I'm headed out to Fenway now

:: jealous ::

I'm going to bake some cookies. It's a good day for boatloads of chocolate.

I just have to share this one line I heard on WEEI when talking about the clinching celebration. Some dude in the intro said this --

"Did Justin Masterson play Bull in Night Court"

This is Bull

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/3186/bull10ks.jpg

I just found it funny, tis all.

Piney - That is hilarious. Justin does kinda look like Bull in that one photo.

by the way, hi everyone.

Hey all...still trying to catch up on videos! One more to go. So Texy is at Fenway...I'm jealous!

Hi all. Trying to stay awake tonight. I starting feeling sick yesterday now I am, with fever and feeling crappy. I have had some infection or something for weeks. I did stay up and watched all the different sites. Necn, wbztv, nesn.com, and boston.com had the best.

I hope you feel better soon, Karen!

:::sends feel better vibes to Karen:::

Hope you feel better Karen! I've been sick all week - haven't left the house since Saturday. Not all that much fun.

I don't feel so great myself. I think it may just be bad allergies...the fall pollen is starting to come out around here.

Drew is back?! Yay!

Since we're sharing, I have a ticket for tonight's game, but I'm sitting at home watching the game because I sprained my ankle. =(

Pedie Doubles!!!

I hope you feel better soon, too, Jessi. And ecl.

PEDIE!!!

Aww Joy that sucks - I'm sorry.

Aww, joyosity, that sucks. :::frown:::

joyosity, that sucks. I'm sorry to hear that.

Joyosity, so sorry to hear that.

Thanks, hope everyone else feels better too. And go Pedie and Papi power!

PAPI!!!!

Yes!

PAPI! The scoreboard thanks you (and so do the kittens).

Ahh yes! How could I have forgotten those kittens?

I left the room for a second. What happened?

Back-to-back doubles from Pedie and Papi.

Thanks, Jessi.

Distracted by dinner prep for a few minutes here...glad to see things haven't changed too much.

Hey all!

Boy, we have a lot of sickies here today. I hope you are all feeling better. joy! I hate sprained ankles--have done it more times than I can count. Sorry you had to miss the game and hope the guys win it for you.

Yes!

Kotsay!

KOTSAY!!!

YEAH KOTSAY!

Kotsay!

I heard Zeppelin in Fenway. Love that.

LOL on the "did Masterson play Bull in Night Court."

I remember that show and yes, that's funny! /showing my age

TEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Captain hitting == good

TEK!!!

TEK!!!!

Woohoo!!

Come on Baby Sox!

I sprained an ankle during a sorority prank waaaay back during college. That was right across town from where you did undergrad, joyosity -- I just peeked at your LJ. It was bad enough that I required a soft cast and crutches. Can you imagine navigating that terrain under those conditions? HAHA...

Our guys are ON tonight!

I think these boys are sensing that October baseball will soon be played.

Rays are down 5-0 after the 1st against the O's

nice AB put on here by Carter

That's great news, Lindsay!

Orioles beating the Rays 5-0 in the first.

Woo Hoo!!!!

Definately a great AB there

Thanks for the info, Lindsay!

Oh damn, Lindsay beat me to it! Scratch my last post.

Oh, this is DELICIOUS!

So good. Getting better by the minute.

STANFORD!!!

Great AB Carter!!

no problem Mac. =)

I have a windows sidebar thing on my laptop and I have an application with baseball scores and I have the rays scores up ;)

Yankees are also losing 1-0 in the 2nd against the Jays.

...not that that matters lol

ahh did Jed get a hair cut!?

(this is slightly off topic)
Lindsay, where can one get this application?

ecl, no, I can't imagine having a sprained ankle on those hills! That must have been a major pain (no pun intended).

What a great inning!

reinactment of the sheffield fight? come on Cora! go after him! haha

Ouch!

ouch! that looks painful.

Jake!! 10th batter, nice!

yess!!!

Yes!

Hey everyone!

Just finishing up on some homework here and will turn on the game soon.

Hello just got here. So 4 runs already and bases are loaded in the bottom of the first? Wow!

And Drew is back! Finally!

I'm always so nervous when Jakes up to bat in big situations.

I dont know if its that i dont trust him, or if I dont want him to look bad if he makes an out....

grr which he just did

Joy, one of my classmates tripped on those hills and broke both ankles a couple of weeks apart. Speaking of pain! As for me, it was years before that ankle stopped aching in damp weather.

Good start to the game, fellas.

I'm so happy that Drew is back. We really need him. Now Mikey needs to come back and we'll be all set.

It's also a great time for Papi to be hitting again...right in time for the playoffs. Nice!

Lets go Orioles, Lets go!
Lets go Red Sox, Lets go!

So guys, for the first time in 13 years, the Yanks are playing a game in which the outcome has no effect on their postseason. That is over 2000 games.

And I live in Yankee territory, which makes all of this great.

Carmona threw 51 pitches in the 1st inning. wow.

Wow, Jessi, I never even thought of that about the Yankees. Pretty amazing. I wonder how they feel?

I was on yahoo answers earlier today and I was reading a question from the other day and it was "When will the Red Sox clinch?" and a Yankee fan said "They wont, the Yankees are going to come back and take the wildcard"

I laughed for a few minutes...and then felt bad because she must be really stupid if she thought that that was possible.

Sorority prank? Nobody did sorority pranks. Nope not me.....

TC made a good point last night saying that the younger players such as Pedie probably think that making the playoffs is normal and an every year type of thing.

Come on Byrd! Strikeout or DP would work for me!

Hey all!

Nice game so far. It's great to see JD back playing.

anyone in here nervous about the Sox-Angels series if the Rays do win the AL East?

Lindsay - haha that's great. I was watching some sports show today and they discussing some more of Hank Steinbrenner's comments on baseball. What an idiot. He was saying how divisions in baseball are unfair and bascially that the Yanks should be playing in October, and not the Dodgers.

Yet he never complained about this when the Yanks were winning.

Wow my comment was very delayed; I was referring to Linday's yahoo quotes post.

I am lindsay. The Angels are going to be tough to beat, but then again so would anybody else who made it to the postseason.

Who has homefield advantage in the Angel-Sox series?

The Angels do.

Hey Kim...the sorority prank was eons ago (1976) when hazing was still acceptable. It was really no big deal -- we were in a line, holding onto the shoulder of the person in front of us, and jogging across campus. Unfortunately, it was at night and I, the biggest klutz in the world, tripped over a curb.

About the Angels, yeah I'm worried. Who wouldn't be? They're really good!

Wow...ONE inning? I don't think I've ever seen a starting pitcher be pulled that quickly.

That montage reminded me...did those fans get to keep the bases? Or did security take them when they left Fenway?

Thanks Cathy. In that case, I'm very afraid of the Angels.

I hope we have Beckett in G1 and Dice-K in G2.

Hey everyone Done with my home work for now. I'm going to finish it tomorrow when i meet up with a student in the same class so we can both finish it together.

So would the Sox starting pitching be Beckett in game 1 Dice-K in the game 2 and Lester in game 3?

I'm not too afraid of the Angels. They hven't played meaningful gme in weeks, and the Sox have beaten them in 9 straight playoff games.

I hope so Erin, Dice-K has been great on the road so far (knock on wood).

Boo leadoff triples.

bugger

Ok, what's up with our Sox?

Uhhh....que?!

Where the hell has our defense been the last two nights?!

I agree with Cathy. I'm not completely afraid of the Angels. I hope they play like crap, as they did against the A's last week.

Can somebody put a tent over the circus

Karen: One word--HANGOVER.

What the hell was that defense?!

Uh...wtf guys?

Ok, we had a nice lead, people please end this soon.

See what happens when I stop participating because I'm eating messy finger food?

Okay, I'm back now. Y'all can get three outs in a row now.

I expected the team to play like this, but they had better cut it out right now!

I always feel bad for pitchers who have to play against their former team. It must suck. Especially for the Indians. Last year, we won the ALCS here at Fenway and they got to see us celebrate. Yesterday, we clinched a playoff spot and they got to see their former pitcher celebrate with us.

Overall, not a fun situation.

Nice DP!

lone, if they can string together hits with hangovers they can field too.

Thank you, infield.

DP for the DP. Thank heavens.

Depending on if the Red Sox need 3 or 4 starting pitchers. The rotation will be Beckett, Lester and Dice-K.

Phew, a DP

I have to wonder if JD is up to running around the outfield with his bad back.

Finally.

Bye, JD. Hope to see you again real soon now.

Aw is JD gone for the rest of the game?

P.S. Jonathon Van Every is adorable.

P.P.S. Crap a DP.

Hey everyone. Liza's late to the party but here.

Carter's on-deck antics are cracking me up. "Okay, okay... lean back and SWING WILDLY!"

Hey Liza!

Hey there Liza!

Hi, Liza!

Carter's on-deck antics made me laugh, too. I was like, "WHAT is he doing there?!"

Hi!

What is with the defense today?

Phew, I thought that was gonna be a hit.

Hung over. They're all hung over.

So when is Johnny Pesky's ceremony?

Anddd the Rays scored five runs in the last inning. Now 6-5 Orioles.

I think they said Friday

Don & Jerry in hysterics. Love it.

ecl - I heard it was on Friday.

Can we just start calling him Jake? It'd be so much easier.

Yay for Jacoby being Jacoby!

Ells! What is that streak now? 15 games?

Jacoby is close to the single season stolen base record. He's at 49 and record is 54.

God what is with Orioles meltdowns? The one last night was pretty horrific I had to turn it off.

Kim, you can call him Jake if you want -- to me he doesn't look like a Jake, though!

Jessi - Yup. 15 game hitting streak.

Thanks Mac!

The other day I heard the manager of the PawSox (can't freaking remember his name) on the radio and he kept calling him Jake. It took me 5 mintues to figure out who he was referring to.

You're welcome, Jessi.

DOn just confirmed.. Friday night for retiring Pesky.

what's up with Byrd?

Ok I think Tito has officially given up on the division title if Timlin is warming up with a one run lead.

Timlin warming up in the pen scares me.

Jeez...Timlin?

Byrd is scaring me.

Oh man.

Aw SHIT.

Aw crap.

I think Texy has primo seats too because I swear I just saw her sitting behind home plate over the shoulder of left handed batters.

I know a bunch of people at the game tonight. One of my teachers, for example, is sitting down the third-base line.

That's cool, I'll look for her. Thanks Ian.

Okay offense you know what to do.

Phone call -- will be back.

Hey y'all...what happened to Byrd?!?!

ugh. My husband just asked what pitcher I'd take to the post season as the 4th. After tonight, I'm thinking Wake.

Need some chocolate?

:: passes out chocolate chip cookies to everyone ::

jules - I can't put all the blame on Byrd. There was some bad defense, too.

Mac, that's right--two errors that did not help at all. That has to be so frustrating for a pitcher.

off to finish cooking dinner...

Go Timlin!

If they have the 8-day schedule they won't need a 4th starter.

the 7-day schedule requires a 4th starter and I'd go with Byrd

Ooh, chocolate. Thanks, jules. Needed that. Just like I needed that strikeout. Yay, Timlin!

Check out the gut on the guy who got a base last night.

http://tinyurl.com/4l8m4e

Nice gut.

And one other one. Was it not weird to see Papelbon jumping into the arms of Cash instead of Varitek last night.

http://tinyurl.com/47y2qy

I should have just done this earlier. this is from the Red Sox insider blog.

http://tinyurl.com/4flu4v

Ian, I was sent your website as a link today. My husband (who doesn't read your site) was sent the link to the Johnny Bench interview on SoxandDawgs. My husband college buddy is sitting behind Bench in that video. I just laughed when I saw it was SoxandDawgs.

Agreed Ian, very weird not seeing Tek as the celebrating catcher.

That's pretty funny Kim. That happens a lot with some of my friends as well.

Along those lines, here's one for you. One of my cousins in North Carolina started dating a girl who was originally from up here but lives down there now and is a huge Red Sox fan. She was talking to my mom this summer about a red sox website that she read (SOX & Dawgs). SO my mom had to let her know that it was me who wrote it.

Hmm Timlin was pretty good tonight.

Hello, thanks all for the videos!

Did someone say chocolate? I'm having a little ice cream with my chocolate sauce tonight.

And the Rays take the lead 7-6 in the 6th (with guys still on second and third). I almost hope they clinch tonight so every game basically has no meaning and we can play "spring training games."

stupid rays are winning

Pedie!

I hate to admit it, but I was lurking on some Yankee blogs to see their reactions to no post-season. It hasn't even been a day and some are talking about October 09. Haha.

Pedie being Jacoby! Easy stolen base.

Pedie Jacobying!

Jessi: Which blogs?

Long winded family member. What did I miss?

Um I think it was "LoHud Yankees Blog." I scrolled through it very quickly and saw a few comments on the playoffs next year. Also, how their rotation will consist of Wang, Joba, and CC. I think they believe that CC will be easy to acquire and that Joba will last an entire season as a starter. It makes me laugh.

Not much, ecl. Game's still tied.

Crap, he's not hurt is he?

Wow, great catch, Pedey!

Oh god Pedie don't hurt yourself!

Don't be hurt, don't be hurt, don't be hurt.

GREAT catch, Pedie! Please don't be hurt, though...

Pedey hit his face/nose it appears when he slid for that ball.

Just his face! He's ok...

Is his nose bleeding?

Just found this on a Yankees blog...

"Pete Abe reports that Andy Pettitte has been shut down for the rest of the season. Sidney Ponson will replace him on Saturday against the Red Sox."

My first thought was "oh god oh god oh god."

Then I remembered my boy Pedie is tough. Remember last year?

Remy mentioned the shoulder. It looked like his wrist to me. He looks fine, though.

All this talk of chocolate and ice cream...

At the end of this half inning I'm going to indulge in my Edy's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup. mmmmmm

He does keep wiping his face like his nose is bleeding. I think he bounced it off the grass.

I've been flipping to the David Blaine special. That man is whacked

Is David Blaine the guy who does weird stunts, etc.? The name sounds familiar as one that was discussed in that context during a recent office gathering.

I had to explain cialis to my 9 yr old the other night. One weekend night the kids stayed up for the whole game. 9 yr old wanted to know what cialis was and why an erection would last 4 hrs.

ecl - Yes, that's the guy.

Hahaha Kim that is too funny. And very awkward.

Nice at bat for YOUK

That was 6 inches from gone.

BAILEY!!!

Haha, Bailey looked kind of awkward running to third. But yay!, Go Sox!

Ugh I thought that was GONE. Oh well, cheers for triples!

BAILEY!!!!

Not 6 inches.... 2 inches from gone.

Bailey looked none too happy that it missed going out.

Bailey!!!

Good time for Kotsay to kick out of the slump

YES! Kotsay!

And I have to say, good job to those fans on the Monster for resisting the urge to catch that ball.

w00t! Go Kotsay/!

KOTSAY! Marry me!!!!!

Yay, Kotsay!!!

KOTSAY!!!

Yes!! Good time to end phone call.

BAILEY! KOTSAY!

And Kotsay!!!

Bailey rules the world. Kotsay too.

Tek getting IBB is slightly amusing.

Does Tek's intentional walk make anyone else giggle?

Yes Avery. I was also kind of confused. Really? Intentionally walk Tek?

Oh please Lowrie please.

Tek being intentionally walked is kinda funny.

Avery: Yes. It's amusing.

I know it's not funny Kim but it is. You should send an email complaining to nesn about the commercials.

Why is Jed up here, he's gonna lose a lot of confidence if he doesn't get a hit considering his recent struggles.

Well, at least he kept the inning going.

Lets go CORA!

Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy! The videos work at home! Which means the evil work place has the AUDACITY to block NESN???? WTF???? I'm in freakin' CALIFORNIA!

It was funny after the fact but it would have been nice to have warning that I was going to need to explain erectial disfunction (did I spell that correctly?)

Jessi: He's up there because I'm sure Tito wants him in for the ninth; that way he can move Youk back to first. But reading Tito's comments over the last couple of days, the Sox are very much sold on Lowrie, in spite of his recent struggles.

Why would they block NESN?? weird.

I understand, I guess I just hate seeing Jed struggle.

Given the A's and the Giants spectacular seasons, they're probably just bitter. :)

Is Tito resting paps tonight?

he has the bullpen on a schedule now. making sure they get enough work and enough time for them to recover.

I get that, Jessi--and I don't like seeing him struggle, either; I guess they just need to figure out how to get him the help he needs to snap out of his funk, and that they can't do that without giving him a chance to play.

I usually like Paps daily, but as sick as I feel anyone is good for me.

I think we were very lucky on that strike three.

Way to go MDC!!!

Sweet K for MDC. Not so sweet if you're Choo.

What's happening? My TV just flipped because I'm recording Lipstick Jungle CSI and I can't watch the Sox too. Crap.

WIN!

GAME!

KK for MDC!

Yes!

Great job, guys!

Yay, good night everyone!

Over and out until tomorrow -- gotta get up extra early in the morning!

Got it on gameday. nice game.

Good game. I'm off to find anything that will make my fever go down. I ran out of advil, so hoping to find something. See you all tomorrow night.

Yay win! Now off to watch the Orioles game...