Did y'all miss me last night?

Go Sox!

I was glad to see Casey have a good game yesterday.

And I agree with you, that was a HIT, dammit.

I'm worried about our pitching. Wang went 9 and our pen has been worked and not very successful. I hope Commander Kick Ass is ready to go.

Working from home, so I won't be (or *shouldn't*) be watching too much or posting too much. I also have to fight my beloved for the clicker (Masters).

:: goes to get the clicker ::

GO SOX!

Ian - where were ya?

The clouds have come back again, but there's still sun, so it still looks fine.

One of my best friends had his bachelor party last night.

Hi kids! I've missed y'all.
Hee hee - I said "y'all."

Don't worry fc i use it all the time.

That Fox intro was pretty cool. Plus the get to know Papelbuns.

ECL checking in! I too will probably not be posting much, as I'm finally getting to watch the game on TV. My brand spankin' new Manny shirt was waiting in my mailbox 15 minutes ago when I returned from errands, so I'm now dressed for success.

FC, I don't believe we've met before, but I occasionally use a stray "y'all" myself, having lived in NC for 20 years now. :-)

Okay, off to watch the game. Will check back later...

Yep, I enjoyed the Pap segment too.

That Papelbuns bit was fun. I must have that book.

If I were Queen of the Universe™, I'd ban all drug commercials from TV during sporting events.

The Traitor is starting. Hope he chokes.

Alex "I have the best frosted tips in baseball" Rodriguez

What's up with Beckett's warmup music being "rockstar" from Nickelback.

Joba's lineup was kind of hilarious. WHY does he have to be on the Yankees?

I love the irony of Demon flying out to Jacoby.

BecKett

Hey Ian..missed you last night. Did you get the link I sent for the Sodfather article? Roger Bossard profile.

Sweet, Mr. Beckett. You can come into any tune you like.

Nice start Josh. That's what I'm talkin about!

BecKKett

That was quick.

hey tex and everyone else. I found your site a few weeks ago and it's now my favorite place on the internet.
not a bad first huh!

Mid-inning check-in. I got a kick out of Joba's shtick about "name that Molina." LOL.

Nice going, Beckett.

AAAAH SEAN DOING LINEUPS

Score two for Commander Kickass!

(is currently rocking the Beckett shirt/Yankees cap combo)

Pee Wee Peddy. Gotta love the "Mayor"

Sean Casey is not a natural on camera. Keep your day job, dude. :)

Yes Starr. Thanks for that. I commented back last night bout 3 am or so.

Oh, Trish--a tale of two alliances? :)

Where's Steph? It's two ex-Pac-10 boys!

Tacoby Bellsbury. Woot Woot

YEAH! A hit for Jacoby! (Finally.)

Sure looks to me like Ells is fine leading off.

Ian, you're dedicated to comment back at 3 AM, and after a bachelor party.
I did see you post on Jeff Beckett. LOL!!

I miss Don & Remy.

Woo, Tacoby!

I caught this earlier over at the Pro Jo. Jeff Beckett is starting today.

Nice screw-up by Mussina there.

C'mon, PAPI!

I miss NO ONE when there are 2 sox on base and no outs.

I don't really drink Starr so I was a little caffeinated last night and couldn't sleep. Especially because of the hour drive home.

I just put that up here. I was like who the f is Jeff Beckett.

Papi, please hit it out of the park and make that jerk, Joe Buck, eat his words.

I can deal with Joe Buck. It's Timmah McCarver I can do without.

Damn!!!!!!

My god Big Papi has no friggin luck

Ugh.

McCarver annoys me so much.

STFU Buck

Here comes the knucklecurve

Tim McCarver--annoying the crap out of people for thirty years.

Frosted tip boy should get a nice rousing Fenway welcome again today

These guys should just SHUT UP and let us listen to the atmosphere of the park. That'd be so much better.

The Hawk! Bring on the hawk!

OK, OK, someone tell me...was that music played there at the end of the inning Catherine Wheel? Random and marvelous.

Hey Liza, I'm guilty of a SERIAL dual alliance. I jumped the fence from the Evil Empire last fall. :-)

Frosted tips and rose colored glasses. Could he be anymore gay.

bye bye A-Rod! nice glasses

Go Gabe!!!

Gabe Kapler beating up on Santana and the Mets. Gotta love that.

Ecl - Well, then a very belated congratulations to you (and no offense to Trish and other Yankees fans)!

It's raining here now...

ecl - how does a thing like that happen?

Jorge "No DL for Me" Posada somehow is so sore he can't catch but can DH anyway... just puzzling.

Missed Tek kicking dirt back to Posada.

Just back in the door from Maine.

WELCOME to kristina!
Welcome back to Ian!
And hello everyone!

A few things for those who can't see the Red Sox on daily basis.

According to the Redsox.com schedule, the Red Sox are slated to be on ESPN monday (NESN for us who have it) and they will be ESPN2 wednesday night (NESN for us who have it).

It was pretty funny Jules. I'm sure myself or Texy will get the video up later.

Oh, dear God, Moose, will you PLEASE stop sucking?

i found the dirt kicking incident highly amusing, they're really all just 10 year old boys aren't they

WOW!! Look what i found in my glove.

CANOOOOOOOOOOO

Ian, LOL about A-Rod!

Thanks, Liza. And I agree with you about Posada. Very odd.

FC...chalk it up to a miracle? Actually, I never "hated" the Sox. That's not my style. So once the Yankees got bounced from the playoffs I continued to watch the ALCS because I couldn't get enough baseball. Between the heroic comeback, the great skills, and the amazing amount of sheer personality on the Sox (in stark contrast to the Stepford corporatism of the Yankees, and the fact that I had started finding most of them annoying), by the time the dust settled I had switched sides. And I didn't change my mind during the off season. I couldn't wait for things to start up again so I could watch this loveable bunch do their thing! So here I am.

Hi guys, just checking in. Josh looks pretty good, and Arod looks ridiculous in those glasses.

Hi TG!

And hi Theo.

Aww, Tek.

TG, where in Maine were you? That's my favorite place in the world and would move there in a heartbeat. We might retire there. Seriously.

TEK! damn.

what the fuck was Tek thinking? Good thing i don't have anything close to throw

Why send Tek to 2nd on that one?

i'm thinking he went on his own fc

Stylish baserunning there.

And by "stylish" I mean "dumb".

tek thought he was speed demo youk there for a minute...dam

Ian, thanks for the heads up about Wednesday. I would have kicked myself if I had found out after the fact that the game was on TV here. Four times in one week -- woo hoo!

Oh, Pedie...

damn you Pee Wee Peddy

Portland - drove right by the Sea Doggies game in progress, but didn't have time to stop.

Did you get some lobstah?

It just started pouring here but still looks clear at Fenway. ???

Good thing you didn't Texy, they are getting spanked 13-5 in the 8th right now.

web gem

One baseball boyfriend to the other! I'm scoring that B1-B2 on my scorecard.

Casey=Money Well Spent

That was a heck of a play by Casey!

fc - It's also raining pretty hard here.

NICE play by the Mayor!

And a nice pitch by the Commander, too.

Yeah Manny!

brilliant analysis by McCarver. Manny what about your hat.

I heart Manny... :-)

Now with that little "Manny being Manny" incident is a time when you miss Don & Remdawg.

SHUT UP ABOUT MANNY'S HAT.

Definitely raining harder now.

Aw, Lugo.

Cool map graphic, though...

it looks the heavy stuff is going to the north of Fenway.

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/USMA0046?from=36hr_maps&zoom=8&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Portland is a great city. We go up to MDI most summers. Love it.

Somerville always gets dumped on.

from extra bases:

We've also gotten word that both teams appealed the error on Alex Rodriguez yesterday, on the ball hit by Pedroia. It was certainly a play that generated some debate around the press box. If the ruling is reversed, that would give Chien-Ming Wang a three hitter.

Yeah, that'd be the hard stuff over here. It's officially pouring. If this were over the field, they'd bring out the tarp ASAP.

I'm definitely going to back when the weather's a bit nicer and spend some time there. We were there to pick up some furniture, and then turned right around and left.

No rain on the South Shore yet - sky is still blue with a few fluffy clouds.

methinks there will be a game delay

Here in Amherst Mass its sunny with some clouds

Those clouds look NASTY.

wow the building to the left of the prudential center has disappeared.

o hai low clouds.

Bye-bye Yankees!

Ominous looking sky y'all have up there!

If you haven't been to Mount Desert Island (Acadia National Park), I can't recommend it enough. It's stunningly beautiful.

Sorry for the off-topic...hubby flipped to the Masters and I'm soooooooo avoiding work.

It's nice out here on the shoreline of CT

I still like this steroids awareness commercial more.

At least he made some sort of contact?

YEAH MANNY!

MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY

Manny! 492!

SUPER MAN(NY)!

Manny!

MANNY!

MANNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

(got away from golf just in time ;-)

Had to wait to watch the replay -- gorgeous shot there, Manny!

good point fc. I almost had forgotten about that.

One *last* word on Maine:

Here are some photos I took last summer.

Good catch by Drew.

BecKKKett

BecKKKett

Haha Kristina :)

BecKKKKett

Jules- Great pictures!

Yay Beckkett!

Sit down in your seat Mr. Cano

oh how i love me some Josh BecKKKKett...hope you don't mind sharing your baseball BF tex

I mean Beckett. (I hate this keyboard!)

I would say "Beckett is really dealing today" - but then I'd sound like McCarver, because he's said that no fewer than three times already.

there's plenty of joshie to go around

i see we're thinking alike liza =P

Jules, those are beautiful pics. Makes me want to take a road trip. Last time I was in Maine I was 10 years old, which was several decades ago.

DAMN MANNY

Josh is HOT.
As a pitcher, I mean here.
Not to rule out other possible connotations.

McCarver's as bad with that as the rest of the media saying that Tiger is lurking at The Masters.

Ian - Joshie agrees.

(heh)

Um, agrees with the "lots of Joshie to go around" comment.

fuckin fox graphics and saying beckett had given up 1 hit.

I will call Joshua Patrick Beckett many things, but Joshie is not one of them.

I usually just call him Josh Baseball

Beckett *had* given up a hit - they didn't rule that Pedroia bobble as an error.

Bleh.

Nice catch Jacoby!
Yuk. Runner scores.

Good catch by Jacoby!

Too bad a run scored anyway.

This is not going well. BOO TO THIS INNING.

fc - We're thinking the same way.

UGH.

Beckett had a bad fifth last time, bad sixth this time--should we expect a bad seventh his next outing?

JOSH threw a WP? JOSH!?!?

TG, clearly the crowd agrees.

so now its time for our bats to come to life...

Oh man, FOX cut away before Josh could drop the f-bomb. You know he did.

I think a water cooler is going to pay for that inning from Mr. Beckett.

71 pitches for Beckett

that wp is going to make for some interesting post game press conference comments =P

71 through 7 is not bad at all. Reminiscent of 93 through 9...?

-knocks on wood-

THAT"S A STRIKE MY ASS

where was the Amica pitch zone for that pitch to E-6

All togther now" "eye black and bubblegum" (to the tune of Incense and Peppermint)

Single for Tacoby!

Tacoby

Yeah Dustin!

YYEEEAHHH Mighty Mouse

Pedro!

DON'T CALL HIM PLUCKY, YOU PANDERING ASS.

We've got a new one--he's PLUCKY.

COME ON, PAPI!

"PLUCKY"?!?!?

Shut up.

FUCK.

MANNY AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!

YEAH MANNY!!

Who da Mannnnnnnnny

now thats Manny being Manny!

See ya, Moose!

"He can only be the loser if he gets the decision."

NO SHIT, Sherlock. Thanks for that insight, Captain Obvious.

I've always wondered why i bother listening to the Fox announcers.

Well, I'm all wrung out now...whew.

I was in tears while Papi was at bat. I feel so badly for him.

Can we clone Manny?

Anyone know what radio station has the game on?

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUK

They are so condescending. To EVERYONE. Pedroia's now "plucky." Fans need to be informed that he could only get a loss after he gave up 8 hits in less than 6 innings.

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK!

Yeah!
YOOUUUUKK!

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
K

That was....awesome.

Woo HOOOOOO!!!! Bet y'all can hear me screaming all the way from North Carolina! Manny, you are the MANNY!

In Boston, it's WRKO 680 AM

It's on WRKO.

AND Youk too!

And that is a prime example of why I will only ever be a Red Sox fan

Red Sox Radio Network

Can I get that online? I live out in Western Mass so I don't think I can get that radio station.

how about Manny and his running this year

I always try and put all the TV/radio information at the top of these gameday posts.

Eew. What was that?

Will NESN still have the post game interview even though the game was on FOX?

No NESN tonight. Bruins are on

Erin use the Red Sox radio network link and find the town closest to you

now thats more like it

How weird was that seeing Youk turn the double play?

Youk is the man!

The Medical Patient (that's what I call Giambi because he always looks sickly to me) hits into a DB. excellent.

Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk.
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedie.
Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasey.

Anyone want to drive me back up to Hartford after the game? I should have just stayed up there last night.

Lots of F Bombs going on inside Josh's head.

Um, scary thunder.

What is it with very few hits in the past few days?

cmon Josh - finish him off.

Nice camera work by not showing us the close play at 2nd

This is worrying.

Bye-bye Beckett.

Hmm. Didn't see him drop any F-bombs as he left the mound. I was fully expecting to see at least a few.

88 pitches for Beckett on the day

I'm sure there were quite a few during that commercial break.

Becketty-boo continues his case for truly being a 10-year-old boy by biting his nails adorably in the dugout.

MDC MDC MDC MDC

Great job, MannyDel!

*MDK

Nice, MDC.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Good job MDC!

good job Manny

Bruney reminds me of Gagne. I think it's the hair.

was that a guy in a captain america outfit

Nice devilish grin by Josh Baseball

Fixin' his fly?

I actually got the trivia question right. Go me.

Now we have both torrential rain and thunder.

ENORMOUS roll of thunder, holy shit. 3 seconds after the lightning means half a mile away, right?

Seriously. I think the house shook.

this one's about to hit rain delay status

Checking a couple of weather sites, the radar doesn't look like much...pretty localized weather. Hopefully it'll blow out quickly.

Okajimaaaa

Papelbums up in the pen.

WAY TO GO JD

Nice catch JD!!!

Nice catch, JD! Oh yeah, nice glovework by Lugo too.

Nice job focusing the camera right there.

Woo JD, though!

Holy crap that was a great catch by JD.

It's about 2 minutes or so from an absolute downpour at the Fens

This could get hairy.

Never mind--

SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON WAAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOO

A little rain delay would give Pap more warmup time.

C'MON BON-BON!

fc - Good point. I guess that is fortunate.

Good call Ian. Former groundskeeping skills coming into play. Took all of 4 minutes.

"It's about 2 minutes or so from an absolute downpour at the Fens"
Nice call, Ian!

As was mentioned to me: God seems to have an interest in this game.*

*mhcranberry

njdevils, I was going to say pretty much the same thing. Ian, you sure got it right!

Well I'd give props to Ian but he seems to have taken care of that for himself. And rightly so.

Gonna go eat dinner. Good luck Papelbums and bye everyone!

Watching the weather is more interesting than Rockies/DBacks.

I'm a little cocky like our starting pitcher today :D

It's easy to judge by watching the radar and putting it in motion.

Now if I was smart, i'd go get my stuff together for the ride to hartford and then figure out how much longer this delay will be so i could actually get there and be back watching the game on a different tv.

Guess I'll wash dishes, fix supper, etc., but will leave the TV on so I know when things get rolling again. Will pop back over here in a few...

Trish, you got that right. Ian, how long do you think it will be?

at least another 20 to 30 mins

i'm going to jump in with an approx 7:15 restart...by the time it stop raining, and the cover comes off....amazingly 20 miles away the sun is out

Okay, thanks.

OK folks i'm out of here. I'm going to make the drive

Hey! Just got back from D.C. - I missed most of it (although the rain delay is quite nice...I'll catch the end!).

Didn't miss any Jed, right? Just checking - I know he wasn't a starter...

Am I the only one a little bothered by the timing of this rain delay? I probably am, but it kinda rubs me the wrong way.

Piney, how so? I figure there's not much that can be done about the weather...

Back--and hey, Steph and Piney, and bye, Ian.

whoo hoo! i can watch my alma mater notre dame in the NCAA hockey championship game while we wait!

Jeanie Velasco shouldn't have done those last two lines during the commercial break, she's just a LITTLE too revved up.

I'm getting my pictures up now - I was at the Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri), except that there were no actual cherry blossoms. Oh, well. Still fun stuff...and I got this really ominous shot of the Capitol.

Ahhhh, cherry blossoms. Ours are in full swing right now. There's a street in town, appropriately named Cherry Street, that is lined with them from one end to the other. The local freeway runs right by it and I get to enjoy it every day on my way home from work. :-)

...what the hell, Jonathan? They really need to keep cameras away from that man...

OK, just HOW does a bulldog "jump" on a counter to eat a game ball?

Oh, no--I have to leave at 7:45! I hope they play quickly.

I hope they play quickly too -- I'm getting incredibly hungry. Thought the delay would be long enough for me to fix dinner, but I was wrong.

Oh, yay--go Cardinals!

Got my pictures up on Photobucket! Ominous much?

Raining AGAIN here.

ecl -- It's more because of the fact that like it's the freaking 8th inning and I mean they least they could do is like get the final out and then just call the game after that, but alas that's the umpire's call. I do recall last season when Melvin Mora got ejected because he complained to the umpires about their restarting of a game in the pouring rain and then kept it going and going and going well after the 5 inning limit(an official game is 5 innings)

...okay, that woman with the umbrella was...interesting...

There is some spectacular lightning going on over South Boston right now.

Yeah, I see your point, Piney. That rain looks pretty intense on TV, and the radar looks like it could "train" over Boston for awhile. I don't know every single baseball rule in the book -- can they call a game partway through an inning? Of course, with much of the baseball world primed to see Paps vs A-Rod, there would be much angst if the game didn't resume. That said, they really should have gotten that at-bat over with before they went to a delay.

Guess I have time to boil this pasta after all...

Would you believe me if I said this man's name was Will Smith?

(The voice you hear talking about LJ and Photobucket in the background is mine. Sorry!)

...are they still showing the game, or have they just given up on it? They've jumped to NASCAR here...

1863: cool lighting in your Capitol shot. I haven't been to DC yet, but am hoping to go with my daughter's class next year.

Thanks, although I guess the real credit should go to the weather...my camera's not fancy and I'm no good at photography.

D.C.'s awesome! I've been there a few times, and it's an awesome city to visit. (All the history's really cool!)

It's NSACAR out here, too.

Now that I'm done working for the day, I'm ready to relax and watch Pap kick butt. My Mom and brother are into NASCAR, but I don't care much. Give me baseball any day.

1863, as far as I can tell they're waiting for the next round of rain to pass, and since there's NASCAR on later, they're doing some pregame stuff. I wish they had stuck to baseball recaps.

Jules, give me baseball all day every day! And even after 20 years in the South, I haven't warmed up to NASCAR.

I can't wait to go to DC. I *love* history--especially the Revolutionary period. I'm like a kid at Toys-R-Us when I go to Boston.

Has anyone seen this cute photo of Manny from last night's game?

We had one of my daughter's friends over and we asked her about sports. She was funny when she mentioned NASCAR, "cars going around in circles just doesn't do it for me."

Give me guys on a diamond any time. Like NOW!

As far as auto racing goes, I'm into turning in both directions, thank you. (loves rallying because it's so much more challenging!)

But baseball is still first and foremost for me.

radio said around 8:15 at the earliest.

and can i say, it's weird going from widescreen high def to standard def on a smaller tv.

And now i have to figure out what channel is what up here. At least I gambled on making the drive to Hartford and it paid off.

Jules, yep, saw that pic. He is so precious!

If you love history from the Revolutionary Period, have you ever checked out Eastern Long Island? Specifically the South Fork, i.e., the Hamptons but not related to celebrities? The roots there date from the mid-1600s and the descendants of the old settlers are very committed to historic preservation. I'm an 11th generation descendant (grew up on Western L.I. but spent lots of time there). I got back up there last year for the first time in quite awhile and, as always, was in awe at my surroundings. HIGHLY recommended if you like history from that era of the American journey.

(takes a mental note because she has access to Long Island during the summer) I'm a huge military history geek, so done and done.

Extra bases is saying 8:25 start time

ecl1958, I haven't been to Long Island at all, but that sounds fascinating. I'll have to go some time. I live in California (I'm a native), but go back east to visit my in-laws (my husband is a native New Englander and got me totally hooked on the Sox ;-).

Long Island is one huge traffic jam :D

No kidding. (loathes the LIE)

1863, I'm not on LJ but could conceivably sign up (not up for blogging, really, but could still sign up) or we could figure out some other way to get in touch off board so we could communicate more easily, yes? My 91-year-old aunt could be a hugely valuable resource. She still summers at her tiny house in East Hampton with a bit of help from her daughters, has all her marbles, is a member of DAR, and knows most all the older locals around there. You could probably get hooked up with all manner of historical goodies through her. And...she's very used to young people because her very hip and urbane grandson visits often from Manhattan and brings his equally hip girlfriend. She also can entertain a roomful of people for hours with stories of local lore. Big fun, hanging out with my Aunt Grace!

Extra bases saying that the game will be on FX (channel 248 on Directv).

Ian, un less things have changed since I've been there, Fox is Ch. 61.

...ooh. (drools) I'm a student of military history right now (my college minor is literally Civil War Era Studies). I'm taking historical methods next semester, and she sounds like a great person to do interviews with!

Some people sign up on LJ just to comment and whatnot. It's just fine! I'll probably eventually get a Facebook just for keeping in touch with people, not for posting pictures, which is essentially the same thing...

LOL fc, I knew that much, it was figuring out where on the cable box, channels are different here at my parents house in newington. I'm used to my channels and our lake house's channels. I rarely ever come here. And now i have to figure out what channel FX is on the cable system. OH THE JOY,.

does anyone knwo what channel FX is?

So, it won't be back on FOX?

OK i found it. LOL

Take that back..

1863, be sure to read Facebook's policies before posting photos. They have tough language regarding their rights to your work.

oh just kidding, it's back on fox

That's why I won't post any. I can't stand the way Facebook consumes people's lives! I'm even drawing my own bio picture...

No it's not coming back on FOX. Just FX.

I can tell you it's on channel 24 on COX in newington, ct

FX still has Terminator. I've got it on Fox until they say otherwise.

It's back on Fox now!

we have baseball! eee. WHY AM I SO NERVOUS.

(nd is losing to bc 3-1 in hockey. GO IRISH.)

Ian and 1863, you're right, it's gotten WAY built up since my growing-up years there in the 60s and 70s (I was on the North Shore, about 1/3 of the way out). But even now, there's more to Long Island than the LIE. If you get way east in the off season, it's a whole 'nother world...

Makes me homesick just thinking about it.

Looks like it's nearly time, FINALLY, to play ball at Fenway! Back to the other room to watch...

It's back on FOX here...

Hey everyone--I'm at a babysitting gig right now and the kids are in bed. I'm planning on putting the game on the radio when it starts up, so can you guys let me know when it does?

Ok shows you what i know. they have it on both channels.

It's on Fox here, too.

Go Pap!!!!!!

My dad grew up in Locust Valley on Long Island.

Turn on your radio Liza

It's back!?

Thank youuuu!

I'm incredibly nervous, too, and I'm not sure why.

Wouldn't hurt the world if A-Rod was randomly struck by lightning right now, would it?

Ian, Newington? I'm from Newington and my parents are still there.

Not at all Steph

yes newington. I grew up here. graduated 1989

(mutes the television) Bad commentary...and knots in my stomach.

That's a switch for you--the rest of the country can watch the game but I'm stuck on radio. :P

C'mon, PAP!!

I don't usually use the word *hate*, but I really, really, really hate A-Rod.

I don't know anybody who likes A-Rod. Don't blame you one bit.

(insert Oreo joke here)

Papelbunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Also, on the Long Island note, my grandparents have been living there since 1960 or so.

YEAH PAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That K was more than two hours in waiting!

YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

GO JONATHAN. Fanned him on three pitches!

YEEEEESSSS!!!!!

screaming very loudly!

STRIKE THREEEEEEEEEE!

2 hours 11 minutes of rain delay was well worth the wait to watch Papelbuns strike out gayrod on 3 pitches.

I LOVE Papelbon!!!!

HA! Take THAT, arod!

Made my day.

i heart papelbon!

Memo to A-Rod: Pap has your Oreos.

screaming very loudly in my living room

I'm mad I couldn't see that OR scream.

(/selfpity)

SWEET CAROLINE (BAM BAM BAM)...

My husband, the yankee lover, thinks that ARod is the best player in baseball.....trust me, it is the start of many, many arguments!

nice 15.75 era latroy

oh god, poor papi. SEND HELP.

shark, I don't know how you do it ;-)

I love that Youk's hitting in the five-spot.

Is it wrong that the most exciting thing about that inning to me were the shots of the dugout because I had a chance to look for Jed (who I didn't see, but still)?

Well Youk certainly didn't look very happy there.

To clarify: I meant Youk didn't look happy with himself after his at bat. Nothing to do with being in the 5-spot.

Giambi, Posada, Cano... jeez. Talk about three hitters.

Let's go Pap! Nail this coffin SHUT!

(mutes her TV again) The stress is literally eating me away inside. Ugh...

Easy..I watch in the living room and send him downstairs to his "man room".....When the Sox do something great, I stomp on the floor. When the Skanks do something, he bangs the ceiling with a broom...all very childish, indeed, but somehow it works!

Ian, I grew up not far from Locust Valley at all...in a place so small it didn't even have a post office, but it's between Syosset and Cold Spring Harbor. Went to CSH schools all the way through. Fantastic place to grow up.

Liza, whereabouts are your grandparents?

1863, I'd probably sign up for LJ rather than Facebook. I've heard too much ickiness about Facebook.

Glad to see A-Rod go down!

PapelKK!

LJ beats the pants off of Facebook. It's easier to control your privacy, in my opinion - you don't even have to give your name!

FOX loves doing Extreme Closeups of Pap's Stare.

dangggggggggggggggggg 97 MPH

jenny again, I know what you mean. I wonder if all the Red Sox fans in the world can just send Papi lots and lots of good vibes. It's starting to make me sad what he's going through.

Steph I made a nickname for that last year.

It's the Papelglare

Somebody made a macro of the Papelglare during the postseason last year that read "Where is your God now?" I'd upload it but I'm currently uploading a video and that takes a long time...

shark, that made me laugh. Too funny.

Ecl - The western part, near Long Beach, I think.

C'mon, Pap! One more strike!

Most of the time, it is funny. There have been some veyr quiet nights, however.

PAPELKKK

Hip hip jorge he struck out

and damn you jorge, you're ran up paps pitch count.

I am STOMPING!!!!!! Don't hear any broom!!!

Yes, my video finished! I was able to get this up in time!

Where is your God now?

excuse me, let me introduce you to our closer

One more, Pap. Just one more.

Nice Steph.

Wish I could take credit! It was somebody on the Sox community on LJ...

Steph - That. Is. Awesome.

PAP...

I really wish I could remember who made it...they deserve proper credit.

I shouldn't complain about being up here. I can watch the Celtics after this.

nice warning by FOX there

...

OK, NOW over to FX.
What a stupid time to do that to us.

no friggin warning either.

...YES!!!!

WTF!?!?! I hate Fox.

Nice job SOX.

I love that Dirty Watah

Phew! Papelbon rocks.

woooooohooooooo!

Time to cook dinner.

night all.

Did he strike out the last batter, too? I couldn't find the channel in time...

That was really bad by FOX for not telling us they were going to switch it over like that.

Yes they did they were going to switch it but there should have been a warning.

Ah, Newington on a Saturday night.

exactly fc, not a damn thing to do up here. especially when all your friends up here are married and have rugrats when you're single

When they started talking about FX earlier, I found the channel number so I'd be prepared to switch, and I did so a few minutes before the race was to start. Sounds like it's a good thing I did.

Pap is totally amazing, glare/stare and all.

The last batter was out at first.
With Papelbon directing traffic and a nice play by Pedroia/Casey.

Good enough!

I don't appear to get FX at college. I get it at home, but not here.

FOX hates the Red Sox, pure and simple. They didn't want the mainstream viewers to see them win.

That was Robinson Cano who grounded to first.

beating the stankees just feels so good

Papelbon was channeling his inner Tavarez who is known to direct traffic on the infield.

And if they had held off instead of dumping people off Fox and interrupting a movie on FX for a 3-minute window, they could have cut to Nascar, what, 5 minutes into it?

And for you Celtics fans, Scot Pollard is doing the color commentary on the broadcast. I guess he wasn't active for tonight's game.

Yup, Ian, that was the reference.
But I would rather NOT contemplate that Pap has an inner Tavarez. That would be frightening...and dangerous.

I know, it doesn't make sense. Cars going round and round for hours...what's the problem with missing 5 minutes of that?

What they should have done is when they came back said ok before we start here, we are going to move the game to FX so that you have time to switch over.

THey pay alot of money for NASCAR and MLB and it's not a good thing when you piss off fans of either one. For me I'm a NASCAR fan but don't switch in the middle of a freakin game like that.

a little warning would have been nice.

Dang...I've got an entire pound of pasta that's trying to harden in the colander because I let it sit for so long.

Be back momentarily...gotta take care of my supper.

Whoo, finally finished the Sakura Matsuri post...that took way too long. Never upload videos on Photobucket - it literally takes forever...

Steph how come you didn't sing.

well i enjoyed my first game with all of you, time to eat some dinner now....we'll do it again tomorrow!

Ian, Scot Pollard was my favorite player on the Sacramento Kings when he was here (well, he and Vlade Divac). He always played with a lot of heart.

Anyone watching the Cubs/Phillies game?