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Posted by mr. mister on 2006-08-21 11:45:45 +0000

Went to the sox game on Sunday with my old man. We didn't leave until One AM. As soon as the Yanks tied it up I was gone. Rain delay was ok because of the Grandstand coverage. There was a ton of energy from the crowd for papelbon in the eighth and 9th. Definetely a highlight of my red sox experiences. Willy Mo and Coco wiffed hard. gosox

Posted by MF DU on 2006-08-21 13:13:54 +0000

mmmmm mmmmmmm Skids...

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-08-21 16:29:16 +0000

Lifted directly from Seth Mnookin: How about Bobby Abreu, whom the Yankees picked up for chump change (in terms of what they had to give up)? As Gordon Edes and Nick Cafardo pointed out in yesterday’s Globe, Abreu would have cost the Sox $27.7 million for a season and a third. That’s a lot of cake. Instead, they got Eric Hinske for a little less than a season and a third at a cost of just over $4 million. Last year, Abreu had 17 win shares; Hinske had 12. And if twenty million dollars can only get you a net gain of five win shares, you’re not spending your money wisely. (A quick aside: the Sox haven’t made a decision to forego high-priced free-agents; to the contrary, they’ve decided that in order to cough up the money for truly valuable free-agents — those in their late 20’s as opposed to their late 30’s — they need to spend their money wisely.)

Posted by tgl on 2006-08-21 16:46:49 +0000

Varitek's absence explains about half the losses in the past three weeks. Wait, how long has he been gone?

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-08-21 16:52:32 +0000

When is the next time both teams will start catchers who do not wear batting gloves while batting? Later this year? Next year? Within the decade? It will never happen again?

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-08-21 17:14:03 +0000

Coming soon: Javier Lopez pitching to Javy Lopez.

Posted by tgl on 2006-08-21 17:22:00 +0000

Here we go, bottom of the order is rallying in the sixth! I expect Boston to win, as it would be in real life, the Javs always seem to do better than the Jav nots.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-08-21 17:25:07 +0000

Jav another!

Posted by MF DU on 2006-08-24 16:34:17 +0000

I know this is ultra stale now, but I just saw this on dirt dogs and enjoyed it:

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-08-25 03:27:33 +0000

A 2-1 win against Weaver? The season isn't over...

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-08-25 03:45:45 +0000

You and I are the only two on the lifeboat right now. It's going to get full soon.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-08-25 04:47:55 +0000

I hate to say it now, but even if the PinkSox had lost to Weaver tonite, I wouldn't have totally written them off (Weaver is awesome - goes 13-1 and wins the Rookie of the Year over Pappelbon?). But I was close to taking tonite as an automatic loss. I might have started thinking about how I should have seen some Independent league baseball this summer, or how cheap Bruins tickets are, or how much pot Paul Pierce smokes, or how the NCAA football's National Champion ambiguity is actually a good thing... Things I won't let go before the Sox are 9 games out: -Next is a 3 game series in Seatle (2-1 right?) -Varitek will probably play 20 of these last 35 games. -Who else in the American League has a starter and legit back up for BOTH 2nd and SS, all of which run the bases well? (Can the Sox keep Dustin on the roster?) -My Nizzle will hit 58 homers = 12 in 35 games. -Sox starting pitching, when Wakedawg comes back. -Papplebon. -The 9 game home stretch Sept 1-10 against Tor, Chi, and KC. I guess I'm on board until Sept 17th...

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-08-25 05:37:13 +0000

Holla!

Posted by tgl on 2006-08-28 12:09:40 +0000

0-3, natch That lifeboat is still pretty, roomy, eh? I'm looking forward to going to a non-sellout Red Sox game next year.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-08-28 12:12:54 +0000

Here's a pic of said boat:

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-08-28 14:51:18 +0000

Too early to jump ship.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-08-28 15:21:31 +0000

I'll stick by and watch - I will remain loyal - HOWEVER: I wont be quiet about the pain I currently feel. I'll stay in the boat with swimtrunks and scubagear I guess... blub blub

Posted by MF DU on 2006-08-31 01:09:23 +0000

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2006-09-02 08:12:52 +0000

Oh, the water isn't too cold. I could swim from here...