Hi All!

:: waves ::

Rain delay.

It was a brutally long week, but it's Friday and I'm sitting on my bum ready for the game.

They just showed the fan who dropped the ball he caught (on Patriot's day, I think). First time I saw that--too funny.

Argh, I'll be missing the game...I just finally finished my paper, and I have a lot of things to do tonight...I'll miss everyone tonight!

Congrats on finishing your paper. That always feels great. I'm *loooong* out of school, but I feel the same way when I get a project done (some projects are so big, just a deliverable is reason to celebrate).

damn rain delay =(

so how was the chat last night? i was at the game, it was fun0 i just wish we won =(

All of the Sox players looked so old in the 80's. they all look like their unathletic 60 yr olds..lol

I missed the chat last night--spent five hours at my daughter's track meet.

I am soooooooo ready for some baseball.

its also weird to imagine what Fenway will look like 20 yrs from now. I mean look at how different it looks now than it it did in the 80's.

What will be weird in 20 years is seeing the guys we love coming back as the old veterans. Just imagine Wake and Tek throwing out the first pitch in 20 years. My husband was just saying that the other day. "Just imagine Papelbon in 20 years!"

Hi, long time reader, first time poster =P

The words "rain delay" always make me a little bit sad....

Hi Mary!

Welcome!

Hopefully the rain delay won't take too long. It sounded like a lighter rain, but I haven't checked a weather site for radar or anything.

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

It looks kinda promising...

Casey! He's just awesome. Funny story about his first all-star game and his jersey.

Looks like another hour for the game. Too bad.

Is that official or an estimation?

d.o. just said they're hoping for 8:30 ...

Don Orsillio just said they expect (hope?) to play at 8:30. NESN switched to tennis.

Yankees up 1-0 in the first.

Well, Sweet and Lowdown is on one of the movie channels..... looks like I'll be watching that for a while... haha

Hi all...

I didn't do my rain delay homework before I left the office at 7:05 (!), but am glad to hear that "it looks kinda promising." A "hoping for 8:30" start will give me time to feel human again after a long week of juggling medical charts and demanding physicians.

Welcome Mary! And jules, I'm giggling at the thought of Manny, Papi, Lowell, etc. as 50-somethings. And the current crop of young'ns as 40-somethings. Not that they won't all age well, mind you!

My husband grew up a Sox fan (I married into my obsession ;-) and remembers all the old players. He was saying that some day, we'll see Wake and Schil come back like Buckner and Pesky do now and won't we feel old!

I can only imagine what Beckett's going to look like in 40 years... the epitome of a cranky old man

Mary, Beckett in 40 years is a scary thought!

Jules, I've recently been corresponding by one of my sorority sisters from college, who happens to be a Sox fan. We first met as freshmen way back in the fall of 1975. We were e-mailing back and forth, discussing some of the players, and when Papi and Lugo were mentioned, she said something to the effect of "I really feel OLD knowing that these two grown men were born during our first semester of college." Yep. Exactly.

Sorry, meant corresponding *with*...geez I hate making typos.

are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet?

nope, still tennis. (makes me feel like i'm playing wii.)

the latest reports at Fenway Park are that the game could start around 9 p.m

Yeah, they were saying 9 a while ago.

Silly tennis :P

I just looked at the animated radar loop on Intellicast and it appears that the area of rain is "training" from NW to SE over the Boston area. Not sure how long it will take to clear out of there.

9? I heard 8:30ish. ughh...lol

if this games gets off the ground, i am going to be up way past my bedtime. eep.

game's rained out

The latest announcement in the press box at Fenway Park has the Red Sox-Rays game starting at approximately 9:30 p.m

From Extra Bases:

"The latest announcement in the press box at Fenway Park has the Red Sox-Rays game starting at approximately 9:30 p.m. Stay tuned."

Aw, Ian beat me to it.

Ay yi yi...9:30? At least I don't have to get up early tomorrow, and I'll be the first to admit that I'm a night owl, but I'm so tired right now...don't know if I can make it to the end of the game. :-(

And from the Herald:

"Curt Schilling said that his shoulder rehab is going so well that he could be starting a throwing program in a week to 10 days."

GO, SCHILL, GO.

The Schill things kinda funny, cus just last night i brought up they fact that we havent heard abt in in a really long time. and then i was watching the pre game show and they said "i know we havnt heard abt schilling in awhile, but..." lol.

I've got WRKO on Gameday Audio, and they just said that so far there's no word on "when or if" the game will be played. =/

They did say that more info may be forthcoming in 10 to 15 minutes, when the rain is possibly expected to let up.

Per WRKO, the grounds crew is out, beginning to lift the tarp, and the estimate is still for a 9:30-ish start.

Hey everyone!
Hope everyone had a great Friday. (Fingers crossed the local channel decides it will still put the "Rays" games when it finally starts!)

they should just bang this game and play it later in the season

This was just announced: Barring anymore rain, the Sox and Rays will attempt to begin tonight’s game at 9:30 p.m.

The rain's stopped and the tarp's off the field.

LOL, you should hear the caller on WRKO right now. He's ranting about the game delay and the children who will have to stay up late as a result and the people who will be drinking in the stands until too late in the evening blah blah blah woof woof woof...

Why is drinking in the stands until late in the evening a bad thing, Mr. radio announcer guy?

it's raining again

It wasn't the announcer, it was the caller. The announcer was trying to defend it all against the ranting caller.

And the next caller was a woman who basically called the Sox a bunch of wimps because some Little League team played in the rain tonight. LOL!

First pitch at 9:30. and whos anonymous?

anonymous is anonymous

waiting for the 9:30 game so i thought i'd come in and say hi while you're all waiting.

Awww - it's my favorite Mets fan!

And if Ian wants to be anonymous, let him. He basically has the run of the place around here. :)

anonymous: of unknown authorship or origin

how ya doin? sorry the new england spring is sucking so incredibly hard.

xoxo

I still need to get to Shea before it's reduced to scrap rubble. Driving by it multiple times on the way to the airport doesn't count.

Come on Texy, you're taking the fun out of it.

I had a nice press release ready to go saying the game was canceled and would be made up a part of a day-night double header tomorrow.

But for real, tomorrow night if anyone is of unknown authorship or origin, it's not me. I'll be attending the nuptials of one of my best friends tomorrow night.

Celtics up by 1 at the half. and the Skanky team in NY is up 3-1 in the 7th

Oh Ian, I hope you have a wonderful time at the wedding!

hey everyone...happy friday.....i fell asleep in the middle of the game last night....guess thats what happens when you sleep for 2 1/2 hours then go and teach little children....hoping the game starts soon...

Considering they both work for a liquor distributor, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I'll have a great time.

you were probably better off kristina. you really didn't miss much other than BJ's balk.

If they ever did one of these "Down On The Farm" pieces on Kyle Jackson, I'd be as happy as a pig in shit.

The Beej was rilly, rilly fired up after he got that 3rd out (for the second time).

Oh maaaannng, Ian -- that sounds like it'll be a hoot!

I haven't turned on NESN yet today. As soon as the game was delayed, I've watched "Go" with a normal Katie Holmes and then the C's

Switch to NESN now, Ian.

Cmon, Clay!

Looks warm at Fenway now.

yay...jacoby's back!

HEY LOOK BASEBALL.

"And, yes, there's a chance for more showers."
"Oh. Good."

I love Don and Remy.

Nah, i'm watching the C's in HD, I have the game on my computer through my tv tuner on here.

46 degrees in may....i love new england

Gameday graphics up and running...volume turned up on Gameday Audio...I'm ready!

And I'm still not digging this new camera angle

finally! unfortunately im stuck watching the game on a crappy ass tv because of my dumbass brother always getting what he wants =/

When you can see the pitcher's breath... es no bueno.

Ouch...46 degrees? It's 66 here -- would you like me to send some balmy air your way?

Ian, im not either. it looks funny.

c'mon down. let me know and i'll hook ya up. would love to see a game with you!!

Crawford's breathing clouds. Ugh.

It was SO COLD today in Boston. I was around UMass Boston today and it was frigid.

Saw a great post the other day dissecting Clay's pitching mechanics - pretty fascinating stuff.

MG: I insist it be a Phillies game, so you have to explain to everyone around your season tickets why you're friends with a Phils fan. :)

by the way, the meaty marinara Tuscay pasta from Pizza Hut is delish.

nice one, bucK. ;D ;D ;D

Ian, I'm going with the shrimp Pad Thai from Noi's Thai Kitchen, conveniently located around the corner from my office.

Two-sleeved Jacoby shuts it down.

SOX BATS: YOU MUST WAKE UP. KTHXBAI.

it is absolutely POURING here in western mass. (i'll try to keep it out here and away from boston.)

Whew, thanks Jacoby!

Best Clay-vs-Joba piece I've ever seen was about mechanics. I hate that comparison (they're COMPLETELY different pitchers, style-wise) but this argument basically said Clay has near-perfect mechanics and Joba's scream injury! injury! injury!

Okay, Sox. HITS ARE GOOD. SO ARE RUNS. REMEMBER THAT.

Not too often you see KG get rejected on a dunk attempt.

Ian you do realize this is a Red Sox thread and not a Celtics thread.

Ian, if its not a problem-- could u please post that scorecard that ur friend usues again? i forget which gmae thread u posted it in last, and i want to try to keep score. thanks. =)

I want to be in the Rays Super Sekrit Tshirt Club! So speshul!

http://soxanddawgs.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/yanks-sox-box-41108.doc

hello boys and girls. What is up?

Buch, throw strikes.

What's up? Gagne's ERA...

The clouds in the sky are up.

Hi Piney :)

I WAS THERE FOR THE HINSKEFACEPLANTCATH

ok, strikezone. embrace young stickbug.

Awww, Jenny, that's cute.

Awww, Hinske! I miss him.

Piney- how'd the media blackout go? I was having some beverages the other night, so I don't recall.

BuKKolz

atta boy, bucKK, ;D ;D ;D

Way to go, Sunbeam.

Okay, BucKK...

Sweet pitch, Clay.

god i love that dirty, dirty curveball. nnnnnnngh.

YEAH BRANDON

MOSSIE!!!!!!!!!!

NICE, Sunbeam!!!

SUNBEAM!!!

yeah Moss...

oh HELLS yes b-moss! also, TEK. nice work, boys.

Radio delay! Looking forward to the replay...

When will they learn, you can't run on Brandon Moss.

Refresh my memory, please...how did he come to be called Sunbeam?

The guy sitting behind me at Fenway on Wednesday was totally in love with Moss. It was funny. I said something about Drew and he just would not hear anything I said.

Wow, great catch by Bartlett.

I just can't bring myself to refer to him as "sunbeam" - mostly because it seems entirely too sweet, and he's very much a man's man.

Has anyone else noticed that the center field camera seems to be in a slightly different position the last couple nights? It seems like it's maybe a little higher and angled down more. I'm definitely not imagining it, so I hope someone else is seeing it, too.

Yeah Mikey!

That was a great camera angle on the replay from behind of Mossy's throw.

My roommate knows my affection for Casey and Moss, so anytime either of them are shown on screen, she hollers, "WHO'S THAT?!?" She does not holler that at Beckett, however.

It's all in your head Erin.

Nope, Erin - it's definitely not just you. They moved the camera angle a few days ago. I saw a blog post somewhere about it- but for the life of me, can't remember where.

Nah, Ian, I know my camera angles. It's been a little different.

b-moss apparently attempted to put a peanut butter sandwich into a toaster, thus: sunbeam (as dubbed by his minor league teammates).

Thanks. I knew I was right. It's been driving me crazy. I want it to go back the way it was. This feels awkward.

I totally channeled Youk at my softball practice yesterday. I got nailed with a pitch in the elbow.

Erin if you tilt your TV screen a little, you get the camera angle back you're used to. :D

I don't like it either but at least they've gotten rid of the annoying sound effects

jenny- I still can't hear that story without thinking, "RYAN STARTED THE FIRE!" (Office shoutout)

Ian, YES. The frigging "fshoom!" effect they had whenever a pitch over 95 MPH was thrown? SO glad they got rid of that.

I LIKED THE SHOOM-SHOOM!

Liza: were you completely bald, with a large goatee and sweating like a mofo all over your head? :)

It annoyed me. >.>

But they still do have the annoying "Call to the Bullpen" graphic. Still bugs me.

Ah, okay, now I remember the toaster story. For some reason I was thinking it had to do with the polite Southern boy thing that was very evident in the postgame the other night. I half expected him to say, "Well, bless your heart!" or some other Southernism.

c'mon, stickbug. BRING IT.

er, random question. Has anyone ever noticed that blondish guy that sits a little to the left of homeplate during just about every game?

..just wondering. :]

The dang Hawks just won't go away. C's up 3 at the end of the 3rd.

TG, not quite. But I am the (backup) first base(wo)man.

well maybe if you were bald and had a goatee, you'd be the starting first base(wo)man

blood and whiskey, yes. I always refer to him as "Robert Redford."

I'll get right on that.

(Something makes me think the officials would doubt I was eligible for high school softball, though.)

I think it's safe to say that if she was bald and had a goatee, she'd be the starting first baseMAN.

Robert Redford, you say? I need to check him out, I think.

Not nearly as attractive, but just an older man with blondish hair. When I was watching a game in standard definition, that's who he reminded me of.

Robert Redford, huh?
..I usually call him "Uncle Lauren."

Clay, getting out of jams is only cool in the late innings. Just get outs now.

ruh roh stickbug. work it out, kiddo. work it out!

*he looks just like my, guess who, Uncle Lauren*

Of course, with this new camera angle, the front row appears to be hidden behind the banner at the top of the screen, which makes it much more difficult (read: impossible) to see him.

BucKKKKolz

bucKKK! atta boy!

oops, did i miss one?

Jenny, he struck out one in the first, two in the second, and one so far in the third (Gomes twice, Naarro, and Gross).

any hot females in the stands for me to check out? ;)

Supposedly, the new camera angle is designed so you can see the paint on the corners better.

*Navarro

i stand corrected! atta boy, bucKKKK! ;D

I love how watching the games in HD allow me to see every little detail of Clay's army of necklaces :D

not sure how i feel about 52 pitches through 2 2/3 ... poorly, i think.

D:

Orsillo just said that strikeout of Pena was the fourth, so I think someone's count is off somewhere.

BuKKKKKolz seems to be settling down.

What does Gameday say?

The box on Gameday is showing 4 Ks.

Gross didn't strike out. So its 4.

yay, I say!

Well now it's 5

Ecl, which batters?

BuKKKKK(K)olz

That goes for both the SO totals for the players and for Clay's stats.

Whoops make that 5.

NOW we've got bucKKKKK. eee. nice work out of both jams. ;D

Liza: Gomes x 2, and 1 each for Pena, Longoria and Navarro.

Gomes 2x, Navarro, Longoria, Pena

Wait, what'd Gross do then?

LOL Ian! We're both right on it, aren't we?

Gameday has Gross flying out.

well thats more like it stickbug......

ok, sox hitters. ANY TIME NOW.

what ECL said. he flew out to Mossy in right

To where?

wow, Lugo!

Yeah Lugo!

atta boy, lugie! BATS! me likey.

so you know what would be great right about now....besides some cake batter icecream...OFFENSE

Thanks, Ian. Answered before I asked. :)

c'mon ells. need you now!

Celtics down 4 with under 7 mins to go

(begging, pleading)...

Cmon Pleatsss

Hmph. =/

well, I've got my Dustin shirt on now..
*pleasseeee*

Let's! Go! Pleats!
Let's! Go! C's!

C'mon Pleats, you've got a speed demon at second...

Pleats with the ribbie!

YES, Pleats, beautiful!

now that's a slumpbuster right there.

yeah pleats!!!

RBI DOUBLE

It's really nice to say that.

ATTA BOY SMUG LITTLE BASTARD!!! ;D ;D ;D

YEAH! THAT'S what I'm talkin' about, people!

Is it just me or did Don just say that Manny is the Rays' worst month?

Manny Ramirez can't hit in the clutch

hey everyone

mmmm, i smell a two-out rally ...

Manny, I wore your shirt to work today......

No he said May

come on Manny

I know, but it sure sounded like Manny.

Oh, what are you swinging at?

Let's go for 497

This game is getting away from the Celtics

What ARE you swinging at?

Be patient, Manny....

Ok I have to say it's messing me up listening to FL telecasts and not NESN

Di, are you on delay like me?

and they're gonna have to do it without Paul Pierce who fouled out with 4 minutes left in the game.

ecl, I don't know if I'm on delay. I live in FL and I can;t watch NESN if satellite is broadcasting the game on a FL channel

Hey everyone. I thought I would miss tonights game because I had to see a play, but I was happy to see that the game was still going on when I got home.

How about some of that piney magic: Hawks always come through in the clutch.

I don't trust the Celtics in the clutch....

Brandon Sunbeam wins the world (aka my heart).

Ah, you're actually watching, okay. I'm in NC and don't get much Sox on my cable. Next Monday is the first time in three weeks (can't wait!). So I rely on Gameday.

Moss appears pretty darned impressive so far!

be economical, stickbug. we need you!

Well I purchased extra innings from direct tv. It's the only way I can get NESN but as I said if a game is being broadcast in FL I can only watch the FL station and NESN is blocked

bucKKKKKK! nnnnnnnnnnnnngh. CURVEBALL.

After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters is disclosing a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."

lol, Ian where did that come from?

(this is all my girlfriend's fault. CURVEBALLS DID NOT USED TO MAKE ME SWOONY.)

I'm always finding random stuff like that during the game. Trying to keep the peeps up on their current events.

sheesh, bucKKKKKK. 70 pitches already? sigh.

All I know on the trivia is Eric Hinske.

Clay's curveball is sexy.

Nice inning for Clay there, too.

It appears the guessing game has finally been put to rest, as Access Hollywood has confirmed Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are married.

Celtics down 5 with a minute to go.

Ian, that was on the news a couple of days ago, I think. You're SO far behind. ;-)

wait, what? married?

Yes, his curveball is super sexy.
As is his change up :P

I feel like I've been living in a cave

You go Mariah -- let's hear it for older women & younger men. :-D (my favorite combination)

Same, TG. Per Wiki, Ben Grieve, Ozzie Guillen, and Jose Canseco are the others.

THey're married?! I didn't even know they were dating in the first place. Also older women and younger men -- that's my parents! :)

Haha, Brandon's dancing.

You too can own the Dwight Schrute/Andy Bernard Xterra from the Office episode last night.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140229650269

Whoa- Nick Cannon? Wasn't he on a Nickelodeon show?

Dude- he's 27 and she's 38. ROCK ON, MARIAH.

Mossssss!!

MOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Yeah Brandon!!

HOLY SHIT B-MOSS! J.D. WHO!?

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was confirmed today by access hollywood. no one knew for sure if they were married or not.

YEAH!

Jenny stole my line

YEAH MOSS......he's bidding for some sports center time tonight!

What's better than a Brandon Moss HR?
Seeing Jed's MASSIVE GRIN afterwards

Tektektektektek

;D ;D ;D

Oooohh, I am liking this!

Sportscenter will be over by the time this game gets done.

Is Papelbon wearing four coats under there or what? He looks like the Michelin Man.

I like Paps' coat.
(grammar? whatevs.)

LOL -- the Michelin Man!

BABYSOX. happysigh.

He's got at least 4 or 5 coats on. He'll probably be sweating when he makes his jog at the end of the inning.

Re the Celts...where is Reggie Miller when you need him?

Ok you guys are making me really jealous that I can't watch NESN and see Paps in his 4 coats

Yeah, Lugie

Yeah, nice bit of battling there, Julio!

i want the don and remy bobble head

Jacooooobyyyyyyy

Awww, hell - C's lost

awesomeawesomeawesomeawesome

And it's back to Boston for Game 7.

woot woot Tacoby.

JACOBYYYY

WOO HOO!!!!

WHOOT ELLS. nnnnnngh. JENNY LIKEY.

yay Jacoby. come on Dusty

C'mon Pleats!

YEAH TACO..........

Yeah Tacoby!

No one can ever catch him...
And he makes the base all dirty...

Duuuuuuustiiiiiiiiiiiiiin

"you get the feeling that he has the feeling that NOBODY can throw him out."

;D

no one can catch him!

I wanna make a small-ball pun.

If they can't throw a deer out, they can't throw Jacoby out.

YES

YES

YES

I heart Rallys.

Dustin!!
We love the wee man.
:)

Me thinks Pleats is done slumping.

Where was Crawford aiming for on that tthrow.

That hit was so SCRAPPY.

Two-out rallies are so much fun.

PLEATS! now this is more like it boys

ZOMG -- I cannot WAIT to see this on the replay!

Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name.

I love when the other team screws up. It makes me happy :)

Paaaaaaapiiiiiiiii

Offense is really, really, really, really, really, really, really nice.

PAPIIIIIIIIIIIIII

6-0?!?!
EPIC.

Ian, sometime I'll share the story of the time I drove halfway across "the smallest state" without even knowing it.

ZOMG!!!!

Maaaaaannyyyyyyy

I'm so glad I stayed home to watch the game

This is definitely worth staying up for despite my exhaustion.

I totally agree

Hi All,

Just checking in. AWESOME game so far. Brandon Moss. excellent.

I'm loving the offense.

And with that hit, Papi has gone above the Mendoza line!

The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect.

EPIC HERO TIME THIS INNING. two-out rally wins at life.

Come on 497!!!!!!

Ian, you didn't know that?

LOL Liza!

ecl - BEST NEWS ALL NIGHT! ;D

i think the pitching staff bitched slapped them all and said start hitting =p

The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.

lol i like your thinking kristina

Oh well. The multiple-vowels thing worked for a while. (I guess y wasn't being vowely there.)

(/tired and rambling)

Poor Manny. :*

so I tune in 4 innings late, and WHOA! what the hell happened? 6 runs?? someone woke up!!!

he will get his chance, he's just biding his time

It's illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.

i look for reasons to use the phrase bitch slap

LOL kristina

Ohh, I'm good.

Anyway, BuKKKKKKolz, stop walking guys, please.

and left turn...and pump your own gas Ian...yeah. I know....but I just don't get it

the FL boradcasters suck... they need to be bitch slapped

I bet all those radio callers who were committing verbal bitch slaps over the 2-1/2 hour rain delay are eating their words now.

Ohh, I'm good.

"It's tough to forget Hinske, he's here tonight."
Oh, Remy...

A wise monkey never monkeys with another monkey's monkey.

stickbug is earning some serious heckling with these throws to first where the baserunner is standing ON THE BAG. ;D

At least Remdawg is funny, the ones in FL are just plain old stupid

i love that "bitch slap" is catching on

Am I the only one who can't stand the wave?
:P

how much longer do you thing buchholz has?

Crawford needs to not ever hit against Clay ever again.

(He sure can hit against, you know, other teams' pitchers, though...)

oops I meant *think

My guess is Clay is done after this inning. High pitch count and it makes him eligible for the win.

c'mon sticKKKKKKbug!

Buch's at 94 pitches... 95...

anyone wanna recap the game for me in one long sentence? I see Mr. Ellsbury's groin is all better...

awww crap.

Come on stickbug! Let's get out of this inning.

ok now that was just dumb....

damn carl crawford. he's gonna be a pain in the ass this season.

what the hell, stick...pitch like you got a 5-run lead, brother.

Oh yeah, DP.

HAH.

I *LOVE* throw-outs at the plate. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.

5-3-2 double play!!!

I heart tek

oh that was pretty defense

Oh Captain my Captain :)

Someone is mowing their yard?!? I swear I hear a lawnmower.

Mike swung at a first pitch? Are you fugging serious?

Offense is SO nice.

I hear a lawnmower too.....
I kept thinking it was my phone on vibe

you know what? i don't feel bad for crawford at all.

>:D

LOL, a neighbor is mowing their yard. I have my rear door open for some fresh air. I mean, that's what Saturday mornings are for!

I legit hear a humming like a lawnmower coming from somewhere.....

The 9:37 train from NY should be rumbling by any second now.

pitching change! and hubby is dishing up some ice cream. I'm soooo going to the gym tomorrow.

...my phone should've rang three hours ago. (A friend was at Yankee Stadium tonight and she was going to call from her cell, haha)

Ian I have a random fact for you:

If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.

Moss is just adorable...he's full of smiles and "just happy to be here!"

Who is going to be the first to die off here tonight. And by die off I mean go to bed. It won't be Jules since she's on the left coast.

Di i have a better elephant one for you. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees.

I think I might be the first to go..... I've been sick all week :(

have I mentioned that last year, when I was at the Pats-Steelers game, we were in the Pats gift shop and there were player shirts everywhere and this teenage son and his dad were looking at Brady and Moss shirts, and the dad went "Brandon Moss?"" and the son just shook his head. now whenever I see Randy Moss I like to say "Brandon Moss!"

it won't be me. I'm a night owl

here's another one:

It is considered an offense to shower naked.

I just love stupid laws in FL

I think I'll be awake till the end...I just got here and missed all the action already! and I don't have to work tomorrow.

Sickness is an acceptable excuse. Having to work at 6am is another. Other than that, grab a Red Bull and suck it up :D

I'm a night owl but currently a very tired one. I'm still hanging in there, though. Hopefully I can go the distance.

I was doing a kitchen chore during all the excitement at the plate. Nice work, guys!

I'm a total night owl. I could have a 3AM-to-noon sleep schedule and be completely content.

The stupidest laws in Florida at least when i was there was the times you could buy beer to.

I went to school in Polk County where you could buy beer until 2 am. But you could go to Hillsborough County and buy beer until 4 am.

Although that's still better than CT. here you can only get alcohol til 9 oclock and you can't buy it on Sundays.

I live around Orlando and they limit the time you can buy alcohol as well. I think it's 1am

Liza you're pitch count from earlier was a little off. He's at 92 or 93 now

Ian -- 9:00? In stores, or do bars close at 9:00?

Liza: I do the 3:00 to noon thing on the weekends sometimes. And then pay through the nose for it on Monday mornings.

It worked out nice though. We'd leave the bar at 1:45 AM to go CircleK to get some beer for the after party in the dorm.

Or if we were going to Clearwater we'd stop once we got in Hillsborough county to get beer.

a little sleepy over here....but will make it to the end...saturdays are good days for sleep!

Ugh. Lemme recount.

Yeah, 93 now--I guess 12+12=34 in my mind or something.

Nice, Jacoby.

96? What?

D: I fail.

ecl stores.

bars are open until 1 AM Sunday to Thursday and until 2 Am on Friday and Saturday.

so Clay will be 2-2 now?

Di i loved the nightlife in Orlando. It was always a fun time.

It is nice having the games on earlier. I get home from work around 3:30, so it's perfect.

CA shuts down all alcohol at 2am. Not that I know personally since I'm never out that late.

Ian, the bar times sound pretty normal. Do they actually stop selling beer in convenience stores and groceries at 9:00 up there?

I unfortunately don't know. Ever since I moved back down here I haven't gone to clubs. I plan to change that soon

I'm a night owl as well by nature - but I've gotten out of practice this month. If I let my natural body clock do what it wanted, I'd get up at 11am and go to bed at 4 or 5am.

ecl,

yes and yes. Liquor stores close "early" and grocery stores don't carry that much of a variety of alcohol except wine.

having gotten up at 6:30 this morning and having come down with some sort of horrible cold today, i may do some couch-sleeping in front of the game here. ;D

i'd be a night owl if left up to my own devices, but I get up at 3:45 to workout (most mornings) and get to work at 6. I've been working 9-10 hours a day, so getting to the gym has been tough.

Yup ecl they do. It used to be 8:00 PM until a year or so ago.

Jenny, I get that. I've had the worst allergies all week and woke up way early this morning. Not feeling so hot now. =/

Are the liquor stores in New Hampshire run by the state? We were there last summer that's how it looked.

Jenny sickness is an ok reason to bow out early.

Thank god for the rain lately to get rid of some of hte pollen.

Hey I've got an alcohol story for y'all. Down here there are a lot of dry counties or dry towns, but sometimes restaurants will let you "brown bag" your own stuff if you want to have a drink with dinner. One time during my gigging days, my band did just that. As soon as the waitress saw us pull the beer out of the bag, she moved us from the main room of the restaurant into a windowless back room, because in that particular NC county, it's illegal to be seen drinking in a public venue by cars driving by on the highway. I was like, WTF?

Of note, this was the same county where, when we played an outdoor gig at a street fair on a very hot summer day, I was told by the guy who hired us that I needed to put something on over the (very modest) tank top that I was wearing that day. It was "not appropriate" for street wear in that town. Fortunately, I have a habit of bringing layers with me, having lived up North for the first 30 years of my life. So I threw on a T-shirt over the tank top. @@

you get up at 3:45???? I just can't imagine doing that. nevermind having the discipline to work out at that hour.

jenny & Mary, I hope you feel better!

North Carolina is weird like that. I enjoy my visits to NC though.

I was there last summer at Ocean Isle. I have relatives in Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham, Chapel Hill, Southern Pines.

That is a seriously fancy sign. I'm jealous of the glitter.

Also: PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOX TICKETS- WAKE UP! You are killing those of us who aren't as lucky.

yeah jules, they are, but you can grab beer and wine at the grocery and convienient store....(no, I can't spell).....I do love that our biggest liqor store is right off the highway....good ole NH

Texy they must have gotten a hold of Big Papi's BEDAZZLER

I do and I don't like it, but ya do what ya gotta do. The main reason I work so early (I can pick whatever hours I want) is so I can pick up my daughter right after school. I love spending the time with her after school to help with homework and hear about the drama.

Longoria you stupid fuck. you'll never get rookie of the year!

come on jacoby!!!!!!

When I went to New Hampshire for work, I'd always stop and pick something up.. it was cheaper and no tax.

The pollen down here has been horrendous. I'm asthmatic and have needed my "rescue inhaler" just about every day despite taking all my other stuff plus OTC meds. Can you guys send some of that rain my way?

Ian, that is just plain bizarre about the liquor and wine and beer sales, at least for a state in a not so conservative area. I mean, our liquor stores stay open until 8 or 9 here, but the grocery stores have an incredible selection of beer AND wine...and beer sales, IIRC, are until well past midnight. I don't hardly drink anymore, but I think the biggest restriction is no beer sales until noon on Sundays.

I used to stop there on my way to Bangor from Boston.

Yeah, two on, none out. I'm lovin' this!

ecl...funny stories!

I can see the Sunday thing since almost everyone in North Carolina goes tto church there.

Speaking of that, when my grandmother passed away 5 or 6 years ago in NC, when we were driving in the funeral procession, everyone pulled off the road to let us through. I thought that was the coolest thing ever.