Hey everyone, haven't been on in awhile. I was at Saturday's game (bases loaded, no outs!!!) and then the otheres were on tv.

Lets hope for another great performance by Lester.

Hey everyone!

Go Sox!

Hey there! Basically just walked in the door and am getting settled in. Go Jon and everyone else!

Aww, Mikey.

Well, that was a bad start. :(

My MLB.com package has no sound - is it just me? Other websites are working OK.

My mlb.tv is working fine for me.

Nice pickoff!

Settle down, Les...

I really don't pity those sitting in the sun at Fenway. Today was pretty brutal.

Eeewww, still 85 degrees according to Gameday! Hopefully it'll cool down a bit during the evening.

My friend Tia was at the game last night and she said she almost melted it was so hot.

Ugh. Hot nasty weather.

wohoo - got my sound back!

Yay for RUNS

YEEEEHAAAAA!!! You go, guys!

and, double wohoo! Drew!

Hey Y'all from wicked-nasty-hot Sacramento. It's way over 108 right now and will be close to that all week and smoky from the wild fires. Ugh.

Speaking of hot--JD!

I'm glad Jacoby is dirty already. That means good things. :)

Bethie, did you get slammed with those storms this afternoon? The radar looked super nasty.

Correction: it IS 108 now. TGFAC!

(Thank God For Air Conditioning ;-)

Jules, are folks having to wear masks and such because of the air quality out there?

Oh yeah, we had nasty storms. I got to drive home in 60 MPH winds and torrential rains.

It was so much fun I NEVER want to do it again. :)

Hi ecl...how are you doing?

(dammit, delmon!)

Some people are wearing masks. There are health advisories, yet some dorks are jogging outside.

I'd *love* some rain right now (hold the lightening, please)

Ugh... I feel bad for you, Jules. I'll echo your TGFAC, though. I spent the day at the barn and nearly fainted a few times.

hey everyone.....so we decided to save six flags for another day....too hot....runs in the first inning...nice change from last night....nice Drewski

what friggin shame they didn't show that whole ad.

Did anyone see the pre-game show about how the Sox production team handled Lester's no-no? I got chills seeing it again.

I have to work, but am soooooooo procrastinating...

Bethie, we had some "strong" T-storms midafternoon, but just loud thunder and rather heavy rain. The worst of it went around us, but when I saw that regional radar I thought of you. 60 mph...yikes.

Jules, I'm doing just fine. Getting ready for cheese and crackers and beer.

it's downright disgusting up here. it might be 85 there but the air is so thick right now it's very hard to breathe.

Liza, you have a barn? I'm envious of the room to have one. When we retire, we're getting some land!

I was in the garage vacuuming out my car (might be driving some co-workers for lunch tomorrow and had to get the yellow lab hair out of the back seats ;-) and was sweating like crazy. I'm so done with summer already.

I hate hot weather so I try and not to got outside as much when it is.

Youk!

Ian, the dewpoint is up around 70 in CT and MA...no wonder you folks are uncomfortable.

Great D, guys--good hustle by Lester.

ecl, that sounds great. I was going to make lasagna tonight, but it sounds too heavy in the heat. Ice cream for dinner sounds better ;-)

Jules, oh, no. It's just the barn where I ride horses. I live in too urban a city to have anything bigger than a pocket-sized backyard.

What kind of riding do you do? My daughter rode English hunter/jumper for a few years. She was very good and loves horses, but it got *extremely* expensive, so we had to stop, unfortunately.

It's disgusting out.

I'll probably be quiet for a while. Trying to fix the RSS feed on my site.

Jules, that's not my entire dinner, at least that's not the plan...I need to cook up some brown rice to go with the rotisserie chicken I planned to eat for lunch before a freebie manifested itself at the office. Not sure if I'll do a vegetable or not. I've been extremely lazy about that lately.

Nice play Mikey!

I do some jumpers, but I've been doing more Dressage recently and I love it. Unfortunately, it's really strenuous on both horse and rider, so it's not too much fun in weather like this.

Oh I used to ride too! I did the 3ft hunters and eq - always wanted to try dessage though. Looks like fun.

These innings are starting to resemble a waltz...1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3...not that I'm complaining about our side of it, of course. ;D

Liza, Dressage is amazing to watch--such control and concentration.

ecl, that sounds good.

Well, I better get to work! I've myself a long list of things to do...

Does anyone else find it kinda pathetic that Giambi is campaigning to get voted into the All-Star Game?

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080707&content_id=3085729&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy

While I only skimmed the article, I noted that he is enticing fans w/ autographed baseballs. Personally, I wouldn't want to be voted in through bribery.

Ecl you cursed it! ;)

Whoops...sorry Jessi. (hiding face in shame).

Haha I'll give you a pass this time.

It's so much fun, too--it's so satisfying when you do something right, which on a good horse can be very often.

Oh frick. Okay, Les...

dammit

Ok well that wasn't good.

Come on Lester!

Giambi. Ugh.

So the announcers were just talking about "whirling dervishes" on the field...Lugo spinning around. Didn't he do that last night? What is WITH him lately, anyway? Not that I'm complaining, of course.

Aw shit.

At least the Yanks are leading Rays 2-0

I don't give passes. We never speak of the length or how easy it is going.

Have we not learned our lessons yet this season. :D

said with a smile btw

Ughh.

I'm sitting here cussing at my computer again.

And at myself for talking about waltzes.

Thanks Ian for saying it with a smile. I thought that rule didn't really apply until the fifth inning or so.

well glad thats over...

Thank you infield for limiting the damage.

Nice DP

Now I want runs!

Score some runs please!

::::crickets::::

I came home it was 1-0 us, went to get food it's 4-1, what happened?

Sorry, 3-1

A two-out, two-run triple and then another hit happened.

God damn good defense.

This Span guy is a PITA.

What's extra scary about Span's webgemming is that he's a brand-new rookie...not even 20 games yet.

I'm so happy I managed to switch my day off so I could watch the game tomorrow, watch Beckett pitch.

I'll have to time my lunch so I can at least peek in for awhile tomorrow.

16-game hitting streak for Pedey...way to go!

Damn it.

this game is pissing me off

Oh man.

I want Varitek back behind the plate. We're not hitting anyway.

I just don't have faith anymore that they'll come back. :(

Jennie - in this game or the season?

:(

I've lost my appetite. Time for "sick tummy soup."

I seriously think that not having Tek behind the plate has had a negative effect on Lester's pitching.

I miss Tek. Personally, I would like him every game.

There haven't been a lot of "come from behind miracle wins" like there were in recent years. It's hard to watch when they get behind like this.

I couldn't care less if Tek doesn't get another hit the rest of his career - the Sox need him catching.

here's a thought boys.....how about more than 1 run in a game...

YOOOUUUUKKK!!!

well hey it's a start...

Runs!

Yeah, Youky.

how bout that Lugo lately....

Yay a new pitcher!

Lester didn't pitch all that bad. Those runs earlier came on some tough pitches

Where has this Lugo been this season?

well that didn't work...

Alright bullpen. Don't fuck this up and make it worse, please?

Karen, I don't know, but I'm glad he finally showed up. Maybe it's a clone?

Well nevermind. They are bringing Jon jon back out.

Thank god Tek is back.

WTF....

Not cool.

$%&*()&^$

@@

(sigh)

Not again.

I'm getting sick of these two-strike hits.

lester looks like he needs a cuddle

lester also looks like he's been given how-to-look-pissed-about-your-outing lessons from becketty-boo

Thank GOD for double plays.

Thank you, infield!

Poor Jon, is he glowering?

(fingers and toes crossed)...

:D :D :D

mmmmmmm, ells.

I do love when they rally.

Yes, Jacoby.

MAN RAMMMMMMMMMMM

AAAAAAAHHHHHH MANNYYYYYYY

(crying)....

I.Love.You.Manny...I really do.

thats our boys.....ELLS...PLEATS...DREW....MANNY!
I love rallys!

OMG, so happy. Yeah Manny!!!!!!!!!!!

I heart being proven wrong in this instance!!!!! :)

Holy shit.

I think I'm speechless.

(still wiping my eyes and sniffling)...

Youky, so good.

(speechless with glee)

MOSSSSSSSSSy

YEEESSSSS!!!!!!

YES!!!!

MOSSY....and the rookie comes through in the clutch!

OMG, OMG, SO HAPPY!!!!

I was sensing a rally in this inning and was too afraid to click back to this page once it started.

GO SOX!

And Moss!!!

Aww, BMoss got his first stolen base :)

Awww, Julio. Not this time.

... and lester is off the hook. yeah, baby, yeah.

Papelbuns!

My man, Yum Yum. Time for full screen.

LOL, Karen! I'm waiting for Manny's HR to come up on the video replays.

crap crap crap

come on paps...

Hrmmph. He was channeling Bobby Abreu or something. Damn.

ok, sox, settle in, settle in, YOU CAN DO THIS bonbon.

Papel-K

ATTA BOY CINCO-OCHO!

c'mon sox!

breathe

wohoo! And the Yankees wi...I mean Tampa Bay loses!!!

OMG my heart is still pounding out of my chest.

YES!!!! high fives all around...and Tampa Bay lost tonight!

Life is good! Red Sox with the win and Rays with the loss!

Oh and tomorrow at the Yankees game they are giving away 20,000 Giambi stashes to promote him for the ASG....

exhale.....and we pick up a game on the rays!

SWEET, SWEET VICTORY.

Yes! Love my paps. I saw Tampa's loss last nite, that was good. Again tonight, even better.

I can't believe the Yankees fans actually LIKE that pornstache...I mean the actual hair on his face, although I never liked him even when I was still on their side.

Another exciting game =]

Definitely exciting! And all the video highlights are up, yay!

Awww, the Manny HR replay is sweeet. The look on his face as he started down the basepaths was priceless.