Am I first!

:: waves hi ::

Thank God in heaven, it's FRIDAY!

This will be the first game all week I can actually watch.

Can't wait.

Hey everyone!

One-third of tonight's lineup played against each other in college, and that amuses me to no end.

I am obsessed with that conference. It's ridiculous.

Greetings! I'm just leaving the office so will miss the first pitch, but will be ready to join the festivities as soon as I get home and fire up the computer.

I see Jed is in the game tonight. Steph is doing the happy dance for sure! :-)

Could one of the audiostream listeners please post a link so I don't have to search all over freebaseballradio.com? Thanks! Be back soon...

helloooo!

18: Jed is starting at SS.

i'm psyched to see jed at third. eee. so much to look forward to!

... i meant short. i'm psyched to see jed at shortstop. IDIOT ME.

I am, too! I've been giddy this whole afternoon, and I decided to stay in to write a paper that's not due for weeks so that I'd have an excuse to be here.

Granted, I will be busy this weekend (playing Victorian baseball) and next weekend (family down here for my birthday), but...it's kind of pathetic that I'm doing this.

Is it wrong that I almost flipped out when I saw that Jed was starting tonight?

No. It's not. I actually did flip out.

i'm still totally in "there is baseball on my tv therefore i am busy" mode. ;D usually it wears off, but man ... i might just stay here in front of nesn between now and the end of october. I LOVE THESE GUYS.

I can afford to miss games...but only if Jed's not up with the big club. His presence makes me stay around and write essays.

(If I ever meet him, I am totally telling him that I stayed in and wrote essays so I could listen to him on the radio. He'd understand the 'writing essays early' bit, at least.)

HELLO JED LOWRIE!

dice-K!

Dice-K!

Victorian baseball? That sounds interesting.

Damn! I'm liking this Atarashii (New) Daisuke...really liking him.

Hey everyone! Happy Friday!

Oh, yeah - I'm a Civil War reenactor, and since a bunch of prospective students will be on campus tomorrow we're playing baseball by 1860s rules to help convince them that this college is awesome.

I have to wear my corset, though. Owwwwww.

YAY FOR 'HOOKS FOUL'! :: gulp ::

baseball and corset. That doesn't sound like fun.

This Hamilton has quite a story. I hope he stays clean.

(enjoys doing reverse Carlton Fisks to get the ball to go foul)

steph: awesome. ;D

Dice-KK

dice-KK!

I don't think I'll be able to field too well, so I'll probably volunteer to catch again, like I did last time. And I've been working on Baltimore Chopping because I don't know how I'll swing in my constricting dress...

Just joining in. Hi all!

Yay Dice-K! Yay Jed! Does that mean Lugo is out tonight? (*crosses fingers hopefully*)

Lugo is indeed having an off-night.

Doesn't he have those EVERY night?

I wonder if Jed will get a warm welcome tonight in Fenway.

Finally.

let's hope Diasuke has a better 2nd.

I hope he does - he tied the team record for debut game RBI (with 3), so they ought to be nice. And if they're not they'll hear from me.

Good job, Sean!

Anyone on audiostream?

ec: I haven't found one that works yet. None of the Boston one's have that I tried.

Okay, lemme try the Texas ones.

come on papi! go get 'em papi! we love you papi! :D

d'oh! ok, back to defense ...

... do you really need a "info-tainment" system in your car? what does that even mean? :: boggles ::

ec: I've tried them all and none had the game. I 'll try again when the second innnig starts.

Awww, it's David Murphy! (misses him and Kason)

If only Clay vs. Kason wasn't going down when I'm in class...

jenny- I know! I don't understand why people need to put TVs in their cars. When I was younger my siblings and I just did Mab Libs on long car trips and that was entertaining for us

Is it wrong that I have a crush on Frank Catalanotto?

I'd love a 40G hard drive in my next car so I can put my music on it and leave my iPod at home. THAT would be awesome.

Let's go Dice-KK!

Mad Libs ROCK! Try this one: Finally, (Red Sox Pitcher) takes the mound. He (verbs) his hips and rocks back for the (noun). The execution is (adjective), knocking the batter (direction). Again, no (adjective) (noun) stands a chance against the (adjective) (Red Sox Pitcher).

When is somebody going to be thrown out 6-3?

Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself...I'd prefer some more Daisuke strikeouts. But...

Oh, Mad Libs...there are even online ones now! My brother and I used to fill them in as inappropriately as we could. He and I could get pretty damn sick...

As far as online Mad Libs go, fill this in to get the slash pairing of your choice together.

manny's hair looks like a totally wacky wig. i cannot believe he grew that himself. i kind of love it.

Hi all....I'm looking for some cute t-shirts or tank tops for my nieces birthday. She is a big Beckett fan (just like her auntie!). Anyone know where I can find something cute and different? I checked chowdaheadz and mlb.com already.

(is writing a Mad Lib starring Aaron Hill and Russ Adams right now because she can and feels like putting off her paper)

(steph: EXCELLENT CALL. :D :D :D three cheers for russ being the NICEST GUY EVER. also, OTP. eee.)

(I'll post it on my LJ when it's done!)

shark- how old is your niece?

22

YAY JED!

...sorry.

6-3 putout! LOWRIE! eee.

come on, dice-KK. no nibbling. we discussed this.

stealing third is ... ok, you gotta respect that. gulp.

DAISUKE! YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW. STRIKES, MY FRIEND. THIS IS YOUR STERN TALKING TO.

I have a niece thats 3 so there goes my idea.

I thought I saw some shirts that were Beckett related on chowdaheadz but I might be mistaken.

I thought I had, also. But, when I looked, there wasn't anything.

...Daisuke. NO. I will curse you out.

(yes, I do know some 'choice words' in Japanese)

ONLINE MAD LIBS FTW!

Also, hello everybody. Can someone please tell Daisuke to stop being a whore pitching-wise.

Steph, that on-line Mad Lib was pretty funny!

I just finished writing one now - I'm about to post it on my LJ. It's about Aaron Hill and Russ Adams.

Damnit, runs suck.

(yay for converts to the russ/aaron otp!)

How about this?

http://www.sullysbrand.com/Boston

Course, there's always these I put up:
http://143239.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/

shark- Went to the website and this is the only Beckett related shirt I could find http://chowdaheadz.com/bring-it-like-beckett-girly-t-shirt-red.html

Mad Lib posted! Aaron and Russ get attacked.

TG- That one is much better than the one I found on chowdaheadz.com

YES, TG...I forgot about those!!!! How can I get them? I want both

Edited the Mad Lib slightly - the grammar sounded a bit weird in one or two places. Whoops!

dice-KKK!

Yay, Daisuke! Do that more often!

...Jed is up this inning. (is a happy puppy)

I see how to order the Team Beckett T, how about the one on top? I love it!

18: I love the blue cranial love going on in that Mad Lib. =]

Blue cranial love ftw.

I took a course in anatomy in high school, hence the really random body parts like 'sphincter.'

is now when i should say OH GOD MENDOZA IS THROWING A NO-HITTER!?!?!?!?!?

Does anyone else think that Sean Casey looks like Russel Crowe?

Erin - I love Frank Catalanotto. We have the same birthday.

And 18 -when's your b-day?

Turkey feathers! Why did you catch that?

My birthday is a week from today, the 25th. My parents and kid brother are coming out to visit - I'm so excited!

Jed's going to break up the no-no. Watch him.

JEDLEY BROKE THE NO NO!

JED!

WORKS EVERY TIME.

oh jed. ilu.

Fair ball! Way to go, Jed!

YES, LOWRIE!!!!!!!

CALLED IT!

(has the ability to predict everything Jed does, but cannot do this for anybody else)

Also, my mad lib was hilarious. The best mad lib I ever did was when I had one which had a friend of mine ending up singing and stripping to "We Are the World" which now I can't listen to without laughing(and sometimes I envision Papelbon doing this)

Awesome. Frank Catalanotto's and my birthdays are Sunday the 27th.

Good work Jenny, Steph, and of Jed, of course. :-)

OREGON SYNERGY TIME.

I think they've gotten into Mendoza's head...

Well, that's easier than HBP, isn't it?

Stripping to "We Are The World?" Just hearing that cracks me up...it must've been brilliant.

Jed deserves more credit than I do. The Pac-10 All-Conference Team deserves it, actually.

HEY. You leave him alone!

Come on Papi!

All Your Base Are Belong to the Pac-10 Conference.

Awake, my sleeping giant!

Come on, Papi...

YES!!!

PAPI!!!!!!1 OMG!

SUPER PAPI!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!

UN FRICKIN BELIEVABLE

YES!

HOLY FREAKING SHIT. HOLY FREAKING SHIT.

18: You have no chance. Make your time.

Gameday, you are so slow.

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

WOOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!

Big Papo is back!!!

Guess who's back? Back again? PAPI's back. Tell a friend.

Someone had better post this video later. I so wish I had seen that. OMG Papi...

now THAT was sweet!

(is so damn excited to watch SportsCenter tonight!) My Pac-10 kids loading the bases, and then...WOW. Papi is just the most amazing human being on the face of the earth.

God I love these guys....Tex I hope you got that footage of the mobbing

Yay, Manny! Way to keep it going!

For those who didn't see: Ortiz got the cold shoulde rat first and then suddenly like a whole mass of players just suddenly mobbed him like he just hit a walkoff HR. It was awesome!

I hope TG gets the video of them giving Papi the cold shoulder and then jumping on him.

Thanks for reminding me about SportsCenter, Steph. Now THAT I can watch later!

oh god jed and jacoby on the bench together! i am DYING here. eee. you rock that one red sleeve, coby. you ROCK it.

Tek had the biggest grin on his face. I love him.

...could somebody get me photographic evidence of those two on the bench together? (has no NESN on her TV)

Is this the first time Ellsbury's been wearing his signature single red sleeve this season? I haven't been able to watch NESN in the last 9 days cuz I've been out of town.

Awww, I love how Papi's teammates swarm him in the dugout. Papi's back!

...okay, kidding, I'm way too obsessed here. (can imagine it)

joy - jacoby did it at least one other time it was warm enough, but this is only the second time i've seen him myself. i love that quirk.

Be back shortly. I need to change into comfy eveningwear (Manny shirt over a nightgown, LOL) and fix something to eat. I'm starved.

Argh, don't make me hungry! I can't eat very much because I need to be able to get my corset on tomorrow, and that's hard when you have a full stomach...

A reenactment tomorrow? On what?

c'mon, dice-KKK. rock & fire, baby.

HOLY CRAP JED LOWRIE! EEEEEEE!

Is he not a genius? (Of course he is. He went to Stanford.)

And he's already laughing, according to the radio. I love that dork.

Starlight - yeah, I'm reenacting. But it's fun reenacting - we're playing baseball by 1860s rules! It's to attract prospective students to the campus.

Nuuuuu, Daisuke.

Steph, how about some oatmeal? Do you have any on hand? That'll satisfy your hunger without you having to eat a whole lot of it.

Don and Jerry are bored already? They're looking at bad shirts all over the ballpark.

(has no oatmeal, but has Skittles!) Anything that won't fill me up completely tonight - I just need to be able to get that thing on in the morning. (It actually moves my organs around and I lose my appetite, so I won't starve...)

What campus? (If you say Stanford, why won't I be surprised?)

No, although I wish it was. I'm in Pennsylvania.

Yay Varitek!!

YAY TEK!

Penn State? My best friend got her master's in writing there. I never did get to visit the campus, but it looked beautiful from the pics she sent.

This is a photograph I took of my campus. Yeah, I'm kind of out in the middle of nowhere...

I wanna play 1860's style bball. That sounds like it's gonna rock! What group is organizing it?

I was standing on the battlefield surrounding my campus - I'm at the former Pennsylvania College, now Gettysburg College.

Thats a pretty picture 18.

Oh, our reenacting group on campus (which I'm a member of) set it up - we played once in the fall for Family Weekend, and we liked doing so a lot, so we're doing it again for the prospective students this weekend! It's a blast.

Corsets are cruel and unusual punishment, LOL. One of my grandmas was born in 1889 (long generations on that side of the family) and among our family artifacts is an outfit with a whalebone corset that she wore for something when she was a teenager. I can't even imagine...but I'm sure it does move the internal organs around.

Popcorn, what about popcorn? That's better than Skittles.

Erin - thanks! We're really out there, though - there's not much to do out here...

OOH! I do have popcorn! The vending machine accidentally gave me two bags earlier!

You've got a whalebone one? OUCH. Mine's not whalebone, but...damn.

Jed up! Woohoo!

I love that rolling Pennsylvania farm country. Used to drive through that neck of the woods (not Gettysburg specifically, but have been there once) during my many trips between central NY and The South before I moved down here.

Hey, everybody! I'm just checking in between the 1st and 2nd period of the Devils game. I'll probably be watching that all night (because if we don't win it's our last one), but when it's over I'll swing by here.

If anyone wants to watch a really dirty, natsy, and intense hockey game--watch this one between the Devs and Rangers. Marty Brodeur (Devs goalie) has been getting really roughed up all week, and now we're starting to fight back. Our players have pretty much made it clear that if any of the Rangers even think of touching Marty tonight, then Lundqvist (Ranger's goalie) will be going home in a stretcher.

...Sorry for the random hockey rant... I really had to get that out...

Jed with the sac fly! YES!

Oh dear god, Casey looked almost as bad as Mirabelli running.

NICE. Jacoby's just that amazingly epic.

And Jacoby with a triple? Holy shit! This is turning into a slugfest! :-)

DUSTIN!

I think they just hit for the cycle!

DUSTIN IS AMAZING.

How amazing to be living on such a history rich land?! I imagine it must feel kinda like I feel when I spend time in Boston.

The Pac-10 is winning this game almost entirely by itself.

Also...because this is kind of awesome:
2003 Pac-10 Player of the Year: Dustin Pedroia
2004 Pac-10 Player of the Year: Jed Lowrie
2005 Pac-10 Player of the Year: Jacoby Ellsbury

I'm not lying.

How amazing to be living on such a history rich land?! I imagine it must feel kinda like I feel when I spend time in Boston.

Steph, I personally don't have a whalebone corset. It's somewhere in the family archives. I think my sister probably has it, unless my mom, in her decluttering zeal, did something stupid. It would never fit ANY of us. We're not big people...mostly around 5'5" and 110s to 120s, but Grandma was TINY. That old Victorian whalebone is probably a size 2.

I keep forgetting I have a fantasy baseball team. That's not so good.

For any one that missed Papi's grand slam and the cold shoulder/dugout attack, just go to http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_04_18_texmlb_bosmlb_1&mode=gameday. Click on "Scoring Plays" then click on "3" (for third inning). There is a video available.

And yes, we are kicking some ass =]

Oh, it's so cool. Except that there's nothing here besides the battlefield. The tourists are...entertaining, but in the winter the place kind of dies.

I love Pennsylvania in general, though. I spend a lot of time in Lancaster County (I hang with the Amish!) - my family generally goes once a year or so.

Oh my freakin' GOD! What did I just miss? And now Manuelito is up!

Looks like maybe Youk's been schoolin' Papi on the dramatic reactions. =D

Thanks, Red Sox

They've hit for the cycle in the last 5 batters, and it was almost in order - a double for Tek, single for Casey, Jed's sac fly, a triple for Ellsbury and Pedroia's HR. That's kinda cool.

YAAAAAYYYYY!!! Pleats!!!!

HOLY BISCUITS, BABYSOX FTW! (!!!) coby's triple was epic, and i have been WAITING for pedey's first HR. eee. I LOVE THIS TEAM.

And that is exactly why I have a tag on my LJ that reads 'Pac-10 kids haul ass at baseball.' It's the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.

18 - Anybody we should be looking for soon from the Pac10?

dice-KKKK!

(thinks) Well, everyone knows we have Chris Carter (Stanford) in Pawtucket right now...I know quite a few AAA Stanford kids, at least (Sam Fuld and Donny Lucy, for two). And the Tigers have a prospect named Jeff Larish (ASU)...

Eddie Kunz (Oregon State) is a few years off, but he'll probably become the Mets' new closer after Wagner's done in a couple of years. I'm looking forward to him, too...

Steph, you know what's so funny? Back when I was still watching a lot of college basketball, the Pac-10 was a huge force. They're still considered one of the BIG conferences, but I had no idea they rocked in baseball as well.

I didn't know Carter was from Stanford too, that's exciting! So much smart in the Sox system.

Chris Carter has a degree in human biology from Stanford - and it took him only 3 1/4 years to get it. He's awesome like that.

UCLA is still great as far as basketball goes. But ASU is an unstoppable baseball force right now - actually, every school in the Pac-10 playing baseball currently has a winning record (combining conference and non-conference play).

The University of Oregon doesn't get its baseball team back until 2009, so there are only nine schools right now playing baseball, but...yeah.

nice and clean, 6-3, mr lowrie. eee. you can stay. ;D

JED HAS TO STAY FOREVER.

Okay, I'll stop being all loserish now.

Steph, it was UCLA that I used to follow, mid to late 90s. Matter of fact, it was on a kinda-sorta-fangirl forum that I first came up with "ecl," aka East Coast Lady, because I was the only person on there who wasn't out West.

The hecklers in the triangle amuse me to no end.

Did U of O get in some sort of trouble?

LOL about "Jed has to stay forever." Will he be the next Pesky?

Darn, that sounded like it was gone!

I was a little surprised when UCLA lost to Memphis this year, actually. I at least thought they'd make the title game. (I wasn't surprised when Kevin Love entered the draft, though...)

I had UCLA winning the whole thing this year

Hey, Pesky's from Oregon! He can!

I'm not exactly sure why the program was discontinued, but it was some time ago...It just says it was downgrated to a club sport in '81, and I'm not sure why...I'm excited for the program's return.

I pull for the Heels first and foremost, and was hoping to see them and UCLA meet in the title game. Weird how it ended up being their opponents instead. But between the Heels and little old Davidson...the state of NC had plenty to buzz about during the tournament. I literally cried when Davidson lost at the buzzer.

I have a family friend at Davidson! I was pulling for them so badly (and even more once Stanford was eliminated by Texas). I would've loved to see them win it all, even though I knew it was somewhat unlikely...

Also, crazy Japanese high school baseball story.

That's quite a bizarre Japanese baseball story, yeah!

It would have been nice to at least see Davidson make it to the Final Four.

oh, dice-KKKK. you gotta get deeper into games, love. still, good effort! HEARTS. go hit the showers. ;D ;D ;D

Oooops. This is what happens when I don't even have audio. I lose track of the game. Bah.

steph, d.o. and remy are gushing about our awesome farm system; i wish you were watching. you'd be interrupting them with more info at every turn. ;D

...I need NESN so badly, don't I? (has decided to move to New England after college)

Jed's been kicking ass and taking names, hasn't he?

jed = made of wiiiiin.

he is totally making the most of this cup of coffee.

Hey, he's from the Pacific Northwest, so it only follows that he would like coffee. (I'll stop making bad Starbucks jokes now.)

ANOTHER HIT FOR LOWRIE. god ... LOVE LOVE LOVE.

HA! 2-2! FUCKING A, JED!

He's making quite a name for himself.

ecl, you can listen here

Late comment as I inhale dinner (finally): Way to go, Jed!

(has not stopped grinning stupidly yet)

nj, BLESS YOU!!!

Orioles up on the Yankees 2-1 right now. Bweeeee!

I love when they crack themselves up and cannot even talk!

Oddly, that station seemed NOT to have the game when I tried it in the first inning! They were doing sports talk at the time.

Oregon Synergy wins baseball games. See, Jed and Jacoby are on base together for the second time tonight!

ecl, You're welcome! It's the Tejas radio, but it's better than nothing!

It's fine with me, nj. Anything in a pinch!

C'mon Manny...

JOE THURSTON!

...dude, Baltimore's pitcher is Daniel Cabrera. And Baltimore is up 7-1 in the bottom of the sixth and Phil Hughes is gone.

Also, the Rays just gave Evan Longoria a nine-year deal. Wow.

LOWRIE! SO CLEEEEEAN. nnngh. BABYSOX.

Is it wrong that every time I hear his name on the radio I start smiling stupidly?

ummm that Longoria deal is the dumbest thing I've heard today. 9 years to an unestablished rookie - DUMB! and he is dumb to take it - he could establish himself there and get a ton more money with a bigger-market team in a few years. which of course is why they did it in the first place - but why did HE? rookie mistake, rookie mistake!

wow, Remy and Orsillo are in rare form tonight!!! I think they've had a record number of conversations tonight unrelated to anything going on in the field.

ewwww is Pedroia a dipper? gross!!!!

Jeb Lowry appears to be playing well tonight

i liked the part of tonight where jacoby tripled and dustin went yard. and the part where papi his a grand slam. it all seems kind of like a long time ago now. oh! and the part where jed keeps making sweet, clean plays at SS. eee. i like this game.

Aardsma and Cash in, hm?

Dice-K still couldn't go beyond 5 1/3 - worrisome.

yay i did my game summary at the same time as nesn! me ftw!

Looks like y'all can pat my buttocks tonight.

Hey, is Aardsma okay? The radio made it sound like something happened...

The line drive hit him in the wrist.

OUCH. I'm totally not sure how I missed that, but...yeah.

I wish it were possible to mute just that stupid sound effect.

Radio says Timlin is up in the pen...

What the heck is that sound effect anyway? Why is it only around some of the time? ANNOYING.

Whenever a pitcher throws the ball over 95 MPH and over, it makes the swoosh swoosh sound.

Aardsma -- cut the crap. I don't wanna see Timlin in here please

do i lose my street cred (ha, as if i had any to begin with) if i say i kind of like the "shoo shoo" as remy calls it ... ?

It sounds like someone making a finger-gun shooter sound. Like Beckett is standing in the dugout hollering "pew-pew" and shooting his finger guns.

(is relieved that Giambi does not play for the Rangers)

Although apparently Okaji is also up in the pen, too...

c'mon, aardsma, battle, kiddo. go after him!

Now the radio says Timlin's sitting down and Okaji's up all by his lonesome...

BOO YEAH! EPIC K!!!

Sit down in your seat.

No Love For Big Papi

YES! (I hate Rice ever-so-slightly less now.)

Whew.

Wow, you got that Papi clip up fast! Thank you from those of us without NESN!

I'm already looking forward to Tuesday's game so we can get a Beckett live presser at home.

Nipper?!

One of my DVR's is on my computer so I can start it and stop it.

I only found out today that I was supposed to be getting Comcast DVR for free when I signed up for the package deal so they gave me a box that works and haven't had time to set up that one to go to the computer.

I'm thinking of trying to go to the game Sunday afternoon, should I?

Nippert. He ruined my 'everyone named Dustin is short' theory. I mean, I had compiled a lot of evidence (I'd never seen someone named Dustin who was over 6' tall), and then he came on and was all of 6'7" or 6'8" and my crack theory was shattered.

Nice Casey. I wish he had popped up saying he was safe.

And you're welcome Steph. Did I make your day this afternoon?

Yeah - my thoughts exactly. Nipper?!

Yay Casey!

(And get to any game you can.)

Oh, man, there was no roommate in the room, so I was all giddy and whatnot. It was nice to sort of just coast through the afternoon all excited...

...and he's been doing me so, so proud tonight, too.

And right as I say that, he gets called out on a bad pitch. (kicks the umpire)

And it's too bad you're not watching right now Steph. Long shots of Jed in the dugout.

@#%%$#%%@$%
Don't mind me, I'm just smashing my keyboard (the Devils just lost, if you can't tell...)

At least this game's going much better...9-3, wow.
I guess all that's left to say is... Go Bruins!

...if only I wasn't on my crappy college server...argh.

Oh by the way, Ian, I'm not a guy, like you suspected the other day. At least not the last time I checked.

Nuuuuuuu! (But NJ can claim Sir Crawls-a-lot as one of its own, if that helps make up for it a little bit. Born in Willingboro Township!)

I like Papi imitating Jed's shocked reaction at the called 3rd strike. "HOLY SHIT!"

No NJ, it's go Canadiens so we at least get Monday's game in HD.

Wow, I didn't realize Sean was from around here. That's pretty cool.

...Papi did that and I didn't see it. (cries over her bad server not making MLB.TV work without being glitchy)

My bad Rusty. Bad assumption on my part. My apologies.

That whole scenario in the dugout was funny.

Sir-Crawls-a-lot - love it. He and Pleats In Cleats make a good corner pair.

What the heck was Beckett doing with his fingers?

Pedroia likes to swing at those fastballs over his head.

I didn't think about it that way, Ian, (probably because I don't get NESN, anyway) but I guess you're right!

So our current infield is Sir Crawls-a-lot, Pleats in Cleats, the Intern and Youk. Wow.

Yeah, Papi!

PAPI!! :D

YES! Nice!

And now it's Joe Thurston's turn! So excited...

There's that big grin of Papi's we missed so much!

I don't even care about hockey and can't imagine rooting for the Bruins to lose just so we can get 1 of 162 games in HD. GO BRUINS.

Can you tell I'm not a Bruins fan.

And wtf was that NESN. Ellsbury's running home and they're showing Alicea and Big Papi. At least they made up for it with the long camera shot.

Gameday is stuck again, so I'm glad I have the radio feed.

Nice work guys!

Abby I was just thinking the same thing. It's nice to see.

Maybe Youkilis can be Youk E-less (or something like that), as in error-less!
...nevermind...It didn't sound that lame when I first thought of it. :)

Why is Pedroia Pleats in Cleats?

Ian, no need to apologize, in fact I appreciated it. I just wanted to make sure you knew.

That's cuz you're closer to Boston than I am Texy. I'm closer to NY and I think it has something to do with the fact that I dislike the Bruins very much from back in the day when they were the Hartford Whalers main rival.

Youk = Slumpbuster
And it's the Intern or E6 at short.

Ian, do you want the Red Sox in HD or do you hate the Bruins like I do because I'm from Connecticut and still consider myself a "Whalers fan?"

Yeah, I want to know the origin of Pleats in Cleats too. And Youk E-less makes perfect sense.

Youk is Boomer Jr. in 2 ways: George Scott(good fielding 1B IIRC) and David Wells(he's got the Wells look to him)

Never mind, my question was answered.

By George Scott I'm meaning his glove :P

Texy, coincidentally, E6 currently really does have 6 E's.

I vote for Slumpbuster. I might be overly superstitious, but I think calling him E-less might be problematic.

The last part of what you said Rusty.

Ok now time for the outfield and rest of the team.

Varitek - The Captain
Manny Being Manny
Ellsbury - the kid?
Manny Delcarmen - MDC
Okajima - Oki Doke, Oki Dokie
Clay - stickbug

Clay and Jon throwing sunflower seeds at the camera... AWESOME.

As far as Josh goes, let's stick with an old favorite - Captain Kick-Ass of the Fuck Yeah Brigade.

Wakefield- Timmay!!!?

Yeah, Abby, you're got a point there about Youk. Plus, what better Slumpbuster could there be than a guy who currently is batting 364?

I hope someone got a video of that.

So that's the third epic moment from this game now? We've had Papi being mobbed, Papi impersonating Jed and now Clay and Jon being dorky and throwing sunflower seeds?

This is a great game.

Pleats In Cleats was my doing. I expressed horror at the pleated pants he wears in those Sullivan Tire commercials... and then mentioned that he was Pleats In Cleats and it sort of stuck.

Good idea, Abby.
Ian, add Aardvark for Aardsma to that list. And maybe add Yo-Yo for Tavarez (I'm not sure if everyone calls him that but I've definitely heard it a few times).

I'll put up video of them all, as always. :)

It was pretty cute, TG.

Lowrie looks a little like the crazy pitcher from Angels in the Outfield, I think.

Tavarez also goes by Batshit.

(YAY VIDEO!)

I'll second that motion, 1863!

The Sullivan Tire commercials are posted...where?

And will the Papi impersonating Jed moment be posted somewhere too? I already saw the Papi-mob thanks to Gameday.

LOL, the Texas announcers are currently talking about needing a "major miracle" to win this game.

Wakefield - Senior Citizen (longest tenured player on the team)

Hell of a play by Lowrie to end the game. E-6 would have blown that.

YAY WE WIN. And Jed was flat-out AMAZING tonight. (is so insanely proud...!)

Yay! Finally, a win tonight--I really needed one!

Wakefield has been my favorite player on the Red Sox since he's been there. I will not stand for his being called Senior Citizen (even though he *is* 41.)

My 4 key isn't working.

And I third it. I already told TG that this site is now part of my "Daily Essentials" bookmarks, in other words, one of my absolute favorites of the hundreds of things I have bookmarked on this computer.

http://soxanddawgs.com/?p=3856

Two of the three are on there and a link to the first one as well.

Rusty, I think Wakey is 42.

Steph, Jed did great!

Baseball Tonight just had the mobbing footage. They keep calling the Sox "The Nation," as in, "Jed Lowrie, lplaying short for The Nation..."

I always think of Wakefield as "Wakey Wakey, Eggs & Bakey". Or Timmeh. Of course, Timlin is also Timmeh - which adds to the fun.

Ian, you are the master of multitasking to get all that put together while paying attention to the game and posting here! I'm impressed!

ecl, he was born August 2, 1966, which would make him 41 and eight months ;)

I hate that ESPN thinks the team is the Nation. It confuses the shit out of me - how could they not get that the Nation is the fanbase?

Texas Gal, those are my two nicknames for my boy Wake as well. But I don't think about Timlin that much :)

LOL about Timmeh...is that a derivative from LOLcats "kitteh?"

Ah, I forgot about Baseball Tonight. It will have to wait. I just want to sit here at the computer and watch the videos from the past few nights.

Maybe they're trying to be cool. They tried to drop inside jokes all over the place. They said Papi hit the ball "wikkid faaaaaahhhh onto the Mass Pike."

More from South Park's Timmy. That's how my friends and I always say it, too -- "Timmmmmehhhhh".

Hmmm, Rusty (scratching head)...I guess that makes me 48 and 7 months, then. Sept 23, 1958. :-O

Speaking of RS Nation, this is stuck in my head really badly, so I figured I'd annoy share with everyone.

That's why I love Firefox. Multiple windows plus I have a good search feature on my site.

I've had those up there for a while.

I guess the multitasking is a lot easier to do with a laptop. If I used my desktop there's no way I could multitask like i do.

Well, I'm off - I've got one or two things to do before I go to sleep tonight. It'll be a long day tomorrow...g'night, all!

ecl, are we doing math correctly?

I'm going to assume (correctly this time I hope) that Texy will be getting the video of Big Papi and Jeb and then the sunflower seeds.

Ah, okay. I don't watch South Park...really just news and sports as far as TV, so wouldn't know.

Rusty: Proof positive that I'm tired! LOL! Sorry about that. Funny, I got plenty of sleep last night (finally), but once I ate that carb-heavy supper at 9:30 or so (omelet w/toast) I started to get really sleepy! Math was never my strong point, especially when I'm sleepy.

ecl, last time I checked, I was born before April 18 in 1978, and I'm 30, which would make you...not doing well at math. And I had a quesadilla for dinner, also at 9:30.

Ian, if I had a laptop I could actually post from my bedroom when the games are on TV. You should have seen me running back and forth during those four games this past week. I got plenty of exercise. Being an "old lady," LOL, I'm just not as comfortable with the newer technology as a lot of you folks are. My desktop lives on my kitchen table and it works just fine for me.

I miss Mike Lowell.

ecl, according to this, your: "Current age is 49.
Turning 50 in 157 days."

You just turned 30. I was born 9/23/58, as I said, so am 49 for now.

Coincidentally, my omelet contained "four cheese Mexican mix" and salsa. Must have been the night for south of the border.

Abby, Mikey will feel better and return soon, don't worry.

Eeeeek! The big FIVE-OH! My childhood best friend told me, after hers, that "so far, it's not that bad."

ecl, mmm, Mexican cheese.

The Yankees lost (8-2, Orioles), which makes this win even sweeter (or spicier if we're still referring to tacos!).

Apparently Ellsbury has 11 walks in 49 plate appearances, and last year he had 8BB in 127AB. Quite an improvement so far.

Rusty: Sargento Classic 4-Cheese Mexican. Should be in your grocery store.

nj: LOL about the tacos. And that's good news!

I haven't gotten into Ellsbury, probably because I don't like Taco Bell.

Really, Rusty? I didn't think it was possible for someone to not like Jacoby...

I like Ellsbury just fine as a player and appreciate him as a human being but haven't gotten a case of the "squeeees" about him because I'm so old that I squee for the 30-somethings instead. I was telling someone, somewhere on one of these blogs, that although he's very handsome, to my eyes he hasn't yet crossed that mysterious threshold from post-adolescence to grown manhood, so he still looks like a kid to me.

Well, part of it was the takeover of his fandom by teenyboppers.

LOL...like the second coming of the Beatles. It's 1964 all over again!

That makes sense, ecl. Jacoby's older than me, so it's like the exact opposite. The fact that, "he hasn't yet crossed that mysterious threshold from post-adolescence to grown manhood," is actually a good thing for me!

Even at the age of 30, I feel the need to distance myself from teenyboppers, so maybe that's the precise reason I'm not yet a Jacoby fan.

It's insanely random, but Papi's buried jersey is now up to $55,200 on eBay!

Which means that NJ likes older men.

He and I are pretty much the same age, so I appreciate him just the way he is, but I'm not one of those crazies who wants to propose marriage or anything.

nj, you're so articulate that I keep on forgetting that you and some of other posters are a lot younger than me! Proves that baseball is a thinking person's game, right?

Back to age, that means you probably don't get your head turned by the older guys on the team the way I do.

Of course, I used to have a crush on Rusty Greer, so my taste in men is probably already suspect.

I guess so, Ian.
(blushes)

55,000? Geez. At least its for charity.

Yeah, Ian, but she probably doesn't like older men the way I like younger men. The players who turn my head are in their early to mid 30s, which makes them all young enough to be my kids. I doubt that Jacoby is old enough to be NJ's dad!

I have a crush on a man old enough to be my dad. He's turning 52. But he's obviously not a baseball player.

Nope. He's "only" eight years older than me.

So I had to look up Rusty Greer...there are some apparently recent pics on Google Images and he looks like a reasonably nice-looking guy, considering that I don't go for that physical type.

And that was so wrong of me. I apologize. OK back to writing my recap.

yeah the "stay here" tag on nesn says they're going to talk to lowrie! MY FRIDAY NIGHT IS COMPLETE.

It's fine, Ian. Really, I didn't take it in a bad way at all. Actually, I thought it was pretty funny! =D

ecl, the red-headed baseball player? I now wonder why I thought he was good-looking ;)

Awesome, Jenny!

I had a thing for Lou Merloni for a while and he's 13 years older than me.

I thought it was funny too, nj! Jenny, I hope you enjoy the Lowrie interview.

And on that note, I'm going to start looking at video clips on this site and Ian's site, so I can go to bed with an extra big smile on my face. See everyone tomorrow evening!

Whoops, I refreshed the page and more comments came up. Rusty, maybe it's me being tired, but I don't quite get what you just said. Do you mean "what was I thinking?" I've definitely been there...

Have they talked to Lowrie yet? I was catching up on The Office I missed last night.

I had a thing for Harrison Ford for a while, and he's, umm...*counts*...36 years older than me.

ecl, yes, I mean "what was I thinking finding Rusty Greer hot?" He's only 39 now and he looks fifty-something.

Well, Rusty, I was waiting to see what you said before I posted, but a lot of guys don't age well, especially fair-skinned guys. Look at Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens, for example. And red hair is a fleeting glory in itself. I totally adored one of my high school classmates, I'd call his hair golden ginger brown. It was right in between but his eyes were green and he probably would have been considered a redhead. Looked him up on the Internet last year and actually found a picture and wished I hadn't. The pic was taken when he was 48 and he looked bloated and pasty. Still had all his hair but it had turned brown (and perhaps even that was out of a bottle). So although I'm not familiar with what Rusty Greer looked like in his prime, I'm not surprised that he aged badly.

did anyone catch the hilarity that was Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz sitting in the dugout throwing seeds at the camera?

Yes, Katie! I really wish they'd use more footage from that camera. It's a little intrusive but I bet they get a lot of cuteness.

Aw, I didn't get to see it (kicks herself for living too far away to get NESN). Hopefully (hint, hint) TG or Ian will be able to get some footage up!