(knock knock) Anybody home? I'm nuking a late lunch here, getting ready to settle down in front of the TV for some torture by FOX...

I'm here.
I had a bad dream last night about a terrible Sox/Angels game. And no, I don't want to talk about it.
Good thing it wasn't real, right?

No Joe Fuck or Douchebag McCarver today. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

fc you must have read what I wrote earlier about a bad dream.

By the way, that was great. I'm afraid lowrie stole that from me though.

I hate GIDPs. :(

Pedey is amazing. Just keeps going.
Oh well, 1-2-3. Funny, that reminds me of something in my dream.

Ian, don't remember reading about a bad dream, but did notice Jed's thievery.

Hi All!

Amen, Ian, amen.

Yes, what an epic night of suck last night.

The Governator? wow.

I must say, Justin Speier is taking the cake though for introductions.

That was hilarious!

I found it annoying. But I'm like that.

What did Jed do? I missed the Sox lineups...

i wrote in the afternoon one. I had it in the original morning post but changed.

by the way, that's got to suck for Don & RemDawg. Fly to Anaheim to do one game.

He said Manny "Stop, Drop & Roll" Ramirez

Glad we got out of that without any runs.

Hi all!
So, here's my crazy idea, floating in my brain matter since Manny pushed the Jack. The Red Sox are gonna move Manny off the roster at the trade deadline. I know, crazy thinking, right. At least wait until the end of the season....

Well whatever happens I'll take that double.

Manny! I thought that was going to be gone, but a double is a great way to start the inning.

Starr he's not going anywhere. There's not a bat out there that can replace him.

Brain could just be heat addled.

Yeah, Youk to left - that'll happen.

YOUKKKKKKKKKK Can do it

YOOOOOOOOUUUK again with the 2-run homer.

Looooong ball, outta centerfield.

And wouldn't ya know...I was messing with the microwave and missed seeing that live. Great goin', Youk!

ecl, I was starting a load of laundry! That'll teach me to do housework ;-)

For Steph, squee...Lowrie

Housework can wait. Sometimes eating can't. :( At least I've got the volume cranked up on the TV so heard it when something big happened.

Great American lager just sold out to overseas. grrrrrrr

The fireworks at the end of that Bud commercial are so not real:-P

The benefits of a loft: wherever I am I'm essentially in the same room.

I was thinking the same thing, jules. They should call it the great Belgian lager.

Ah, they'd need to re-make it into a great Belgian lager...says the beer snob.

7 pitch innings are nice

starr4, you sound like my Mom, her nickname for Bud (and Miller) is not very nice ;-). I'm not a big beer drinker, but like the Fat Tire and Sam Adams.

Yeah, I've graduated from Bud and Miller. Used to drink them with certain friends, but now if I drink beer at all, it's Sam Adams or something along those lines.

DREWWWWWWW

Hmph. Too bad they were too chicken to pitch to Manny. :(

Since our gracious and most wonderful host says that I've stolen her video gig :D, here's the Jed's lineup as well as the governator's.

Josh is looking good today.

Pitching well, too.

Fat Tire and Sam are good beers. We're lucky to have some seriously good beer joints in the Boston area, and ya know what they say, "don't drink crap beer".

you might need this.

http://soxanddawgs.com/?p=4990

I was lucky enough to discover Sam Adams even though I live about a thousand miles from Boston. And to think there was a time in my life (back in my central NY days) when I even drank PBR and Rolling Rock!

Fourth inning, weekend day game, and empty seats behind home?

That's the difference between Fenway and a lot of other places, fc.

Although I must say, I've been stealing the gig as of late. That was until today :D

It's still early for some people in California

Ian, Did your insane week turn out OK?

tsuris (alt. tzuris): Yiddish for aggravation

Not really. AHOLE lawyer was on vaca but most everything else is done and will get done on Mon or Tuesday this week.

Good luck with the lawyer. I've been fortunate that the couple times I've needed a lawyer, i've had great ones.

Izteresting, fc. ;)

what would a baseball game be without our daily viva viagra ad.

Why would anyone want to take a viagra during a Red Sox game unless you're lined up so you both can watch the game.

I forgot about that, Ian, while I was mired in my own week o' suck. Glad it's mostly(?) ok.

And hey, what better place than Tex's blog to trash lawyers. ;)

My lawyers been great up until now. A return phone call would have been nice.

Sending unsuck vibes to both fc and Ian.

Why would anyone want to take a viagra during a Red Sox game unless you're lined up so you both can watch the game.

ha!

I'm sure our Texy is a great lawyer. Plus I could never trash her. She's the bestest.

Appreciate the vibes, ecl. Lionel Hampton was my favorite.

Nice one huh Jules :D

That was funny.

Texy is a lawyer?

thanks ecl, it'll all work. it always does. Just not at the pace i'd like.

and fc your week will get better, the Red Sox return home next Friday so it's something to look forward to.

It's Life Be in It day in Newington today by the way. Fireworks tonight.

Love DPs. Beckett is looking great today.

Now THAT'S the kind of GIDP I love!

Ian, wish you could've told that "nice one" to the guy I met last Friday at Fenway. /oops, TMI

Details fc details

I second that question, jules.

You're welcome, fc and Ian.

I'm looking forward to the return to Fenway myself. The West Coast schedule means basically no baseball for me during most of this coming week.

at least that wasn't the wrist he hurt diving

OMG, Life Be In It Day!
I cannot sully the solemnity of the holiday with sordid details of my escapades.

Oh, very excited about the Red Sox coming home cause I have tickets to Friday night's game!!

Jules, do tell.

so you will be sporting your madonna mask on Friday night at the Fens starr

YES!!! And, toting a birthday sign for one of my friends! Care to venture who'll be pitching? I think it'll be Wake but I'm not positive. Big Papi is slated to return that evening.

I will b e there too. I do not own a Madonna mask. I do own several Madonna CD's however, which is probably worse.

Awwww, Manny. I heard you SMACK that thing. Too bad...

Why do we keep lining lasers right to their fielders?

We could meet for an overpriced beer, if you want.

BTW, Beckett is kicking ass today.

Yay for Papi returning -- and games on TV next weekend so I can see him with my own eyes! :D

Starr it should be Beckett on Friday night, Wake on Saturday and Dice-K Sunday.

Ian, I think Boston may be copying Newington.

Don't tell me Beckett is pitching Friday. I was supposed to be at that game. Our plans changed and we had to sell our tickets. grrrrrrr

No!!!! Ya think I could get that lucky? I'm getting a lottery ticket, or maybe I shoulda done that when I bought the tix in Jan/Feb?

Bats are flying way, way, way too far into the infield upon splitting this year.

Buchholz is pitching the final game in Seattle. And Beckett followed Buchholz so logic would be with the off day on Thursday that Beckett pitches Friday.

Wow, fc -- Robert Randolph is playing the one in Boston? Good deal!

that's pretty funny fc. I remember those days of going to Life Be in It then heading to the fireworks. Then when we alll turned 21, it was sitting in the beer tent all day until the fireworks.

starr, you can find the probable starting pitchers here. They don't have Friday's game up yet, tho.

Including today, here is the next 5 starters:

Sat-Beckett
Sun-Wake
Mon-Lester
Tue-Dice-K
Wed-Clay

off-day on Thursday.

Gotta run...hubby and I are going golfing in a bit and I need to get ready.

GO SOX!

Thanks. I am now officially in shock that I may get to see Beckett pitch live and in person. Here, I could faint, or just be overheated.

Hm, I thought that pitch looked good. K!

it looked to me like tek made that a strike

(whew)

FUCK YEAH!

Ells on base! Maybe some excitement coming?

Yanks just won on a walk-off HBP

oops. they won a walk-off HBP with the bases loaded

where's the strike zone at right now?

Indeed? Did it move? Is it mutable?

Seems movable.

scioscia is about to get tossed if there's one more close pitch not called a strike

Well he got his wish on that one. :(

MY FUCKING GOD!!!! THAT'S BRUTAL MR HOME PLATE UMPIRE. DON'T GIVE THEM A MAKE-UP CALL YOU UGLY BASTAHD.

Movable strike zone in response to incorrect calls from previous innings? What gives?

Grrrr to movable strike zones. And walkoff HBPs.

Dammit, Vlad.

FUCK
FUCK
FUCK

Darn it!!!!

DAMMIT

NONONONONONONONO

I think I'm going to be sick.

FUCKITY FUCKITY FUCK

This is awful.
I am seriously considering hating baseball.

What F#@$$% is going on here? Egads, boys, get it together. Movable strike zone or not!

D:

COCO! COCO!

WHAT AN AMAZING CATCH BY COCO.

Thank doG for webgem Coco.

Ok now, come on bats!

Nice hiy YOOOUUK

Or "Nce hit."

Oh, dammit. And now Tek.

ya still got one strike left fc :D

pinch-hit with casey???

A walk. With all due respect to the Captain, the best possible outcome of that at bat.

The world is a cold dark place.

(sigh) Why do I continue to love this game of baseball? D:

I'm so fucking pissed. :(

I don't really question Tito all that often but why isn't he pinch-hitting in that situation.

I feel ya, fc. Even at 83 in the shade.

Down, Mike. Down boy.

starr, who gives? Let him get tossed out.

ughh I agree with you, fc. today just sucks. this game was supposed to be on FOX so i could watch it but they decided to put the marlins's game on instead so i havent seen a sox game since last sunday because i dont live in the nesn area.

and i just looked at the AL east standings and tampa bay is back on top =[

That's true...just that he's trying to insert himself as the homeplate ump. I would prefer him to stay outta the way. But you're point is wisely taken.

fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck

That's it. Nothing left to do with today but blast Who, Clash, Rage, and I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness.

(head in hands)...the announcers jinxed it by showing the replay of Manny's previous HR against K-Rod, I swear...

Dammit.

Crap!!!!! I am going to drown myself in ice cream now. Except for the lousy seventh inning, Beckett was awesome. But that seventh inning was awful.

so another note, anyone seen the Dark Knight yet.

Don't know why Tito didn't pull Josh before all that damage was done.

Yes, ice cream. Ice cream BEFORE dinner this time.

Hey guys - that game pretty much sucked. Beckett was great except for that damn triple...

Anyway, Ian I saw The Dark Knight and loved it. Everything about it was great.

Cool that's what I've heard. I've got a copy of it here to watch later.