Hey! Happy Tuesday!

I hope Dice has a great game and we kick some O's bums.

Here. Was supposed to be working, but thanks to a tropical storm and numerous tornadoes less than 2mi away, I am home.

So Karen, the tornadoes are just hanging out 2 miles from you? I'd be getting me to a shelter!

Sigh, I want a tropical storm and numerous tornadoes so I can go home. :(

Jacoby! That hasn't happened in awhile.

I have mlb.tv now!
/happy

Karen, stay safe! Two miles!? Do you have a basement?

Jacoby! Love seeing that.

Jacoby!

Wheee -- runners on the corners for Papi. :::rubbing hands together:::

ecl, did you spit into your right hand first?

Papi!

Papi!!

Yeah, Papi!

And clap twice?

fc and jules -- yep! :::winks:::

I just *love* it when Big Papi does that. OK, I just love the guy.

It's so weird to see Byrd in a Sox uni. That was a big surprise for me when I got back to civilization.

Jules, when Papi comes up to bat I almost always start sporadically double clapping with a big silly smile on my face. And how could *anyone* not love him? He's like a big bucket of sunshine!

RBI for Bay!

ecl, I don't think there's anything that describes Papi better than a big bucket of sunshine.

A big bucket of baseball-whopping kickass sunshine.

Mac, I would add that the bucket of sunshine is coated with chocolate-colored velvet. He has amazingly flawless skin for a guy in his 30s.

Ah yes, fc, there's that part too. That's a pretty well-rounded bucket, I'd say!

The tornadoes were earlier, calmer now. No, in Florida there are no basements, just walk-in closets.

Woo, B-Rob!!

sorry.

fc, that too.

ecl, I agree. That is one well-rounded bucket!

I want NESN.

Walk number one for Dice.

I miss Nesn too. I can't believe they just compared Varitek blocking and catching to an In and Out cheeseburger.

fc, that made me laugh out loud. Kickass sunshine--perfect.

Good grief Dice!

Outs, strikes!

Tek to an In and Out burger?

Karen, I think it will only get worse from here. The Tek/cheesburger thing is just the start.

Cathy, so do I. I wish mlb.tv had the option of letting you choose which feed you want to watch.

Yeah, when I think of In and Out, I think of some stupid gay joke or something, not Tek.

In and Out is huge out here. Their bumper stickers used to say

"In and Out
Burger"

People would cut out the "B" and the "r."

They don't make those stickers any more.

I remember seeing them in CA, probably better than Jack in the Box.

Yanno, I love In and Out as much as the next guy, but no one beats Jack. :)

Tek's got yer burger right there!

TEK!!! Slump THAT!

Holy crap! Two games in a row?

TEK!!!

TEK!!!

Yeah Tek! Way to bring up the BA!

Woohoo! Love you Tek.

Captain!!!!!!!

We rarely eat fast food, but if we're on a road trip, I'll go for In and Out over anything else.

In and Out must be something that they don't have around here. Never heard of it.

Oppps...I spelled it incorrectly, it's In-N-Out.

Cora has not impressed me this year.

Well crap.

OK - where's Lowrie?

Dammit.

DP!

Where is Lowrie?

That's better. No harm done.

Now THAT'S more like it! :)

Ah...out west and only out west. No wonder it's unfamiliar.

Like Lowrie better than Cora, but Cora still beats Lugo.

Nice double play.

I want Jed in there now, though.

Maybe I was dreaming, but I thought I heard these announcers say that Cora has a decent lifetime average against Cabrera. If I heard that right, perhaps that's why he's in instead of Lowrie.

That's an ugly shirt, imho.

:::double clap:::

Giving Papi the ball when leaving the field for the bottom of the inning? Pretty funny. Papi looked like he didn't know what to do with that strangely stationary object in his hand.

Again with the cheesburger!

Those of you without the benefit of NESN are missing Remy & DO discuss the relative merits of going to a museum vs. hitting oneself in the head with a hammer. Remy's conclusion: depends on the hammer.

Yeah they need a new analogy.

I'm soooooooooo glad I have NESN. LOOOOOOOVE Remy and DO.

I SO wish I had NESN right now.

dammit!

Dammit!

Crap!!!

DAMMIT.

Sheeeeit.

Can someone tell Dice to please cut the shit now?

Dice, cut this shit out right now!

Thank you, Dice.

Thank you, Dice-K.

Run support now, please.

Why, why, WHY does Casey get greedy running bases?

Uh don't ever try that again, Casey.

Yeah, Casey, you are not the fastest.

:::sigh:::

Poor Sean Casey still hasn't gotten the hint that he's slower than slow can be.

Missed this, the power went briefly.

Dear Dice K,
Please stop giving me heart attacks.
Love,
Me.

:::exhaling:::

Dice, you just gave me a few more gray hairs.

Dice K is unbelievable!

I just wish that he wouldnt scare me like that!

I think that whoever Dice-k is facing should just get to put a runner on 3rd at the start of the inning so that Dice-k will throw strikes. I'm sure the teams wouldn't object to getting a free RISP.

Dice K is unbelievable!

I just wish that he wouldnt scare me like that!

Pedie!!!

Stop scaring me, Daisuke.

Sorry, didnt mean to post that comment twice. I didnt think it went through the first time.

GONE.

YOUUKKK!!!

YOUK!!!

YOUK!!!!

YOUK! He's on a HR tear lately! Dang! :::grins:::

WE GOT BAT

Have I told you lately how happy it makes me to see Youk sustain his performance into the second half?

He's not just sustaining it, he's on a tear!

The news on NESN is that Yaz had triple bypass surgery, and it is regarded as successful.

fc, that's good to hear.

Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery for Yaz.

TEK!!!

TEK!!!

How I've missed you doing things like that :D

And El Capitan's BA continues to rise!

Tek!!!

Tek? Is that you?

Glad Sean didn't attempt to come home. Geez...

My mom just said "Coco has nice cheek muscles."
I said "Of which cheeks are you speaking?"
She says "You know, his ass. He has a good form..." and she's going on and on.
Yeah mom, ok. You were looking for his form.
Hahahaha.

Mary -- your mom has good eyes!

The other thing I enjoy about him is his little sulking pout when he's at bat.

I love Coco's mischevious smile.

HAHA yeah, she does. Most of the time.
I love that pouty thing. He like wedges his chin in there.

Jacoby!!!

Note the care with which he avoids the faceplant, protecting his pretty pretty face.

Mary -- yes that's it, the wedge thing. And he kind of squares himself up.

And that was a heck of a catch by Jacoby.

fc -- HA! You reckon he knows he's got a world-class face?

I am convinced that Jacoby has never had a pimple in his life.

I don't know about that, Cathy. I think I've occasionally spotted a blemish or two in pictures that I've seen of him.

They must have been photoshopped on, ecl, because Jacoby is perfect looking.

Yay, more 'little guy' talk.

*rolls eyes*

:::giggles at the thought of someone photoshopping a pimple onto anyone:::

"Dammit Jim, I'm a pitcher, not a miracle worker."

Thank you pitching change, I was now able to get a nice bowl of Chunky Monkey to accompany this baseball game :)

I missed the 6 part of the score. I went to make dinner before the power goes again.

Mary, I was thinking of a bowl of Edy's Loaded Peanut Butter Cup, myself.

Poor Karen...the power is still spotty down there, eh?

Yeah, the center of the storm is going through now. Usually storms decrease in winds when they hit land this hasn't. The warnings are still here, because it's still here. I have my shutters up as a precaution, and I can hear the storm as if I didn't.

There's Jed.

I'm having trouble getting the radar in the storm area, Karen -- probably technical difficulties with the wind, but it looks like the "eye," such as it is, is northwest of Port St. Lucie -- am I in the right ballpark about that?

Nice to see Jed in the game. :)

Anyone else just see the new RSN commercial on NESN?
"Here, the new guy has 38,000 friends."

I admit it, I'm a total sap for these commercials.

Ugh, Tampa won again.

Yeah, I saw that, Karen. Ugh indeed.

Jacoby!

You guys catch the homeplate ump yelling at someone in the Sox dugout, "Drink some decaf!" ?

"That's horseshit!" haha Pedie.

HA. G'head, walk Papi to get to Youk.

YOUK!!!

Did the Orioles not learn that intentionally walking Papi has repercussions?

Tenson sure is building up in Baltimore tonight!

I love Pedie. I'm glad that he said "fuck you" to the umpire. The 1st base ump was rude, and Dusty doesnt take that.

Espn was talking about Beckett's bad start on Sunday. When the runner scored, you saw alot of f-words come out of his mouth. Espn translated it as hell, yeah right.

*Tension

Cathy, I was reading what you previously said about how Jacoby has probably never has a pimple. However, on my HD tv I actually see a couple of blemishes on him right now. And I dont think that NESN is editing the video shot ;) haha.

But Jacoby is good looking no matter what; even with a blemish or 2.

The news and weather channel is having fun showing the tornado damage. One of them was down the street from me. My parking lot is now a lake.

Wow, ejections on and OFF the field.

I guess RemDawg can say ASS on the air.

Oooh, Karen, that doesn't sound like fun. Some of the weather sites are showing as much as 10 inches in some places.

I got distracted and missed the off-field ejections.

Sorry ecl i have that affect on people.

Hey guys! I just got home from work and am so happy with the score. This is the first live baseball I've seen in a week.

Was there anyone else besides Pedie who was ejected?

Ian -- :::laughing at you:::

Nope just Pedroia from the Sox and then the fan afterwards.

A loudmouth O's fan was trash talking Coco from over the dugout. Smart move, take on Coco.

Yeah really, fc...no doubt Coco could whup that fan with nine fingers tied behind his back!

I'm reading through GameDay and Pedie was ejected? Why?

And one raised eyebrow.

I think Coco said Momma gonna knock you out.

LL Cool Coco

Pedey was fairly unhappy with a check swing call.

fc and Ian - hahaha.

Ohh ok Kim - I guessed he voiced his opinions to the umpire.

"She can't take it any more, Cap'n. The warp engines are gone."

Yay for wins!

Ms. ECL has to get up an hour early for a breakfast thingie at the office. So off I go...see folks tomorrow evening!

Another win, yeah.

Nite, will be here tomorrow night. Going to get some stuff done before the power clips out again, lights starting to flicker.

Nice win!

I love a pissed off Pedie.

I will not be here tomorrow night. I will be getting my drink on after my friends play softball.

I will be here tomorrow unless I am AGAIN captured by gypsies and hauled away for game-watching and drinking.

you can come down to your hometown and come drinking with us.

Hey y'all...sounds like I missed a wild ending to the game. That'll teach me for cooking dinner. ha!

See ya tomorrow!

Hey y'all...sounds like I missed a wild ending to the game. That'll teach me for cooking dinner. ha!

See ya tomorrow!

Ian, any time I go there I HAVE TO drink.

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