First comment! I am very happy about getting back to normal baseball tonight =]

Oh and I found this amusing article about Beckett, thought you guys may also enjoy it:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3488178

Beckett's idea of humor - breaking his catcher's face. Priceless.

Baseball - sweet relief. I have launched into existential crisis in your absence. Make me shallow again!

Jessi I had that up on my site a few days ago.

For those about to rock we salute you..... great musical montage to start the unofficial second half of baseball

Hey ladies and Ian! Glad to have my baseball back despite the horrible start time...

I really need this. It's been a rough week.

Hmmph. I thought the MLB.tv freebie week went through tonight. Guess not. :( Gameday audio here we come.

Oh I didn't realize Ian. My friend actually discovered it today and showed me. I love reading articles about Beckett - they're pretty interesting.

Yes, occaisonally it's good to supplement your daily CF reading with other blogs.

Lets go Dusty!

Ian always likes to come on here and one-up me. First, he stole my video gig. Now, he's claimed Beckett as his baseball boyfriend. Next thing you know, he'll be wearing a shirt that says "I [Heart] the Cubs BUT I'm in [Heart] With Pat Burrell's Butt"

(waiting for the picture to be posted of Ian in this shirt...)

That wasn't cool.

Booo. Don't the Angels know that we're supposed to get to score every inning?

Ouch, J.D...

ecl, your freebie week should still work, mine is working for now at least

I know this is lame to say, but it is really weird to look out my window at the pitch dark and rain storms... and then see clear, light skies on the TV.

TG, I was just thinking, look, it's light out there. Simple minds think alike?

We're easily entertained and/or distracted.

Danielle, I'm not sure why it won't let me on the TV freebie. I'm logged in and have tried twice and keep on getting the white screen with subscription offers. Beats me!

Simple Minds, another 80's reference for ecl, our connoisseur of pop culture.

DON'T
DON'T
DON'T
DON'T
Don't you forget about me

BOOOOOOOOO

Ugh

Game not improving mood so far.
Ugly.

Double ughh

Aaaahh sheeeiitt.

fc, ya lost me this time. And I can't help it if I'm old. :(

That Amica pitch zone is depressing.

If he keeps pitching like this, I say Tito should go ahead and give JD the chance to pitch.

This is frightening.

Make it stopppp

Aw maaan, what a mess.

Jesus the bullpen is already warming up.

I need a drink. Ugh.

Hey everyone. I'm stuck on the radio for tonight. Buch sounds like he's pretty terrible. What's going on?

I think it's an ice cream night for me...tummy isn't happy enough for a drink right now.

What sign do you suppose Tek is giving Clay?

I'd imagine it's "What-the-fuck-ever you can get within a foot of the strike zone, I'm not picky."

It's not pretty, Liza. His pitches are slipping all over the place - his changeups are hanging, his fastballs are not locating. It's ugly.

In other words, a perfect game for the radio.

Thank GOD

I think Tek should be making a little "P" with his fingers, as in "This is the letter that will be on your hat next start if you don't get your shit together."

Yay for 37 pitch innings!

See, I knew there must be a reason why I'm stuck with the radio!

That inning took 30 minutes.

Meghan: +1

ATTA BOYYYYYYYOOOOOOOUUUK

Thank you Youk. (whew)

Youukkk!!

I was just thinking that it would be great time for a HR.

ha ha Meghan FTW!

Meghan: I lol'd.

Doesn't sound like I'm missing too much, though. Yuck.

Has there been ONE swinging strike?

I spoke too soon:-P

Well that was better.

1-2-3!

Okay, Pedie!

YEAH PEDEY

Uh oh, our guys are channeling E-6 in his absence. ;)

Good goin' Pleats!

Nice DP!

Jacoby!!!!

That sounded pretty. Did Vladi really get as confused as Dave O'Brien made him out to be?

That was good.

hee hee...nice work, boys!

Oh DIP Manny!

MANNY!!

Um...way to mak amends with the club? Whatevuh, we'll take it.

I know I'm on radio delay but WOOHOO Manuel!!!!! :D :D :D

Pitching aside, we're watching a very good defensive game here.

Easy, Youk. Sit down.

Shit, I bet Youk hates being a milestone K. Watch out batting helments!

I always feel bad for guys who happen to be the milestones for other people.

When Craig Biggio got 3,000 the Astros put up a huge scroll listing each and every pitcher he got those hits off of.

FUCK

Just got home from work, so tired. On the way home, my sister said it was 2-0 Angels, I must have missed something.

@#$&*(#$%$!@#

I was wondering what the "fuck" was about. Stupid radio delay. Stupid HR.

Hi. I've never posted here before but I've been a long-time lurker. :)

Sadly, I only have Gameday tonight...
Also sadly, Ian Kinsler's hitting streak is gone. BOOO.

Sorry ecl - maybe I should institute a comment delay.
Funny, I thought alcohol was supposed to do that but I'm still quick on the trigger.

Theo does not look happy.

Hi Kate! We don't bite. Much. :)

According to Castig, Theo's sitting behind home plate. Can TV-watchers confirm?

Hey Kate! I'm guessing you're a Rangers fan as well?

Haha. Nice to know, Liza. :D

Somewhat, Jessi.
It's not only because of Kinsler, I swear.

I'm sick of Angels defense.

Naaah, you're not quick on the trigger, fc. I'm just really lethargic tonight.

Welcome, Kate!

Hi, ecl!

Liza: Theo and Scott Boras are both behind HP...not together though.

...am I the only one who insists on referring to Chone Figgins as "Choan" (rhymes with "phone")?

OMGZ! Can someone PLEASE tell me which Forever 21 Heidi Watney got that top at!? I WANT IT YESTERDAY! Sorry I had to take it there (for those of you who can see what I'm talking about lol)

Boras is there? Oh boy. Wonder if Manny is going to have his "meeting" while they're in LA...

Yeah Eps has the look of death on his face. I was trying to tell people thats why Buchholz is so nervous. I mean the look on Theo's face is stone cold YIPES!

Maicer Izturis looks like bizarro-Lugo.

I think Manny has basically just guaranteed he will not be in a Sox uni next season. Insulting the ownership? Not the best bargaining tactic.

I also think the fact that his catcher has forgotten how to hit is not improving Theo's mood.

Yeah, JH publicly commenting is not a good sign.

His catcher forgot how to hit many, many weeks ago.

Texy -- I haven't seen Izturis "live," but looking at his roster photo, he has high-arched eyebrows like Lugo. Is that what you're talking about?

Ouch, Clay...

Dammit, Cora, what was that?

(holding head in hands)...speaking of Lugoistic behavior...

E6E6E6

A new E6 ... great.

Oh man, don't tell me Lugo is rubbing off on Cora.

"Manny-Being-Manny" only goes so far. There's no way anyone should insult their team's management and expect everyone to shrug it off.

Cora, we don't need another E6. Really. We love you for who you are!

Oh, frick.

DAMN IT

PUT JD ON THE MOUND.
AND THEN PUT DUSTY P BEHIND THE PLATE.

You know you want to, Tito.

Maybe because Lugo was beginning to kick ass before he got hurt the errors had to go somewhere?

I'm gonna start posting really bad words here in a minute. But to abbreviate...MFSOBMFSOBMFSOB. Laving out some of the others choice ones. (sigh)

C'mon, guys, I need the game to pick me up tonight.
So far, not happening.

Well. Shit.

Joe C. and Jacoby for Volvo again. Ha ha ha...

"Live together in a Volvo." Not enough room, I tell ya, not enough roooooom!!!

Well, Ecl, from the way Jacoby pronounces it, you'd think it was a "vulvo"... which is awkward.

I think I'm missing something. What does Jacoby have to do with a Volvo?

Walks
are
no
fun

I used to drive a Volvo...those things are pretty much indestructible.

BBrdsma...boo.

LOL Liza...he does sound different than East Coast folks.

TG, there's a Volvo ad on WRKO that features Jacoby. There's a second one where Joe C does most of the talking and Jacoby just makes a brief voice appearance.

This game SUCKS

Oh, Aardsmer.

Dammit.dammit.dammit...(holding head some more).

BOOOOO

Finally. It ends.

Jacoby's only done, what, three endorsement deals to date? Volvo, that Nike thing, and Owater... which, by the way, is really yummy.

Oh my this sounds ugly.

Oh man, we need some serious hitting.

Meghan, back in the day I had some friends who did their own mechanic work on the most ancient stable of Volvos one could ever hope to see. This would have been in the mid-80s. I think the old heaps were from the early 60s. Big rusty hulks of metal with untold miles on them...some close to a million miles, literally. For all I know those folks are still proudly maintaining their antique Volvo collection.

Awww, come ON guys...how 'bout some patience at the plate? Good grief. :(

There ya go, ecl: Manny being Patient.

Manny's having a good night so far. Wish the rest of 'em would step it up.

I'm hoping for some of that previous 8th inning magic.

Hey, Pedie's 2-for-3 so far.

The rest of it sounds bad, though.

Good lawd Remy ease up on Buchholz will you!? FFS! He's up his ASS tonight without FAIL! :( I feel bad, with him sitting there all SNL Mary Catherine Gallagher arms folded with hands tucked into his pits. Poor Buchholz needs a sno- cone or something. :(

I'm just loving the Angels taking BP against the Sox pitchers.

I'm gonna need some post-game counseling.

Oh god that wasn't pretty.

That sounded extra sucky on the radio.

I'm glad you like fucking things up, Manny.

Why is Manny smiling?

NESN producer forgot there are 3 outs in an inning.

Haha Theo looks pissed as hell.

Boras was even laughing at him.

Oops NESN...there's only two outs.

Every time Manny does something like that now, everyone's gonna wonder if it was on purpose.

The smile has me convinced, TG.

Lowell doesn't look happy.

Once again I'm thankful that I'm radio only tonight. WTF is going on?

I am soo tempted to abandon this game.

Thoughts on possible comeback?

BBTN needs to jokingly put that as the #1 web gem.

And that sure as shit better be the Dinn Trophy Play of the Week!

Javier Lopez - in fine sucking form.

Two words: epic fail.

And we are still in the 6th!

For some very strange reason I still can't help but love Javy.

Agreed, Ecl. This isn't very fun.

And that's an interesting thought, TG/Kate. He wouldn't do that... would he?

Oh, this is so bad.

In the 6th...I doubt I'll make it to the end of this one. We'll see. Maybe some ice cream will revive me. I still can't believe what a royal mess this game has turned out to be. :(

I meant about Manny doing that on purpose, by the way.

And I can't love Javy... but I can't hate him either.

Gahh. C'mon, Blackbeard, you only need one out.

HR or no, I'm actually starting to get pissed at Manny for all the other stuff that's been going on. Which is really saying something, considering how much I like him.

Ok good job

I feel the same, ecl. I've always been a big fan of Manny, but now he's just annoying as hell...

Yeah, Kate, he's not going through one of his more endearing phases. Not sure what's up with him, but he's sure not scoring brownie points with anyone lately.

Exactly TG.

Mmhm. Manny Being Manny isn't much of an excuse anymore.

Oh, how I adore 1-2-3 innings! asdjalskdg

Nomah has two homers tonight against Arizona. Sigh.

Nice.

(snerk)

But hey. At least that inning was quick and painless.

Ok, that kind of 1-2-3 inning is acceptable.

Exactly, TG.

Haha. I usually don't mind Manny's antics, but when we're down by 8 runs...not cool. Especially with Theo and Boras in the stands. That's just dumb.

I would love to have Nomar back playing SS. I also wished we could've kept Hanley Ramirez.

Ouch. Sounds like a funny bone spot on AC.

I wanted to try, but I think my attempt at being funny was the real EPIC FAIL here.

Haha I like it Kate - Dustin's expression is great.

Okay -- now y'all have gone and created a monster. I didn't even KNOW about ROFLBOT. Just now played with it for the very first time. hee hee...

Anyone know where I could find a high-resolution (at least 800px wide) of the Blue Jays' logo? /random

A paper airplane on the field? I bet Remy threw it.

I went to lie down in traffic, but no cars came by. /fail

Meghan, are you sure Manny didn't do it?

Ok well that's over.

Night guys!

Dammit. Second place. How did this happen to us? :(

Hahaha TG

Haha. That's great, TG.

Ughh why did the Rays have to win tonight?

Thanks, Texy, now I'm gonna have nightmares. Scary-eyes Manny! :O

Well, that was hideous and wholly impossible to enjoy.

The highlight was def that last Manny macro. You know those little plastic frogs you can squeeze and their eyes pop out?

I'm just sayin'...

(cracking up at Liza)...

Well, that was a fitting end to my day. Off to bed, will be back Sunday, working tomorrow.
Night all.

I'll be around the next two days (running back and forth to TV) and then really not at all to speak of until next Friday because of the stupid West Coast schedule. Grrrr...

Off to drown my sorrows in ice cream.

For Liza:
http://sportslogos.net/team.php?id=78

My go-to source for logos. But the closest to 800px I see for the Jays is their hat logo... it's 700px.

Ooh, thanks, TG. Works just fine.

Mehh tis only the first game back. Rustiness will happen. I kinda free pass the first game back(win or lose) because it's never pretty. Just remember that the Red Sox have a lot of home games this half.

Oh and the Manny play, however frustrating and annoying as shit it is now, will be kinda funny in a couple weeks if they keep winning. Remember how pissed off we all were at the "Manny Ramirez: Cutoff Man" ordeal?