed Hoyer. Seriously, they're like almost dead ringers(actually Hoyer looks like a cross between Mirabelli and Lowrie)

:D

Sorry about that, up there... I had a shallow moment.

But YAY Jed!!

Liza: Haha I know. I hate being a fangirl, but when I went to one of his signings I was like *drool*

C'moooon Cash.

btw, the anon was me...my bad

She actually nearly passed out in her chair, but close enough.

I'm still grinning like an idiot.

*angry Cash*

Bye bye Cash.

JED! He is so little-looking.

I knew that was you! You made that comparison here.

(That entry's friends-locked, though. Oops.)

They're brothers in Jed!

Is anything happening? Gameday's frozen.

Argh, Kevin. But we have an Oregon-manufactured run! YES!

abby: Nothing's going on right now. Except for stuff about the Toyota Tundra for me.

Hey guys I've been meaning to ask you guys -- you guys ever had any really really weird Red Sox related dreams? I had a really funny dream just last night about Mike Lowell hosting a dance contest. He didn't participate(at least not until the end) and the kicker: they were on rollerskates.

Odd thing is that this may not be teh weirdest Red Sox related dream I've had.

...holy shit, I can literally feel my heart thudding in my chest without putting my hand over it.

I'm really pathetic tonight. (enjoys it anyway!)

I can never remember my dreams....

Wakesterrrrrr. How many nicknames could one come up with for Wakefield?

NOOOO SO CLOSE ELLSBURY.

Last night I dreamed that Papelbon was running a ride at a carnival.

But didn't ML actually host a dance contest back in Florida? Only without the rollerskates. LOL

Piney - I once had a dream I met Jacoby Ellsbury's younger brother (the one about my age). I can't remember how, but it involved an umbrella in the outfield at Fenway and a pink shag rug...

Aw, Jacoby, what was that?

I had a dream that I was nominated for a Tony Award(I'm a big Broadway' fan) and my date to the Tony's was Clay Buchholz. I also won.

Ellen: Yeah he did, haha. He won, didn't he?

According to Gameday, the top of the 5th only had 1 out. Oops.

Erin: Did you win the Tony?

Go away Sizemore. Just go away.

Piney, I've had two very, very bizzare dreams involving the Sox..

one had something to do with Jacoby riding around on a snow mobile at some sort of party in the clubhouse. He was telling us all to eat lots of fruit, because fruit is good for you.

the other I'm not so sure I'm ready to share..

Erin, that's a fabulous dream. Clay in a tux and at the Tonys? Awesome.

My husband told me I was talking in my sleep the other night. Said something like, "Be careful! Watch out fo the Papelbon pictures all over the floor. Can you take care of them?" Strange. I think he was just glad I wasn't dreaming about Beckett.

I think he did win Jade.

Ellen -- that was how the dream even came in my head I think...I should also add that Red Sox players participated in the dance contest on rollerskates...it was like Xanadu except more cracked out because it involved Red Sox players.

I also dreamt once I was dancing in my car to the "Safety Dance" with JD Drew and being laughed at by Pedroia and then I had one where my friend saw Alex Cora, Mike Lowell, and Dustin Pedroia at an Evanesence concert(I know, weird)

Ooooh wait you said you won. Sorry. I'm dumb. Well congratulations on your win.

Timmeeeeh.

Erin - Woo, Broadway! I'm going to see Rent in NYC in a week... I'm so psyched. (I'm also missing potential loge box seats on the third base line. NOOOO.)

Slinking into the corner because now I feel like a weirdo for enjoying nefarious stories now and then. Oh well, I've never claimed to be normal.

Erin - Woo, Broadway! I'm going to see Rent in NYC in a week... I'm so psyched. (I'm also missing potential loge box seats on the third base line. NOOOO.)

Uh oh...Wakey...

Rent? My friends have told me Rent's fantastic! Have fun!

I never have any good dreams anymore. Would love to have one about...well, we won't go there. No we won't.

Sorry for the double posting...

C'mon, Wakey. Let's keep this lead intact, shall we?

I have a lot of Broadway related dreams. Its kinda sad.

Wooooo Crisp!

I saw the tour of Rent a few months ago. I don't care, I want to see the Broadway cast :D

Cocoo!

Erin: Let's see your jazz hands!

Argh, people in my room talking over my radio. About calculus.

STATISTICS > CALCULUS.

Yay Coco! Nicely done!

ecl - you're not the only one. I like a good nefarious story. I like the slash but I'm just wary of RPF.

I've never seen a Broadway show. I want to really badly.

Oh God now I'm gonna have a nightmare about the Indians' logo with all this dreams talk...and the fact that they're logo kinda scares me.

GO WAKEY!

I can't stand Cleveland's logo. It's so damn racist.

The stage show was a million times better than the movie. I never saw the B'way version but did see it when they came on tour to Boston.

rpf?

I'll be seeing Sheer Madness tomorrow in Boston. Field Trip. Should be interesting...

18- I also find Cleveland's logo racist

RPF = real person fiction.
RPS = real person slash.

I've heard Sheer Madness is awesome!

I saw Jesus Christ Superstar when I was about 6..
-my grandfather was an opera singer, and he played the King in the King & I! My baba was a dancer on Broadway, too..

-Oh, no Wake..

Yeah I thought the logo seemed kind of offensive, but I'm not Native American so I wouldn't know.

NOOOOOO.

Ellsbury said he wasn't offended by it, but who knows.

Logo: yeah...you'd think they'd have changed it by now...

Abby - Did you go in January or February or whenever that was, of this year? I went then! (I also saw Anthony Rapp when he spoke at Northeastern a month ago or so. AMAZING.)

C'mon, Wake. He keeps loading the bases... at least he's getting out of the jams.

(swallows nervously) I do not like this situation.

RPF stands for real people fiction, I think. Something like that.

I missed Avenue Q in its run in Boston. Very sad. But I did make it to Wicked. I knew all the songs by heart but had no idea how they fit together before I saw it.

Uh oh redux...

C'mon guys...

Sheer Madness is great!

Steph, I don't remember my dreams either. Yeah, I wish I would have some about...never mind...

knuckleball, cmon. Double play, PLEASE

I'm pretty sure I saw Rent in 2001. I wish I'd seen it when it was here in Jan/Feb - my friend was running the sound board.

I saw Wicked w/ Taye Diggs.

I've seen Jersey Boys twice and was able to go backstage once.

uhm.
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Oh, fug.

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap CLAP CLAP.

NONONONONONONONOONONO
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

foo.

The radio folks just scared me. They got too excited about a foul.

...I don't like those comments I see...

FUCK IT.

Abby, depending on the subject of the RPF I don't mind it at all. ;-)

NOOOOOOOOO! Urgh.

Seriously having Beckett withdrawals. Everytime they show the dugout I hold my breath. I'll just have to settle for the pic at the top of the blog after I post an entry...*crosses fingers and hopes for Beckett*

Oh, and WTH Wake!

Come on, Wake.

Aardsma in the pen..

Erin - YOU SAW TAYE DIGGS? Aaaah! I love him.

Also, on the note of the Cleveland logo, I HATE it. Passionately. Like... just... wow. No.

Erin: For a second I thought you meant you went to see Wicked WITH Taye Diggs. Like he accompanied you. Haha. I would have been quite jealous.

Please, redeem yourself Wakey.

YES. Yay Jed!

(Boo, runs.)

okay That's a bit better Wakey....now offense -- pick him up!

I too find Cleveland's logo...utterly offensive. And somehow their fans don't get why.

Good, Pac-10 boys. Good. Back up the starter.

...uuuugh.

Jade- lol. No the leading actor hurt himself and had to have surgery. Taye Diggs came in to do the role for a few months. His wife was the lead and it was great to see them on stage together

Hey, it was an all-farm-system DP!

Wait, Erin - YOU SAW TAYE DIGGS AND IDINA MENZEL AS FIYERO AND ELPHABA?!

(If you say yes, I'll die of jealousy.)

You saw Rent with Taye Diggs AND Idina Menzel?! I'm very jealous.

And the kids who did the turning two bit of it played against each other in college, yaaaaaay!

I heart that conference.

I meant Wicked, not Rent. Sorry.

Gameday is acting up again.

Good eye, good eye. (Minus the foul he just got).

By the way, sorry about the thread hijack, people who don't care about theater.

Jed! Aww. He's chewing a wad of gum about the size of his fist...

...oh, Jed, you dork. I love you.

NOOOO (that was a good catch).

DARN YOU!!!!!!

Beautiful catch...but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Cmon, Dusty!!!

He was ok. I wanted to see it w/ the original actor (Norbert Leo Butz) But I saw Norbert in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which he won the Tony .

...waaaaaah. Crap.

Dustin, let's do this shit!

come on boys, i don't know if i can handle a stressful game four nights in a row

Yeah, Dustin!

That's my fellow actor Peddie right there with a hit

Yay Pedi...c'mon Papi!!!

YES! Go Dustin!

Wow...appears Beckett is rubbing off on the others...Dusty rockin' a hemp necklace, too? Amazing.

PAPIIII. FRICKING FRICK FRICK FRICK FRICKERSON.

Mannyyy!

Please save us Manny. I will love you forever and ever.

hmph..

I like Norbert Leo Butz more than Taye Diggs, actually.

Come on, Manny!

Hi Ian.

Too bad about that. The bats need to wake up...

I take that back.

The hemp disease is spreading!

I'm actually kind of shocked Papelbon hasn't caught it yet.

...we FAIL.

Hahaha I just pictured Pap with dreads.

Norbert is great. I wish I saw him in Is He Dead? but it closed last month

stop flying out.....(quitley curses at th pile of pages i just had to white ou because "EASY IEP" is the worst program ever created)

I really miss New York when I'm out in PA.

NYC = Good.
NYM = my family's team. Anti-Steinbrenner allies.
NYY = EVIL.

18: Oh ye of little faith! We have time!

(Except that I was telling that to everyone when we had one second left in the superbowl...)

Rent was going to close on my birthday until they extended it...

C'mon, Wakey. Let's get out of this one quickly.

I bet they extended it just for your birthday :)

Eggs and bakey...

what the hell, Lugo?
are you okay?

Jed threw out Garko AGAIN! (dies laughing)

NO LUGO! Poor Lugo...

Tex, i agree with the comment yesterday that Josh is probably secretly leaving one in everyone's locker....my guess is with post-it notes and a few choice words =)

Lugo. Booo.

...oh, shit. What's the deal with Lugo? Crap.

...Jed's visit to the bigs may have just been extended.

What's going on...this doesn't sound good. Someone please tell me what's going on with my little guy...

I love Subliminal!Beckett.

mwahaha.

Out! Yes!

Well if your little guy is Lugo then he just had a bad catch that hurt his leg but he's alright.

And Cash got us to 2 outs....and gutierrez is on first.

Yay for outs! Nice, guys!

Josh wrote that in his journal. Buy hemp necklaces for team. Leave in locker with post-it notes of encouragement. For the rookie pitchers, the post-it notes say tell the press you need to execute your pitches better or you executed your pitches nicely tonight.

Woooop! Let the 7th be better than the 6th...

Pap can only wear the hemp necklace if he can spell it. Can you imagine Schilling with one? HAHAHAHA

I hope Lugo's going to be okay...

Whew...thanks, Coco.

Who'll be the first rookie to talk about executing pitches?

Ian, you forgot, "i don't get paid to make those f@#$*n decisions"

Clay already has Jade

I use to sport one in high school. Didn't take it off until it fell apart. I'd like to make another, but meh...people will think I'm just doing it because of Beckett. Which I'm not. Not at all...

i can picture schilling wearing one just because we know how he feels about Mr. Beckett

who's the donut lover on the mound?

Oh really? Darn, I missed that. I haven't seen too many conferences or interviews recently.

Youuuuk.

Me. Oh, wait....

(is hoping for Jed to do a presser tonight) He debuted - they'll make him do one, won't they?

I like 4-pitch walks. Thanks Jorge

YOOUUUK. Come on, Ellsbury.

Youk needs to update his blog. Sayonara Tokyo needs to go sayonara.

Hooray for walking!

Hey Jade, yeah, for some inexplicable reason Lugo is my little guy, although I like Manny better. I hate that he made another error, but I do hope he's not injured. Ice pack time.

18- Do you know where I ca