I sure hope I get this game. Fox is doing interviews from Fenway, but the show description is the Dodgers/Angels.

I already miss DO & Remy.

I have my fingers crossed for you!

I'm right there with you Jules. If they go to Dodgers\Angels, I will miss all 3 games this weekend. And I will be bummed.

BTW, Hi everyone!

Jules, for your sake I hope the show description is incorrect! My show description says Sox/Brewers, but then again, I'm on the East Coast.

Almost time to grab a snack and relax in front of my TV. Woohoo -- live Sox! :-D

I'm here. I'm here. Just hoping my blog stays up. BTW, Wordpress sucks.

Bethie, there's no way you'll get switched to a Cali game, seeing as how you're practically down the street from me.

Ian, WTH happened last night with your blog? I was worried that you had done away with it, but of course that made no sense.

Long story short is that wordpress sucks.

Actually after staying up all night and figuring out the problem and fixing the database last night, the blog was working just fine this morning until it crashed again. So we were going to shut it down for the weekend and then start fresh but after talking with the tech people, they told me what to get rid of that's causing the problems.

Well, that's a relief. I was going to be pissed if they showed me something other than red sox. :)

and in time we are going to switch blogging platforms to the one that our gracious host Texy uses since she never has problems like I do with wordpress.

Okay...heading for the other room. Will check back after awhile. Play ball! :-)

That sounds like a great idea, Ian.

I'm watching Keeping UpWith the Kardashians. LOL.

Running to get lunch (yes, I'm eating late) and beer. Will be back soon!

bad planning Texy, you should have gone before the game like I did. :D

Can someone have a beer for me? :)

Hi all. I'm loving this baseball- on- my- TV thing today. Gameday rots.

Sunny in Beantown, eh? Yeah. It's miserable here. I'm hoping the PawSox don't get cancelled tonight.

The graphics across the top of the screen are pissing me off already. That blue line is so distracting.

Good job Tek. Wow.

How come we get stuck with McCarver

Went to a game last night that didn't happen.
Was up past 4 AM, woke up at 11:00 this morning.
I'm watching a game before getting ready to go to a game.
Hoping my favorite player isn't in tonight so he'll be in tomorrow when I have better seats.
Up is down and down is up.

It's beautiful here on the shores of CT. 68 and sunny with a breeze coming off the water.

Looooovely play, Tek, Quick feet.

Great throw out at second by Tek! Lord I believe we have the best catcher in the world.

fc the traffic car and foot should be fun around the Fens tonight.

i don't believe it. It's Jim Fucking Rice and he's doing the lineups.

fc, I've felt like that for the last week or so. The world's upside down, not only related to baseball.

It's gorgeous here. I've been stuck inside all day and of course I'm going to be tied to the TV for the next, oh, eight hours. Good times.

By the way if you hadn't heard, Coco is out with vertigo but may play tonight and Okajima has been shutdown for a few days with a sore wrist.

How long until we get D.O. and RemDawg back. I can't take McCarver anymore.

Thanks, Ian. Vertigo. Woof. That's such an awful feeling. I feel for him.

Am I the only one who thinks Ken Rosenthal is a massive tool?

I hate watching the Red Sox on channels other than NESN.

No Jane, you're not the only one. He's good with the rumors he gets but he lost any sense of my affections (not in a gay way) when he broke the AROD news last year during the World Series.

Ouch!

Yeeeow.

That would be a negative Jane. I think we all agree he is a massive tool.

As is McCarver.

Ian, that was so cheesy. I agree with you guys.

I think ECL and I are the only ones who are actually glad that the game's not on NESN...

Youuuk!

And I hate the announcers. But for the sake of those out of NESN territory I'm glad it's on national TV. :)

fc i'm sure you saw my answer to your question on my blog earlier but i just thought of something else.

You'll probably get to see Kapler tonight in the 2nd game.

I am too nj. Being on FOX allows me to watch at work. :)

I should be happy for y'all but I'm about a few minutes away from watching this on my dvr on my computer and syching it up to the radio broadcast.

Liza, I can't stand them either, but (for me) it's better than nothing. Sometimes, I end up muting my TV and just watching the game without sound.

Yup. You have to take what you can get.

Keep walking in those runs, Suppan!

Britt your better off that way.

Final Score:
Mets-7, Yanks-4

I'll take it.

We actually don't need to worry about how hte Yankees are doing right now (which is hte oddest thing in the world right now), we actually need to worry about what the Rays do.

Back. Got beer AND Jameson (thank you, kind roommate- who knows I have no spare money and so kindly donated the alcohol to my tummy).

Sox have a 1-run lead.
I have alcohol and food.
This is turning out to be a great day.

But thanks for the score update because after reading my response, I sounded snooty. :D

Yup Ian - got your answer, thanks.
I feel like such a spolied brat with my near-whine, since I'll be at both games!

Anyhoo here's hoping Youk does his usual play-his-ass-off job this afternoon and gets a rest tonight so I can see him up-close-and-personal tomorrow.
In any case seeing Kapler would be great!

Hey - a run! Thanks Suppan!

And don't forget the gorgeous weather...

And on Rosenthal: I was at Game 4 of the World Series, so I didn't have to hear him drool over A-Rod. (hee hee - bragging!)

A spoiled brat from our hometown, you don't say. And I thought I was the only one.

fc- you're going to the game tomorrow?!? WOW- we should try to meet up. :)

You're right (like usual), Ian.
The Rays are tied 8-8 with the Cards in the ninth.
Oh, and I don't think you sounded snooty at all. =D

Shush it you. We didn't hear a word they said either during Game 1. (hee hee- look who's bragging now).

I think I still have the pictures you sent me during the game :D

LOL TG ;)

Beer before liquor, never sicker. Liquor before beer, never fear. Right?
So it's Jameson first, then.

QUESTION: who is worse- Tim McCarver or Joe Morgan? Discuss.

Hahaha, Texy. You're lucky!

Funny reaction from Drew on that one, hah.

Drew, wtf?

Answer: They both suck equally the same

TG, is that a trick question? They're both worse than Don and Remy.

EAT A SANDWICH, Corey Hart.
Also, quit looking like a serial killer.
And quit wearing your sunglasses at night.

Joe Morgan. Joe EFFING Morgan. He sometimes makes me think I've missed my calling as a broadcaster. You know. Since he takes the basics of the game and breaks them down to the simplest of terms and attempts to pass it off as analysis. It bugs me.

And he sounds like the bastard child of Al Gore and Family Guy's Cleveland Brown.

Woof.

Cecil Fielder hasn't played in how long and he can't even get Prince's name right.

And he sounds like the bastard child of Al Gore and Family Guy's Cleveland Brown.

I just spit my drink out. Nice one Jane.

Hm, Ian is a snooty spoiled brat.

And that liquor-then-beer thing? TOTALLY true. My theory is that if you're primed with beer first you'll drink the hard stuff too fast. Actually it's not a theory. I've proved it numerous times.

Tim McCarver tends to "analyze" by making shit up that makes no sense and is false.
Joe Morgan tends to "analyze" (like Jane said) by saying really basic stuff like he just thought of it and he's Einstein.

My god. The Rays have 18 hits today against the Cardinals.

Hey all, just catching up on posts. Yeah, I feel for you NESN folks. The only consolation indeed is that I actually get to watch a game.

Okay, our guys coming up...back to my TV.

This is still all I can think of when JJ Hardy and Jeff Suppan come up in the same sentence.

fc- let's put the theory to the test tomorrow. Wait- I always forget Fenway's biggest glaring failure: NO HARD LIQUOR. Boo! (other failure: no beer vendors to sell to you in the seats. Oh, and people doing the wave.)

"Now, what he's got to do here, Jon, is he must move the bat in a way that sends the ball-- hard and fast-- to a sort of hole out there in outfield. And, now, what that's gonna do is advance the runner at third and give those guys a run. Which has been batted in."

Thanks for the strategery, JM. I hate you.

I kind of love the Rays this year. They're so cute--why is it that I like AL East teams so much?

Au contraire - they do sell beer in the stands now!

Sean!!!1!!one!

Ahem.

By the way, TG, I posted a comment with a link and it said it'd be held for moderation. Is that cause of the link?

WAIT. WHAT?!?! THEY SELL BEER IN THE STANDS?!?! THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY EVER! /caps lock off

where's Boe Juck today.

The return of E6 is successful. Good for him.

Liza, the same thing was happening to me yesterday. Whenever I tried to post a link it would say that same thing...

Liza- it was marked as spam. You're a spammer!

(should show up OK now, though)

Ellsbury, you ANIMAL!

Anyone else smelling a double steal here.

No, actually, I'm not wondering what the difference was...

And thanks, TG. (For anyone who cares, it's at 4:30.)

I will say now that I may get quiet at 6 PM as I way our four legged horse friends run in a circle for 2 minutes.

watch not way. Get your head out of your ass Ian.

Le Preakness! Oui Oui!

I have yet to go to a Triple Crown race. We had a horsetrack about 10 minutes from our house in Houston, but I'd love to go to the Derby someday.

OK, now we'll get that double steal.

I'm sure everyone has seen it already, but this is what I was trying to post yesterday; it has a bunch of quotes from the rest of the team about Manny.

I like horses, but I don't like racing much. See: Belles, Eight.

Twice is nice.

P.S.- I think my Pawtucket game will be cancelled tonight. Which blooooooows.

For the trivia, I'm guessing 3. I have no idea who they would be- I'm saying 3.

Why don't you put Braun's (shitty) defensive stats up there, too, FOX?

Texy, I said three too. It's a nice, safe number.

OK- I'm a BIG fan of the Phillies and the Cubs, and even *I* don't want to hear Tim talk about that game during this one.

PAPIIIII!

PAPI! AWESOME!!!!

PAPI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PAPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOT

HYPERVENTILATING!

YEAH!

Yay! I'm feeling cautiously optimistic!

Dontrelle Willis won NL Rookie of the Year in 2003 and won the World Series with the Marlins that year.

I'm optimistic. It's a lead, but it's not a 3-0 lead.

C'mon Manny!

Ellen, please control your unbridled enthusiasm.

in 1996 Derek Jeter won AL ROY and the world series.

DTrain! I f-love him.

Trade tha train, you trade ya brain!
(I also love the Dugout)

OMG!! That was awesome. Almost choked on my dinner.

YAY PAPI!

What a play o.o

1991 Chuck I hit Oblermann's mom Knoblauch won teh AL ROY and the World Series.

Ellen: I looked at your blog. I say- go with the painting mantel, but get a display shelf/bookcase for the Sox stuff.

in 1985 vince coleman won the NL ROY but lost in the world series with the cardinals.

Yay! I'm feeling cautiously optimistic!

That MUST go on a t-shirt. That's brilliant, Ellen!

Cardinals suck.

1981 Fernando Valenzuela was NL ROY and won the World Series

Hey, did I miss any great dugout celebrations after Papi's HR? I was sitting here at the computer hyperventilating. LOL...

GO CARDINALS.

I sorta like the Cardinals myself. Sorry, TG!

1976 Pat Zachry was co NL ROY and won the World Series with the Reds.

Cardinals DOUBLE suck.

(ecl- nope!)

Saw the red-headed batboy behind Farrell, and for a second I wondered, "What's Bobby Kielty doing in the dugout?"

Ian, I love your research updates. Thank you. :-)

But, but...but I like Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara very much. WAAAAAAAHHH! ;-)

Rereading that comment I think it sounded kinda mean. Sorry about that. :)

But go Cardinals nonetheless.

And I stopped at 1970, i'm done researching.

Colon will be here. I'm calling it now.

Thanks, TG. The painting has already won out. :(

DH likes baseball but not so prominently displayed like that.

Is Big Papi afraid of Farrell? I was helping for some fun mocking.

Colon will definitely be here Tuesday.

Nice one Dice-KK.

If it were me, I'd go with the Red Sox shrine Ellen.

Did you mean *hoping*, Ian? ;-)

Alberto has the most beautiful eyes ever. But the Cardinals still suck. /Cubs fan

This is a pretty good ad with Joe Torre.

Ellen, I like the Sox stuff better too.

Ian, I will have a shrine in my studio when it's finished. Believe me.

Fox SUCKS! I'm writing *hate* mail to them in a moment. I'm late tuning in because I was helping my husband mill some lumber.

I'm stuck with the Dogders/Angles. Like I care. I was really looking forward to today's game. Fox is really ticking me off. I wish they'd allow for those who pay boatloads of money for EI to watch the game on their east coast feed.

ecl, don't you know the rules? You're supposed to wait for Ian to call himself an idiot and correct himself in a follow-up post.

I kind of hope Bartolo starts with Pawtucket on Tuesday. For selfish reasons only. Because then I'd get to see him as they'll still be here in NEPA.

yes i did ecl.

I'm clearly having a bad day with my thoughts. Could be the hour of sleep i got because of my damn blog.

Me too, Liza. Me too.

Pujols's name never fails to amuse me. I'm such a little kid.

Anyway. I do like the Cards. Pujols is good and I like Molina (the St. Louis one, that is), too.

Mikey is recovering from meeting me on Thursday.

FC- You WHAT!? Do tell!

Yay, they won!

Ahh, okay, TG, now I get it. I was wondering why you said they suck, considering that they just beat TB! I've never really been much on rivalries in general. I like the Cubs just fine (they're on TV a lot here). And yes, Big Al does have beautiful eyes. I like him in general, though. Great player, great humanitarian, good-looking man, what more could one ask for? Oh yeah...for him to be traded to the Cubs, right?

Oh, fc, did you go to the autograph thing?

St. Louis can suck it!

I will say that for Milwaukee: the night life is FABULOUS. The local talent (i.e. hot guy) ratio is really high, especially for a Midwestern city. Plus, they tailgate before all baseball games. And tailgate like it's a football game. AWESOME.

St. Louis is lame and their team is lame and their stadium is lame and their everything is lame. /Cubs fan. Except Ozzie - he rules.

youtube . com/watch?v=7Y0RJSHnTqw
Liza, I'm having trouble posting links, but you can copy, paste, and take out the spaces....I think you'll really like that video.

Jane, I second that -- what was that, fc?

The stadium is lame, but it's a hallowed place since '04.

Also, I am so going to Holiday Inns from now on.

Yes, I went to Mike's book sigining at the Pru. I'm such a silly fangirl - still get heart palpitations thinking about it.
Eye contact. ::sigh::

Did anyone else catch that? Braun handed the ball to Tek after he kind of dropped it. That was actually classy.

Jules, I'm checking something to see if you can watch the game online.

If you want to use a P2P network called tvants, I can give you a link to the game.

Bob Uecker? Seriously??

This FOX broadcast gets more and more ineresting every second.

This may just be the most disturbing thing I've ever heard Uecker + McCarver + underwear/swimwear talk......there are some things I wish that I could unsee...this is one of them

Jane, I saw that! Good for him.

Oh, I'm jealous, fc! I was busy, so I couldn't go (although I really liked what I did otherwise--I was at an art auction where people bought my photographs!).

Nice-K!

Ueck does broadcasts for the Brew Crew- so I'm sure they just snagged him from the booth next door.

njdevils: I have no idea why you keep getting filtered as spam. The filters are set up to catch comments with MORE than 10 links... but I have no idea why, all of a sudden, it's catching you when you've just got one link.

fc, is Mikey as good-looking in person as he is on TV? Or is that a rhetorical question?

When are those fuckers going to answer the question I did the research for. I don't want to hear about the playing days of McCarver and Uecker. I was just sperm and/or egg then.

That's alright, TG. I guess the filters just don't like me for some reason...

Liza- I'm impressed. Good kid.

FC- I'm jealous. I just picked up the book yesterday. And it may have been a bad idea as I'm falling more and more for Eyebrows McGee. He's so genuine. I just love him.

And eye contact!? Woooo, lucky dog!

fc that is so cool that you went! I wanted to but went to a fishercats game instead.

Ian- Hahahahahahahaha!

The best steroids commercial is still the one with the deflating balls.

Eyebrows McGee? That is hilarious. He does have Groucho eyebrows from hell.

Easily agreed, TG. I love that one.

SEAN! I want a Sean Casey shirt so bad.

I agree, TG!

long live the mayor. now do your fucking job lugo and bunt him to third.

It's weird--REALLY weird--to see Joe Torre in a Dodgers uni. Really weird.

Ian, I'm not going to be sitting at my computer much (that's why I wanted the game on TV, so I can watch it while I do things around the house).

Sean Casey. You little love. He's so sweet.

nice job lugo. NOT

Well i tried to help Jules. There's always Joe C on the radio.

Ok, so tonights game is going to be on nesn?? because its not on the guide, and i'm really confused..lol

grr my supid neighbor is playing music and the bass is so friggin loud! its lgiving me a friggin headache and disturbing my red sox time! =(

OK. I've officially had enough. SHUT UP, YOU THREE. No one gives a shit! Also, Tim McCarver, quit laughing you idiot.

Lindsay, it's on NESN.

http://www.nesn.com/Default.aspx

So I didn't yet bring myself to mute the broadcast... but I had to mute the Viagra commercial so I didn't get "VIVAAA VIAGRA" stuck in my head for the next week. It sure is awkward to have that running through your head...

TG, I second that about those three shutting up. Good grief! Wouldn't it be nice if they showed the pitcher pitching to the batter once in awhile?

papelbon reading his book yesterday.

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/MLBonFOX/2008/05/16/Week_7_Milwaukee_at_Boston

And again I still can only think of the Dugout strip...

especially at your age Liza

Ian or someone else...I was glued to the TV during our half of the inning. About Lugo, did I get that right, he hit himself with the ball and that's an out? Never saw that before. Please explain, kthx.

Liza, I'm actually jealous of you, selling your own work. I'm an appreciator of the arts without any whisper of talent of my own. Nice going.

And I'll take any questions about how wonderful Mike is in person as rhetorical. :)

If the ball hits a baserunner in fair territory, he's out. In this case, he hit the ball into himself.

mccarver just explained it.

the bunted ball was in fair territory and it hit him as he was running to first. thus making him out.

Ken - you couldn't play baseball because you were a short little fuck your wholelife. Just man up and admit it or just shut the fuck up.

Thank you and please come again.

Jules, go here, download 'tvants' at the bottom, and click 'play stream' next to tvants to watch the game. It's about a minute behind, but that's better than nothing...

I should clarify that it's a BATTED ball - a ball thrown by a defensive player that hits a baserunner doesn't make the baserunner out.

Jules, go here, download 'tvants' at the bottom, and click 'play stream' next to tvants to watch the game. It's about a minute behind, but that's better than nothing...

Ian, don't pull that on me. Please.

Thanks, fc! It was the first time I'd exhibited them or anything so I was totally geeked out. It was for charity, so I didn't get any money out of it, but I was just excited that people liked them.

i told her that britt. she's not sitting at the comp today. :D

Liza's work is fabulous, I can attest to that.

TG/Ian, thanks. Baseball never ceases to amaze me with its minutiae. It can seem so simple and straightforward for inning upon inning, then something happens that I never knew was in the rulebook!

DONT BE AFRAID TO RING HIM UP MR UMPIRE

Ian, LOL about "short little fuck." And then there's Dustin...

Oops, Ian, I guess I missed that...
That commerical was stuck in my head all last week, too.

Yes, but Dustin's not a "short little fuck". He's a "short little fucking genius".

OUT. FIRE THE 2ND BASE UMP.

Super Pedroia is the man. He plays like he's 10 feet tall.

Rosenfuck on the other hand, is just plain old short

He was so out.

Dammit, I missed all that. Why do my friends call me during games?

Liza, those last two photos are outstanding! I really like them.

If I was at Fenway now, I'd go up in the booth and beat the shit out of McCarver and then head to the field to do the same to Rosenfuck.

It would be so worth it for the GOOD OF THE GAME.

fc, I missed it too. Was busy getting more food ready to inhale.

Dustin is the epitome of the Little Big Man. So great, so very great.

Thanks, Ellen!

Yay, Jacoby.

Very nice photos Liza.

Every game. Every game

Liza i responded to your comment on my blog about Kapler. To save you the click, this is what I said.

He’s a great guy. I hung out with him in 1998 at the Double-A All-Star Game we hosted here in New Haven at the All-Star Game Party we held.

As Manny walked to the plate, I only saw one pink hat in the crowd. Hooray!

Thanks, Ian--and I wish I could have met him. He seems really classy and articulate.

Ian, I think you should go to this site:
http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com/

That was back when he was with the Tigers farm system and huge into modeling. He pulled out his magazine cover to show us while we there.

Whoa--Braun looks like Sam Fuld. Creepy.

So maybe articulate but not necessarily modest, ha.

Okay, Dicey...

I think Corey Hart wears a child-sized jersey. Or, XXXS.

Ewwww...Ian, that reminded me of this creepy guy who I used to be acquainted with in real life. The first time I met him he pulled out his modeling pics, never mind that they from 20 years prior. Ugh.

Good. He needed an inning like that.

Thanks NJ for hte link.

It was rather funny ecl. Guys were giving him a hard time about it so he just pulled it out and said fuck y'all ya wanna mess with these guns.

well i found a bunch of them.

now i need to search before 1970.

Awesomest thing about day games: EYEBLACK.

or not. Thanks to fine FOX fucks for the rest of them.

Our secret shame:
http://www.outincenterfield.com/blog/2008/01/our_secret_shame.html

Awesomest thing about today's day game - there's another one after this tonight.

:D

Sean's, what, 3-for-3 now?

Phrase I thought I'd never hear: "Red hot Houston Astros"

Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, SHUT UP TIM MCCARVER.

We don't want to hear about McCarver's playing career. Thank you. NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP

Johnny Damon for Halloween.

Now that's fucking funny

It was Johnny Damon as a Red Sock, ftr.

"Did he go by himself? Or did he go with someone else?"

SHUT UP TIM.

I think I was better off being distracted on the phone than listening to this crap.

He had had a Damon jersey, had baseball pants from playing for his college team (it was in college), and he borrowed a Sox hat from a friend.

Don't bother asking how I know that.

BRING IN GAGME SO I CAN BOO FROM MY BED.

YEAH I SAID IT. I"M WATCHING THE GAME FROM MY BED.

Texy- I love it. Hahaha. He's not that young. It's not like he went trick-or-treating as Johnny. It was in '04 if my JacobyStalking serves me correctly.

Tim. You're trash.

Ian- ME TOO!

LOL TG at that archive link. Eek.

Looks like the concussion may have added to Lugo's repertoire of weird facial expressions. I almost choked on my dinner while he was at bat because I started laughing so hard.

Ian -- me three! Except when I run in here to post.

I was going to make a joke about eating dinner so early until I looked down and saw the time.

I got my dinner all planned for tonight. Two cans of chef boyardee, some potatos and stuffing.

I'm in my pajamas still, does that count?

My dinner? Beer.

Aw, hell. Error on Youk.

Aww, first error of the season for Youkie.

Was that an error? Youk?

Awwww, Youk.

And to answer all y'all's questions.

That does not affect his streak at first base.

EFFFFFFFFFFFF.

His record is still clean at first.
And crap, it's only a 2 run game now.

C'mon, Ian. Give us a little credit.

Of course not, why would it?

I've got to go to a dinner. I'll be back later, sometime during the second game.

Let's go Sox :)

Ian, I can hear my mother now, nagging you for not eating any vegetables. And no, the sauce in the Chef Boyardee doesn't count. ;-)

I guess Javier is the 7th or 8th inning left handed guy while Okie is shutdown.

Last time I looked, potatoes were vegetables.

Please don't suck, Javier.

Yep, you're correct, Ian. My bad!

It must be pasta night, Ian. I'm working my way through a large dish of spaghetti with shrimp. No potatoes or stuffing, though. I'll be going for the next round (chicken, rice and something green) a little bit later. This is actually lunch I'm eating right now.

and i forgot to add their mixed in with some cajun spices, onions and peppers.

Dice-K making it to the 7th with 100 pitches desreves a mention.

you're were saying Texy

Not liking this...not having a good feeling

Oooohhh, that sounds good, Ian.

Well, that didn't take long, did it? C'mon, MDC!

...as opposed to Lopez. Yikes.

Nice commercial time management, FOX.

I was just looking at Commander Kickass' numbers against the Brewers.

0-2, 9.53 ERA (12 ER/11.1 IP) in 3 GS

fight fight fight????

Manny is "more responsible" this season? What the fuck is he talking about?

I expected him to charge the mound.

even rosenfuck's graphic is annoying.

I think he meant that Manny has been doing the same thing he's been doing every year but people are noticing it now because manny is talking to the media.

Ned Yost can go fuck a duck -- it'd take a lot more strike calls to make up for that DiceK-Lugo pickoff miscall.

Alright, folks. It's been real. I'm off to see the PawSox. Pray the rain stays away.

Talk to you kids later! :-)

See ya later, Jane! I hope you have fun at the game!

Ah, good -- I couldn't get on here during that entire half inning.

I hate it when the opposing pitcher works out of a jam. BAH.

terry francona has won two world series in teh past 4 years Tim Mcfuckity fuck.

Now shut the fuck up you worthless piece of shit. /rant

Poor Ian...I know you didn't get enough sleep last night. (extending a friendly hug around shoulder) It's gonna be alright -- just another few outs and you'll be back to NESN, you lucky duck!

Ummm, where did everybody go -- did they head to the park for the second game?

So I found out last week that there's a pro hockey player who lives next door to us here in the building. My roommate neglected to find out what team he plays for, but he apparently grew up in near Scituate. Any ideas?

Also: NO ONE ENJOYS LISTENING TO ANYTHING YOU DO, MCCARVER. UECKER OR NO UECKER.

Jane went to the PawSox game, fc probably left for game 2, Liza's off singing viva viagra, texy is drinking her jameson and trying to find the key on the keyboard :D.

Ryan Whitney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Whitney

TG, here's a list of famous people from Scituate, MA; there are a few hockey players on the list.

I'm still here.

i beat ya to it NJ

Nope, I'm still here. Just up & down from TV & laptop getting ready to go.

Here's an interesting lecture at the Museum of Science in June:

http://www.mos.org/events_activities/lectures&d=2609

It coincides with the baseball exhibit

Dang it. I wanted Eric Gagme with a spoon since a fork will hurt.

I know where Mike Hoffman lives - he lives right across the street. He also likes to walk around shirtless all the time. No one objects.

Ryan Whitney could be it - I know Neighbor Hockey Dude isn't married, and I know he doesn't play for the Bruins.

what do I win if I was right?

fc: HAVE FUN at the game! But not too much fun. Not as much as you're going to have tomorrow.

Yes you did, Ian! I think your guess is right; most of the other people on the list are already retired.

TG, if it is Whitney, be sure to get an autograph--his team is going to play for the Stanley Cup if they beat the Flyers in this series (which they will!).

fc, I'm so jealous!

Yeah Jacoby ftw!

Ian- you win my undying love. A priceless prize.

I keep telling my roomie we need to throw a party, just so we can invite Hockey Neighbor Dude and Mike "Mighty Ducks" Hoffman and any other eligible Scituate men that aren't 50 years old.

I'll take your lefty and show you a run mr yost. Thank you now sit your ass back down in t eh dugout.

I thought i already had your undying love for taking you to game 1 of the world series last year.

Nope. Your prize for the WS was getting to hear me holler for Josh. And also moving the trashcan out of the way 10 times.

Insurance, yeah!

LOL. The famous trash can.

Let's go PAP! Let's go PAP!

Thanks FOX for telling us the defensive replacements. NOT.

Assholes

I like how he said he was an author, but the cover of the book clearly says it was written by Jon Goode and his wife. I'm kinda pissed JP is taking credit for writing that. Kinda.

cora at short, lowell at 3b, youk at 1st

Does Sean sitting now mean he won't be in the next game?Boo.

Aw, hell.

Well that sucked. But heck of a catch by that kid who will be feeling that one for at least a week.

All's well that ends well.

Great job Sox.

all 3 defensive replacements that you didn't tell us about mcfuckity fuck.

question?

was cora even looking when he caught that or did it just fall in the glove.

YAY for the win. Go Sox!

I think everyone needed that.

Oh that feels so much better than the last few games.

I'll be back for game 2.

fc enjoy the game. for the rest of y'all see ya back here shortly.

Yup, I'm off to Fenway. Hope that one has a happy ending too.

(psst, Ian - they did announce the defensive replacements when they came back from commercial in the 9th)

Ian, they did mention the defensive replacements. I heard them while I was away from the TV with the volume turned up.

new hampshire fishercats and trenton thunder are on CN8 if anyone gets that channel

TG - GMTA. fc - have a great time!

Great job by our guys!

MY BAD. I think i tuned them out then.

It was a good rant though.

For those with NESN, Charlie Moore is fishing with Ted Nugent.

As ahnold would say, I'll be bach

Thanks for the CN8 tip - I'm watching that while waiting for the Sox to come on again.

Ian, I bet you couldn't change channels fast enough, LOL. I know *I* couldn't, and I'm used to watching their lame-ass broadcasts because I, cough, cough, don't have NESN.

I'll be back too. Time to put on some music and do a week's worth of dishes. Fun fun fun!

I'm just saying hi between games...I had to check the Preakness results (and I had the exacta!!! Woohoo!!!! Now my friends are probably going to try and make me pay for their beer tonight though:-P).

Anyways...I hope we get 8 IP Wakey tonight and not the 2.2 IP version!

Hi All!

I'm glad our guys won. I kept an eye on it via gameday when I had time. I was out in the garage helping my husband with the jointer.

It's freakin' hot out here. 103. ugh. I'm done with summer ;-)

Here's hoping EI shows me the love tonight.

mother's day miracle is on NESN rigth now.

Kapler is playing left for hte brew crew in the 2nd game

Just checking in. I wish I got CN8, but I don't have Comcast. Boo. The Fishercats game was really fun. I need to go to more of them. They're playing the SeaDogs this week.

NESN is showing the bottom of the 9th from the Mother's Day Miracle.

Ian, once again I am jealous of you NESN folks. I never got to see the Mother's Day Miracle, only read about it. Of course, that was before I jumped the fence, but now that I've done so I wish I could have seen it.

Back again shortly. time to make the fat kid in me happy with some food.

I hope Wakey has a better start tonight than his last time out. I'll be lurking here for updates, cause I'm blocked out of anything fun here at work. So I'll be getting on everyone's nerves for score updates. :)

I'll apologize in advance.

Awww, Bethie, it's okay. We understand!

I had an epic FAIL where doing dishes was concerned and also managed to aggravate a painful medical condition that makes it difficult to sit down (long story), so will probably be listening more than posting, at least until I make progress with the dishes and can calm the pain down a bit.

ECL, Click this!

ECL, I've seen it (and I don't get NESN), so that means there's video somewhere on the Internet. I'll try to see if I can find it...

Happiness is:

Hearing DO welcome us to the game.

Ok, those comments posted backwards somehow...
I think I lost Internet connection for a few minutes so the one didn't post until after the second one did, I think(?). Oh, well...

Wake! Throwing the fastballs!

Ok, those comments posted backwards somehow...
I think I lost Internet connection or something for a few minutes so the one didn't post until after the second one did, I think(?). Oh, well...

Is anyone else having some difficulties connecting to this site? I'm just wondering whether it's my computer that's messing up or if it's something else...

Looks like we got the red unis tonight!

Is anyone else having some difficulties connecting to this site or commenting? I'm just wondering whether it's just my computer that's messing up or if it's something else...

More happiness:

Wake getting KKs.

Happiness is:

having a full stomach :D

Sorry for the double/out-of-order posts. My computer is being very weird right now...

Ian...you're such a guy ;-)

The way to a man's heart is through is stomach.

That's gospel truth.

WaKKKe!

is anyone else who has NESN having trouble adjusting to this camera angle after watching the other one on FOX today.

nj...it's you!

Just kidding. I commented and the site hung, but it went through anyway.

I'm so happy I have Sox on TV.

Looks like Wake picked the red unis. Odd - I don't think he's ever picked to wear the red unis before. YoYo loved to wear the red unis.

I like the red. It's hawt.

Does the pitcher make that choice? I like the red unis. I want one.

Ian...yes. I'm *not* liking this camera angle at all. It feels too compressed.

I do, too, Ellen - it's just that the pitchers rarely choose to play in them. That makes them more speshul.

I just bought tix for Tuesday's Fishercats v. SeaDogs.

Yes Jules, it's always the pitchers choice.

I wish they would go back to the old one and not show us the direct shot to the plate.

I never knew the pitchers chose. Ya learn something new every game.

It's the decision of the starting pitcher.

http://www.outincenterfield.com/blog/2007/09/red_uni.html

Thanks, Ian. I need a red Manny jersey.

I think we need to write NESN to complain about that camera angle. Maybe they'll ditch it like a lot of the sound effects.

Hey you guys, it wasn't just your computers. I couldn't get on here for about 15 minutes.

Wish I could see our guys wearing the red.

nj: Thanks for the link. At first I thought it was a link to today's game because Papi was at bat...then I looked at the score, LOL. Will hold that link for after this game!

Bush played in New Haven back in 2003 when I worked there not that anyone cares.

well they are the RED Sox.

Jules, a red Manny jersey was my most recent Sox purchase and is, so far, my favorite Sox item. I need to get a second one to wear when the first one is in the wash.

I have red and white girl-sized jerseys - but I never get them personalized with names.

I would kill for a road grey girl-sized jersey. Or a Casey shirt.

Great post, Texy.

OK, I better throw some dinner together for the hungry crew.

YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUK!!!!

In the minor leagues, you will see teams where their alternate jerseys alot especially if they get on a winning streak.

Mike Lowell is AMAZING.

I'll just take some dessert jules. thanks ;)

Nice going guys!

I said dinner was beer - but it's really beer and cheeze-its. HEALTHY!

I was just about to say what RemDawg said about the skipping past to the backstop as Lowell skips over to third.

Classic Orsillo right there

i got ya beat texy for breakfast I had a 2 liter bottle of coke.

Oops, here I am talking about jerseys when I mean shirts. Much as I love the way they look, jerseys are out of my price range. :-(

Mmmmm cheez-its.

There's a facebook group called "I'm sexually attracted to the way Coco Crisp bats" haha :)

(By the way- Dustin Richardson accepted my friend request o