Beckett will lead the way - Photo by Steve Nesius/AP
It’s 7:42pm. I swear I’m bouncing off the walls. See, on Thursday I was calm. Whatever happened, happened.
Now I’m a bit of a mess…in a totally wonderful and happy way though. :)
This is going to be a great game. I can’t wait for it to begin. And just like Thursday, I’m in for the long haul. I want them to win and I believe they can. But if they don’t, I’ll be here for their send-off.
But I don’t see that happening tonight. Tonight we’re going to have a reason to celebrate. Join me in a few, huh?
7:57 – TBS’ feed is totally screwed. They’re showing “Bloopers and Practical Jokes”. NESN is covering freaking hockey. I think my head is going to explode right now.
8:01 – This is hell. We’re in hell.
8:04 – Dick Clark says good bye. We best be seeing Buck freaking Martinez now.
8:05 – No Buck. Steve Harvey. I have the WEEI feed on my computer right now so I can live blog off the radio. It’s different, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
8:09 – Coco bunts the first pitch for a single – wooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8:09b – According to Dale Arnold, there’s a power outage in Atlanta causing TBS to not be able to air the game so far.
8:10 – Shit. Coco just got picked off.
8:11 – Joe Castig isn’t big on giving the count, huh?
8:12 – 2-2 count. On a 1-2 count the cowbells came out in full force.
8:13 – “The fans are noisy and so are the cowbells” says Castig. 3-2 count to Pedroia.
8:14 – Pedroia pops it up to Longoria. 2 outs. This sucks…I need WANT visuals. :mad:
8:15 – More cowbell. Did I just write that? I meant, there IS more cowbell…I hate cowbell.
8:16 – Papi has a 2-2 count. Does Castig always babble this much or am I just wired?
8:17- Crap. Papi goes down swinging. 3 outs. Here come the Rays. Let’s go, Josh, kick ass.
8:18 – Seriously….could they torture us any worse than they are? F-bombs will be dropped soon.
8:21 – Beckett has two quick strikes….wooo!
Folks, go here to get some visuals.
8:24 – Upton has a 3-2 count…it’s too early for my head to hurt, fucking TBS.
8:22 – Swing and a miss…yay. Sit your ass down Iwamura.
8:22b – I like the radio. But I prefer television. Especially when I’m somewhere I can see it. So having the fucking tv in front of me and HAVING to listen to the radio pisses me off.
8:25 – Shit. Upton hits a home run that hit the catwalk. I think I said it the other night…Upton made a deal with the devil just before October 1st.
8:26 – I now have a full fledged “2008 Josh Beckett stomach ache”. Wooooooo.
8:27 – 1-2 count to Pena.
8:28 – Full count. One out, 1-0…hey TBS just got the game back on! And I find out the radio is a step behind, since Beckett just walked Pena and the cowbells are going on.
8:29 – 1-0 count to Longoria. He’s 6-21 in the series. Let’s make it 6-22 because he hits into a double play. This makes me very happy. 1-0 Rays to end the first. After seeing Upton’s home run, I’m not yet worried about Beckett.
8:32 – I promise you that I’ll not refer to him as “Big Game James” at all in this blog. Ron Darling tells us a minor league teammate of Shields gave it to him. That’s rich.
8:33 – BIG GAME YOUOUUUUUKKKKK!!!!!!!!! Home run. Eat it James. 1-1!!!!!
8:34 – Ron Darling called that a “big hit”. :lol:
8:35 – Come on JD, make them stop the cowbells altogether.
8:35b – “A towering, majestic, FOUL ball”, thank you Chip Caray. S’okay, JD. A base hit here makes me happy. No outs. 1 on. Here comes Jay Bay!
8:36 – I love to hear the crowd scream, expecting a double play but Jay Bay runs it out!!!! 1 out. That’s okay.
8:37 – Mark Kotsay is up. I have been unfairly harsh on Mr. Kotsay this year. Now is a good time to shut me up.
8:38 – And he does! HE DOES!!! Another base hit!!!!!! Men on first and second with Jed Lowrie up. Come on Jed, just get a hit…
8:38b – I’m so wonked up I think I forgot how to be funny.
8:39 – Crap. Nothing funny about that. Jed flies out. Here comes the Captain. Shut up everyone who is groaning about you right now, Jason.
8:40 – Tek has a 3-1 count. A walk, a HBP….I’ll take either of these.
8:41 – It sounds like Rays fans aren’t just cowbelling it tonight. I hear noisemakers too. WTF???
8:42 – Teks pops it up. Good grief, Jason. Okay, I’ll take it. 1-1 going to the middle of the 2nd.
8:43 – Chip Caray keeps apologizing for the technical difficulties. Fox is laughing at you Chip. Laughing.
8:45 – I see Joshua Patrick Beckett on my television and I’m happy. He gets Crawford out on one pitch. Yippee!
8:48 – Cliff Floyd is down looking!!! Sit down, Cliffie, sit down. Two outs and I’m happy.
8:49 – Beckett only needed 7 pitches to get out of that inning. Happiness is two kinds of ice cream, baby!
8:51 – “Happiness is two kinds of ice cream”? I’ve lost my mind and we aren’t even an hour in.
8:52 – I’m in the same clothes I was in on Thursday night. Sitting in the same seat…drinking the same drink (Red Bull). Oh, an Coco has a 2-2 count.
8:53 – Ergh. Coco hits it up high and is out. Pedroia is up. Chip Caray reminds us that “we showed you” Pedie’s pop-out from the first inning. Yes, they showed us it at the end of the second inning. You guys rock, Chip. Don’t go changing.
8:55 – Pedroia walks. Joe Maddon shakes his head, Rays fans boo and Ron Darling says it was “the right call”. I sense Ron might be digging the Sox at this point. Caray and Martinez must hate him.
8:56 – PAPI DOUBLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sleeping giant done been woke!
8:57 – Youk starts off with a strike. I was kind of hoping they’d walk him to get to JD. :)
8:57b – Youk grounds out but Pedie scores!!!!! 2-1 Red Sox with two outs and JD up!
8:58 – Come on JD. Make teh BeeGee cry. (BeeGee – Big Game…I’m two minutes away from ripping my clothes off and running screaming down the street….give me a break here, okay?
8:59 – He walked him? Hmmmm….pitching around him to get to Bay. Okay. I can dig this.
9:00 – We have men on first and third and Jay Bay has a 1-2 count. Come on, Jay Bay. Lobsters make Baby Jesus cry.
9:02 – Jay Bay works a full count. No whammy, no whammy, no whammy…
9:02b – AND he walks him!!!!!! Bases loaded for Big Game Mark Kotsay.
9:03 – I don’t see why Kotsay can’t take one for the team here…
9:04 – 3-0 count….oh God…I’m dying…
9:05 – Can I be mad at Kotsay for leaving the bases loaded???? Okay, I’m not mad yet. :) 2-1 Sox, but what is it, 7 lobsters thus far? Enough of that shit, please, thanks. I like the lead, Joshua Patrick. Let’s keep it, shall we?
9:07 – Sox have five hits, Rays have 1 thus far (3rd inning). Josh shall not suck. I’m sensing this.
9:08 – Gross has an 0-2 count. Wow. Called strike 3. He can’t hit, he can’t field…why is he on the team? :)
9:09 – I’m watching this game with my folks. Shout out from the Red Sox Hen for Donna/Tex who just said “Tex must be dying!”. :lol:
9:10 – Bartlett leans into a pitch and the fucker gets first with two strikes and one out. Fuck you, ump.
9:11 – Iwamura shows bunt. 1-0 count. Double play, Joshua Patrick, okay?
9:13 – Brenken just texted me from the Trop. This in itself is a miracle. :lol: She says she’s sitting near Stephen King!
9:13b – Beckett’s count to Iwamura is 3-1. Kick ass Josh.
9:14 – May I be the first to say “Fuck You You’re Out” to Iwamura? Thank you, I will. Two outs, man on first and BJ Upton (They called him “Babe Ruth”…get the oral sex over with and move on with the game please.) up.
9:15 – I’m afraid to add any more photos to the blog, lest I fuck with the mojo. Just in case you were wondering.
9:17 – 1-2 count to BJ Upton.
9:17b – Hey, it’s the “Let’s Go Mets” chant!
9:18 – 2-2 count and I still can’t get over how fugly that field is.
9:19 – Back to Joshua Patrick!!!!!!! Fuck you BJ you’re out too!!!!! 2-1 end of 3.
9:20 – I almost used the live-blogging software tonight but two things stopped me. 1) I haven’t used it yet and didn’t want it messing up and 2) I wasn’t messing with the mojo. So my apologies if this is hard to read. Next year – definitely live-blogging software for the live blogs.
9:22 – Holy cow. Derryl Cousins is taking himself out of the game after getting hit earlier with a Tek foul ball. This isn’t something you usually see in a post-season game. There are extra umps hanging around during the playoffs aren’t there?
9:24 – Hee. I’m happy this is happening when the Sox are going to be batting and Shields is getting iced not Beckett.
9:26 – Have I mentioned I’m alcohol-free during the game? See, because I was on Thursday. Thursday I had a Mike’s Hard Lemonade (which I never drink) at dinner and then Red Bull for the game. Today, the restaurant I was at had no Mike’s, so I had lemonade and vodka at dinner and now Red Bull again. I’m not insane. Why do you ask?
9:31 – Craig Sager has his Tampa Bay blue on.
9:31b – So the umpires told Maddon that Shields can’t throw on the side but he can take as many warm-up throws from the mound when play resumes? WTF?
9:32 – And how the hell long does it take to move from the outfield to home plate? Off your asses umpires.
9:35 – Shields begins his six hours of warm-ups.
9:37 – Pee break! (TMI?)
9:38 – Wow. 3-1 to Lowrie. Should have taken a few more minutes, BeeGee.
9:39 – Lowrie out to Upton. Seems like they’re all hitting UP not OUT.
9:40 – I’m sweating. Is it hot in here?
9:40b – Tek is out. I barely realized he was up.
9:41 – WOOOOOOO!!!!! Coco gets a hit and I hurt myself clapping. Do I get warmup throws before I continue typing?
9:42 – I think Ron Darling just said the Red Sox are crazed.
9:44 – Pedie hitting hypnotizes me. I forgot I was supposed to be blogging this. 1-2 count…
9:45 – I’ve never been able to figure out why players from opposing teams just don’t pretend that all the noise the crowd makes is for THEM.
9:45b – Pedie strikes out. No worries, Sox still have the lead. 2-1 Sox going into the bottom of the fourth…
9:46 – Hey, the Bruins won 4-2. (And that is the end of my Bruins commentary for the night!)
9:48 – Did Chip Caray just call this “Game 4″?
9:49 – Pena pops out to Youk on Beckett’s second pitch. Ooh, we have a John Farrell sighting! Apparently, Tito told TBS to suck it and poor John gets stuck doing the in-game interview.
9:50 – I haven’t received any more texts from Brenken at the Trop. I hope she hasn’t shoved a cowbell up someone’s butt. Oh, two outs. Thank you, Coco.
9:51 – I know I’ve written this over and over again…but every time I see Crawford I think of poor Matt Clement and I seethe. (Yes, I know Crawford didn’t intentionally put one in Clement’s ear!)
9:52 – “Cowbells are quiet” says Chip Caray. Insert big, cheesy, smiley emoticon here.
9:52 – Ron Darling knows that it’s Josh’s oblique not his arm that’s bothering him, right?
9:53 – You have to be shitting me. Crawford gets fooled, practically bails on the swing and gets a friggin’ hit. I hate Carl Crawford.
9:54 – Shout out to the old school folks from the Red Sox Fan Forum: “Cliff Floyd cheated on my daughter”!
9:55 – Josh Beckett would like you to get off the damn plate, Cliff, thanks. 1-1 count.
9:56 – I never understand why fans boo when a pitcher throws to first. Let him throw it.
9:56b – Crap. Crawford steals second. Please get Cliff out and end this inning, Josh.
9:57 – 2-2 to Floyd. AUGH!!!! Kotsay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Underhands to Beckett and the adulterer is out!!!!!!!!!!!
9:59 – I totally skeeve this Axe chocolate dude commercial.
10:00 – The Large Father is up. I think the fifth inning is a good time to make BeeGee cry.
10:01 – Seriously, I didn’t notice it before but I think Ron Darling has a little crush on the Red Sox.
10:02 – Could we maybe work on leveling out these hits, dudes? Papi, he is out.
10:03 – It is time to have a career-game tonight, Youk. Or line out to Evan Longoria. Whatever works for you.
10:03b – YAY D WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Two-out double, baby!!!!!!!!!
10:04 – Jason Bay = rally killer. :( Still 2-1 so we’re good.
10:05 – Apropos of nothing, I hate Pizza Hut pizza. It sucks. Give me Papa Gino’s any time.
10:07 – Navarro is up. I haven’t noted any of his at-bats. Chip Caray has the balls to say that BECKETT took a long time to warm up? Ron Darling says he’s pitching in pain. I’m pretty darn sure Joshua Patrick would punch Darling dead in the face for that.
10:08 – Navarro gets on and the TBS dudes are blaming the ump delay on it????????????????
10:09 – Zobrist is pinch hitting for Gabe Gross and he has a strike. I would love a double play right about now.
10:10 – Gross looks PISSED to be taken out of the game. PISSED. He knows he sucks, right? I mean, he has to. He knows his stats…
10:10b – Cousins left with a “bruised clavicle”. I was checking the BC score and ESPN reported that he was “hit in the head”. Stellar work there, ESPN.
10:11 – Fly ball to Coco. Gabe Gross says “WTF??????”. One out, one on for Bartlett.
10:12 – Holy shit Jason Varitek threw Navarro out. Holy shit. Did I say holy shit? Holy shit.
10:13 – 1-2 count to Bartlett. Caray is orgasmic that the crowd is “quiet”.
10:14 – My dad is chanting “Spit Terry, spit! Spit, Terry, spit!”.
10:14b – Are you shitting me? Jason Bartlett homers? Tie game. I’m shaking. Thank God for throwing out Navarro. 2-2 game in the 5th with 2 outs and Iwamura up.
10:15 – Chip Caray has a totally unnatural affection for following the reactions of the crowd.
10:16 – Iwamura’s count is 3-1…
10:17 – 3-2. Come on, Josh, just get the team out of the inning. Nice pitch. Iwamura is out and at the end of 5 it’s 2-2. I can deal with this. :)
10:20 – Brett Favre doing a wrangler commercial (Yep, I switched to ESPN between innings). Interesting.
10:21 – Father of Cyn claims the Sox are going to score three runs in this inning.
10:22 – Holy cow that was a good catch. Pisses me off, but Iwamura still makes a fabulous catch. One out. Nice try Mark.
10:23 – Two strikes on Lowrie on Shields’ 101st pitch. Someone explain to me why Caray and Martinez are felating Shields when Beckett is pitching well and the score is freaking TIED?
10:23b – Lowrie strikes out. Craig Sager joins in the Shields blow job as the Captain comes up to bat.
10:24 – HOLY HELL!!!!!!! Tek’s first hit of the series is a fucking HOME RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:25 – I want to sex Mr Tek right now. There. I said it.
10:25b – Coco gets his third hit. Two outs, one on, Pedie up.
10:26 – Everybody wave good bye to James.
10:27 – Incidentally (or not), the score? 3-2. Red Sox. RED SOX, baby!
10:29 – Howell is in. Pedie has a strike. We need two more runs to make Father of Cyn a happy man.
10:30 – “Ball two, strike one”, is what Chip Caray just said. Is his job so boring he’s creating new ways to give us the count?
10:30b – OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!! (which is exactly what I just screamed out loud) “E-6″, BABY!!!!!! Men at the corners with the Large Father up.
10:31 – Deleted in case my parents ever read this. :lol:
10:33 – Holy. Cow. Base hit for Papi and Coco scores! 4-2 Red Sox!!!!
10:34 – If you’re reading this but no the comments (a lot of folks read this blog the day after the game)…I promise you, you need to read the comments. :lol:
10:35 – Youk has a 1-2 count…
10:36 – “Howell should be out of this inning but isn’t…” says Chip Caray. Bwahahahahahahaha….says Cyn.
10:37 – Youk strikes out. I care not. (Well I CARE, but I’m not annoyed.) 4-2 Red Sox. Father of Cyn was off by one run.
10:40 – Beckett is out. I’m not sure this pleases me. Okajima is in, which is fine, I like Oki well enough. But it’s only the 6th inning. I’d have liked to see Beckett at least come out for one more hitter.
10:41 – Upton lines out to Youk. Happiness ensues.
10:42 – Hey! Did you all know that Okajima puts his head down when he pitches? WHY HAS NO ONE EVER MENTIONED THIS BEFORE?
10:44 – Please don’t walk Pena, Oki. Thank you.
10:45- Whoa. I thought for sure that was ball four. Instead, it was STRIKE THREE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!
10:46 – A Mike Timlin sighting!!!!!! (No worries, he’s not “up”!) I’m happy to see him anyway! :)
10:46b – Ron Darling hasn’t pitched in a while. I think he’s forgotten what a perfect freaking strike looks like!
10:48 – Oki walks Longoria to bring up the evil Carl Crawford. Out please.
10:49 – Crawford has a 1-2 count…
10:50 – He’s out, he’s out, he’s out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:53 – 7th inning with JD up…
10:54 – In the world of baseball trivia, why is it never mentioned that JD’s initials are really DJ? This is something you think they’d beat us to death with. (DJ is out, incidentally). Jay Bay will open up this lead a bit…
10:55 – Ron Darling wants us to “give Shields credit” for only losing by 2 runs instead of more. Meanwhile, Jay Bay takes one for the team and is on first.
10:56 – Lord of Thunder, Mark Kotsay is up. 1-0 count.
10:58 – Kotsay advances Jay Bay and we have two outs and are getting a new pitcher.
10:59 – Balfour is in. I can hear everyone in The Nation sing-songing “Bal-four!”.
11:00 – Balfour’s first pitch is a WEE bit high.
11:01 – Mike Timlin close up! (Okay, it was really a Papelbon close up but my man was in the shot!)
11:02 – Lowrie walks. They don’t call him Balfour for nothing. :)
11:03 – Anyone think Tek has another homer in him?
11:04 – Every so often I hear “No balls, two strikes” and turn into Beavis and Butthead. “He has no balls! Heh-heh!”
11:05 – Tek gets another life…1-2…
11:05b – That was one hell of a passed ball. Men on second and third. A good hit could score two runs.
11:05c – Full count, much to the chagrin of most of the stadium.
11:06 – Sonofabitch. Oh well. If it wasn’t a close game, we wouldn’t appreciate it…or some shit like that.
11:07 – Checking out the BC game (they’re winning, incidentally) and one of the announcers said “You can’t hardly blame him”. Okey-dokey.
11:08 – Aybar is up (is he pinch hitting for Floyd? Why isn’t someone mentioning this?) and Oki is still in there. Are we looking at 2 Oki innings and 2 Paps innings?
11:10 – Oki pops him up!!!!!!! Youuuuuuk!!!!!
11:10b – Chip Caray doesn’t want us to count out Tampa Bay in Game 6…yet.
11:11 – 0-2 to Navarro. My stomach hurts. Let’s get another out, eh?
11:12 – Jay Bay!!!! Two outs!!! Cyn is happy!!!!!!
11:14 – “What is it about these Red Sox?”, Chip Caray wants to know.
11:14b – Okajima…he doesn’t suck, huh? 1-2-3 inning!!
11:16 – USC beat Washington State 69-0 today. Holy hell.
11:18 – If, in fact, Beckett is hurt and if, in fact, the Red Sox win tonight…this is one hell of a ballsy appearance by him, no?
11:19 – Coco swings at what looked like ball four…but it matters not since he walks anyway!
11:20 – Bye-Bye Balfour – coming soon to Broadway!
11:20b – Tony Romo won’t be starting on Sunday, but he’s active for the game. This fantasy football moment brought to you by “Brady’s Baby Mama” of the Surviving Pete Carroll” league.
11:22 – Chad Bradford is in the game. I defended this dude tooth and nail to folks when he was with the Red Sox…the bastid.
11:23 – Pedie is out even with Bradford booting the ball…but that moves Coco to second.
11:24 – Buck, do they pronounce your name MARTINez? No. It’s Mar TEEN ez. The man’s name is Orteez not ORtiz. Guh.
11:25 – The Large Father gets an intentional walk to bring up Youk. I like this…
11:26 – Well, crap. Youk hits into a double play. Bottom of the 8th coming up with a 4-2 Sox lead.
11:28 – Masterson is coming in to the game. This will be okay. I feel good about it.
11:29 – BC just beat Virginia Tech – yay!
11:30 – KellyO brings me a piece of schadenfreude about Joba Chamberlain.
11:31 – Masterson has a 3-1 count on Bartlett. Come on, Justin. Get the out.
11:32 – Or, you know, hit him and give him a base. Jesus.
11:33 – You can get the double play, Justin. Let’s get going…
11:34 – It’s getting close to “Cyn needs to get up and pace the house” time…just so you all know. And the lobster roll is 12. 12 men left on base tonight.
11:35 – Sweet pitch, Justin. 2-2 count to Iwamura.
11:36 – Is it appropriate to say “Fuck you, you’re out” when Masterson is pitching? Iwamura strikes out to bring up Upton. Double play please.
11:37 – BJ has 2 strikes. TBS just shows someone oiling up (?) Chad Bradford’s pitching arm.
11:39 – He popped him up! He popped him up!!!! Oh Justin!!!! One more, baby, ONE MORE!!!!
11:40 – AUGH!!!!!!! Pena pops up!!!!! Whatever the hell John Farrell said to Masterson totally worked!!!!! 4-2 going into the ninth!!!!!!!!!!
11:43 – JD up…and out.
11:44 – Father of Cyn wants Jay Bay to hit a catwalk home run. I’ll settle for a base hit.
11:45 – And we’re both disappointed. Bradford already has two outs and Papelbon is up in the ‘pen. Joe Maddon has had enough of Bradford.
11:47 – KellyO is bringing the Monty Python mojo in the comments. And we have pictures there too!
11:47b – Trever Miller v Mark Kotsay. First pitch pop up. Holy shit we’re going to the bottom of the ninth. I’ll be here for the first batter…might have to pace for the next two.
11:51 – Three more outs. Three more outs. Three more outs.
11:52 – Longoria grounds out. He grounded out. Okay, I can stay for the second batter…
11:54 – Holy shit what did he swing at? Papelbon? Has his psycho eyes going tonight. Woooooooo! Crawford has a 1-2 count.
11:55 – He struck him out…..he struck him out….Holy shit. Father of Cyn just shut the lights out in a symbolic move. I heart my father.
11:56 – I can’t breathe…I’m just sayin’…
11:56b – Fucking WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Three outs! They won. THEY FREAKING WON!!!!!
JOSH BECKETT IS MY GOD TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m gonna tell you a story
I’m gonna tell you about my town
I’m gonna tell you a big bad story, baby
Aww, it’s all about my town
Yeah, down by the river
Down by the banks of the river Charles (aw, that’s what’s happenin’ baby)
That’s where you’ll find me
Along with lovers, fuggers, and thieves (aw, but they’re cool people)
Well I love that dirty water
Oh, Boston, you’re my home (oh, you’re the Number One place)
Frustrated women (I mean they’re frustrated)
Have to be in by twelve o’clock (oh, that’s a shame)
But I’m wishin’ and a-hopin, oh
That just once those doors weren’t locked (I like to save time for
my baby to walk around)
Well I love that dirty water
Oh, Boston, you’re my home (oh, yeah)
Because I love that dirty water
Oh, oh, Boston, you’re my home (oh, yeah)
Well, I love that dirty water (I love it, baby)
I love that dirty water (I love Baw-stun)
I love that dirty water (Have you heard about the Strangler?)
I love that dirty water (I’m the man, I’m the man)
I love that dirty water (Owww!)
I love that dirty water (Come on, come on)
Special thanks to everyone who stopped by in the comments. I promise you, I need to do this again for Game 7. Come on by if you’re so inclined.
WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comments 317
We’re not getting it in Maine either. What the HELL?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:02 pm ¶Nuttin. Arrrrrrrghhhhhhhhh
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:03 pm ¶Not sure if you watched the pregame on TBS, but the feed was freezing up and they kept going to commercial…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:03 pm ¶Someone needs to be fired for this.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:03 pm ¶So, is the game starting at 8:07 regardless, I guess?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:08 pm ¶It’s beginning now.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:09 pm ¶There’s a friggin’ power outage in Atlanta. Everyone be glad Joe Castiglione is on the radio. I’d rather listen to him anyway.
BTW, it has started.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:10 pm ¶I actually listen to the radio a lot, so I don’t mind it…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:15 pm ¶I don’t mind the radio either…hearing Joe C is just fine.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:15 pm ¶There are times that I have to go to the radio because it’s the fastest I’ll know what happened. ^_^
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:17 pm ¶CBS Radio is reporting that Johnny Gomes was been detained in Atlanta…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:19 pm ¶“Josh pitching in the shirtsleeves indoors…” ^_^ Really. You’d think there was AC or something.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:21 pm ¶I meant has been…
Also appropriate :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:22 pm ¶Ah, biscuits. :(
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:24 pm ¶Dayum
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:25 pm ¶::suddenly glad there’s no TV::
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:25 pm ¶I like to have the visual, too, but sometimes I feel like the radio broadcast can spend more time talking about what’s happening, not just reporting it.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:27 pm ¶C’mon, Josh!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:28 pm ¶Cyn, the radio online is the slowest possible way to tune in. The AM airwave broadcast is the fastest!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:30 pm ¶I swear to God I don’t think I’d know where to look in my house for a radio. :lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:31 pm ¶I’ve got a boom box in the kitchen, and a tiny $10 portable AM radio for listening on the bus. :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:32 pm ¶Checking in, all the way from Romania. Thank god for mlb.com!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:33 pm ¶go Sox ~!~!~!!~!~!~!!~!
YYYYOOOOUUUUKKKKKKKKK
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:34 pm ¶YYOOOUUUKKK!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:34 pm ¶YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:34 pm ¶Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:34 pm ¶uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk!
Yes!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:34 pm ¶I hate TBS. They blow. And so does the whole city of Atlanta. In fact, I hate the nickname Hot-lanta. It’s sooo gay.
But Youk hitting a homah has made up for the late TV start.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:36 pm ¶All of the sudden, my “YYOOOUUUKKK!!!!” seems weak… I’ll do better next time. :-)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:37 pm ¶Nah, it had style, KFish–the 2/3/3/3/4 pattern was well arranged.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:39 pm ¶I loves me your Youuuuuks!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:40 pm ¶Come ON TEK!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶Aw, thanks!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶Do Caray and Buck wanna have sex with the Rays, or what? Thursday night it was “Upton gallops and makes the catch” and tonight it’s “Upton glides over and makes the out”. Whatev.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:41 pm ¶guh.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:43 pm ¶growf
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:43 pm ¶//It sounds like Rays fans aren’t just cowbelling it tonight. I hear noisemakers too. WTF????//
I really think of myself as a balanced person, but I admit this makes me wish once in a while we could have “air horn night” at Fenway.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:45 pm ¶In game 2, Sox hit Shields pretty well. Seems to be the same tonight; getting good cuts.
Come on Josh!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:45 pm ¶Just saw a sign: 9=2. Huh? 9=2? What is THAT supposed to mean?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:46 pm ¶I was wondering the same thing, Tom. 9 men = 2 wins?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:47 pm ¶Tom, you’re killing me. We are SO related. :lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:48 pm ¶Way to paint the corner, JP!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:49 pm ¶Maddon started a thing at the beginning of the season…
9 = the men of the field, or the team…
The 2 must mean that there’s 2 games left to get to the World Series
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:49 pm ¶Nice inning, Josh! WOO HOO!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:50 pm ¶//The 2 must mean that there’s 2 games left to get to the World Series//
That sounds like a Sox fan…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:50 pm ¶Cyn: I know, right?
Also, Chip is such a douche! He can’t even call a line-drive-right-at-the-guy out without knocking someone on the Sox. I say we raid his house and set fire to his lawn. Then we steal his garden hose.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:50 pm ¶That was my guess Kelly
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:51 pm ¶RE: The sign…Sounds logical. Either way, though, I am really starting to hate the Rays like I hate the Yanks, peas & carrots, and the smell of wet dog.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:53 pm ¶lets go RED SOX!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:54 pm ¶clapclap clapclapclap
//“Happiness is two kinds of ice cream”//
Or one kind of ice cream, and cookies, and a Papi double.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:56 pm ¶Wooooooooooooooooooooooo and the REd Sox take the lead!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:58 pm ¶Okay boys, run it up!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:58 pm ¶Is it just me, or does Gabe Gross not know how to throw?!?!?!
YYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 8:58 pm ¶Saif, Gross was the guy who misplayed Drew’s game winning hit in game 5…
I like him in the field for the Rays… :D
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:01 pm ¶Gabe Gross…ewwwww!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:02 pm ¶I love Jay Bay…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶Tru; true that. He also made a horrible throw on the tying run Kotsay scored.
groan for the pun!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶LOL, Tom, I know some Rays fans who hate Gross!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶So this is Big Game Shields???
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:03 pm ¶I say this everytime Kotsay comes up: he’s not hit a HR with the Sox…yet! A granny here would be awesome!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:04 pm ¶COME ON SHIELDS… THROW A MEATBALL!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:04 pm ¶Dayum!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:06 pm ¶//Can I be mad at Kotsay for leaving the bases loaded????//
No. But if he’d clocked one there I was going to buy you a shirt. ^_^
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:07 pm ¶They have the lead.
This makes me happy.
Commercials with dead kids in them? Not so much.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:07 pm ¶Hell, I still might buy me a shirt! :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:07 pm ¶Big Game James Pitch count after 3?
69!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:09 pm ¶I think Craig Sagers’ suit somehow caused the power outage.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:10 pm ¶anyone know how to make a backwards K on the keyboard?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:10 pm ¶Best I can do is >\ !!
That was a beeee-yuuuuu-tee-ful pitch! And Gross knew it!
Sidenote: Does anyone else think that Craig Sager is an oxygen-thief?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:10 pm ¶O2 thief… LOL
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:12 pm ¶The “oxygen thief” comment…credit goes to my dad, courtesy (I’m sure) of Cyn’s dad.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:14 pm ¶It wouldn’t surprise me. :lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:17 pm ¶Nice
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:19 pm ¶Great inning, Becks. Oh, and I agree…that field IS fugly. Truly fugly.
Trufugly?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:20 pm ¶For those of you near Boston… Bill Lee is scheduled to be in Portsmouth, NH tomorrow… Muddy River Smoke House at 1 PM
The NH Film Festival is this weekend, and they’re showing “High and Outside”, the documentary on Lee. I saw it today and am going back to see it again. It’s terrific.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:22 pm ¶If we lose the lead, you have to add photos. If we hold the lead, don’t mess with the mojo.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:22 pm ¶Umps are such wusses. So, who umps now?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:23 pm ¶That’s exactly what I was thinking, Kelly. :)
Am I wrong in thinking they have another ump? I don’t know where I come up with half the shit I do.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:25 pm ¶LOL, Derek Jeter sweats!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:26 pm ¶Every ball game has an alternate ump in case something happens
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:26 pm ¶I think they have six umps in the game–not sure there’s a reserve per se, though.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:27 pm ¶Ah, I forgot they have the 2 extra umps working the left/right field lines
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:28 pm ¶Tru, I’m not sure about that–I think I’ve seen umps taken out of a 4-ump lineup with no replacement.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:28 pm ¶“Ump” is a very weird word if you see it too many times, BTW.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:29 pm ¶However many umps there are, they gotta get it squared away soon…we gotta HIT!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:30 pm ¶Ump. Ump. Ump.
Yeah, you’re right, Kel!
Hmmm…Kelly. Kelly. Kelly. Kelly.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:30 pm ¶//now Red Bull again. I’m not insane.//
I think you’re worse on Red Bull than alcohol. I’m just sayin’. Of course, I’ve sucked down a really alarming quantity of beer since this game started, so I should talk.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:30 pm ¶//Kelly. Kelly. Kelly. Kelly.//
Back in the day, I had AOL… the day I realized I had to get out was the day I called for tech support and the tech sang the “Kelly Song” from Cheers to me. True story.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:32 pm ¶Are we sure this is a real game? Or did I fast-forward all the way to spring training?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:34 pm ¶If the Red Sox score 15 runs, Beckett doesn’t get as many warm up pitches when he gets back on the mound.
//I think you’re worse on Red Bull than alcohol.//
Oh, totally. :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:34 pm ¶Kelly, that’s funny. And leaving AOL was very wise.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:35 pm ¶Nope, I’m wrong… All crews are comprised of four umpires in MLB… there is no back up listed.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:36 pm ¶How many warm up pitches does the new Ump get to take before he’s “warmed up?”
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:36 pm ¶Whew! I thought Craig Sager was going to umpire! What a relief!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:36 pm ¶//I hurt myself clapping//
I hear you, I do…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:43 pm ¶2 out rallies…that’s our game!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:43 pm ¶Feh
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:45 pm ¶BTW: How in the HELL do you hurt yourself clapping?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:46 pm ¶I was clapping vigorously. My delicate hands took a beating.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:48 pm ¶\\BTW: How in the HELL do you hurt yourself clapping?//
are you SERIOUS???? ive bruised my hands clapping a few times at games.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:50 pm ¶a poster named kelly just posted on SG a comment about her being pregnant…and I think a few of us flipped…checked her email addy and realized she wasnt who we thought she was. :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:52 pm ¶Not to spread any nasty rumors, but I heard that Chip Caray’s ass is so dry that the crabs walk around with canteens.
Can anybody confirm or deny this allegation?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:54 pm ¶Call the cops, Cyn. My dad is stealing his uncle’s jokes….again!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:56 pm ¶Yeah Josh!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:57 pm ¶//a poster named kelly just posted on SG a comment about her being pregnant…//
The rumors about me and Jonathan Van Every are totally not true!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:57 pm ¶Nice play, Josh!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:58 pm ¶Way To GO Beckett!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:58 pm ¶:lol: Kelly
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:58 pm ¶Cyn, your blog is gonna blow up with all these comments…dontcha love it? ;-) Best place to sit and watch the game!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:59 pm ¶A KellyO/JVE baby would be too cute for words.
You all are entertaining the hell out of me tonight – thank you!
(And I’m psyched that the Toms are all here!!!!!)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:59 pm ¶LOL, Kelly
wait… if they’re true, can you get me tickets?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:59 pm ¶Besides, I keep forgetting to switch from “Wonder Twin Drew” at home.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:59 pm ¶I DO love it, Emmie! It’s so much fun to read!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 9:59 pm ¶Tru, if JVE were even on the roster, maybe. :lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:00 pm ¶“The ten o’clock hour.” Like that’s so, y’know, late.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:01 pm ¶Fifth inning, 10pm…the night is young.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:01 pm ¶Yay D. Woo!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:03 pm ¶Hello Mr. Gross. Remember me?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:03 pm ¶Gross is such a GREAT right fielder to play against!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:04 pm ¶> I totally skeeve this Axe chocolate dude commercial.
Can’t agree with you more. And I MAKE commercials for a living!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:04 pm ¶> Apropos of nothing, I hate Pizza Hut pizza. It sucks. Give me Papa Gino’s any time.
Again, agreed. I’ve only had Papa Gino’s twice in my life, and it’s better than sex.
Well, almost.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:07 pm ¶Zobrist for Gross… Hoo Haa
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:09 pm ¶Joe Maddon was seen putting Red Bull in Dioner Navarro’s jock… didn’t work in the game, but later could be hell!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:13 pm ¶Does the term “country mile” come to mind on that caught-stealing?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:14 pm ¶Dammit
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:15 pm ¶I truly can NOT stand Chip Caray. May he die of something communicable, so Ron Darling and Buck Martinez may meet a similar fate. Amen.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:16 pm ¶So next time Bartlett’s up, we might show him what it’s like to really get HBP.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:16 pm ¶C’mon offense, pick him up!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:18 pm ¶//“Spit Terry, spit! Spit, Terry, spit!”.//
Sometimes I’m really glad I don’t have HD.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:18 pm ¶Kelly, I’m all for that as long as the Sox are winning 6-2 or more.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:18 pm ¶What the hell, with Darling? A 2-1 game and Beckett “coughs up” the lead in the 5th? What an idiot…
All this after the talk of pain and injury?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:19 pm ¶I was actually going to write something about Caray dying in a fire (in honor of Dover) but decided against it.
Again, though, the night is still young…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:19 pm ¶The “coughs up” line pissed me off too. WTF?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:20 pm ¶Dayum
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:22 pm ¶Did Buck just say Iwamura is one of the best 2B in the bigs? Did I hear that right?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:22 pm ¶>>The “coughs up” line pissed me off too. WTF?
Darling’s just pissed because he CAN’T cough up, he HAS to swallow. Bastage!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:23 pm ¶//Father of Cyn claims the Sox are going to score three runs in this inning.//
“Claims” isn’t strong enough. Sounds suspicious. “Avows,” “asserts,” “guarantees.”
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:23 pm ¶Is anyone else annoyed-to-hell-and-back by the suuuupppppeeeerrrr sllllloooooowwwww strike calls? WTF, mate?!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:23 pm ¶TEK!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:24 pm ¶YES!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:24 pm ¶Tek was SOOOOOOOOO due!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:24 pm ¶TEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:24 pm ¶YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
We still love ya, Tekkie!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:25 pm ¶//Did Buck just say Iwamura is one of the best 2B in the bigs? Did I hear that right?//
Honestly, Tru? I think it’s his natural position and he’s very good there.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:25 pm ¶Let me hear how Shields “coughed up” the lead assholes
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:25 pm ¶I love me the Tek.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:25 pm ¶man, I can’t tell you how good it felt to type out TEK!
TEK!!!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:25 pm ¶Bye-bye, Big Lame Shields!
(FYI: I’m already working on the copyrights for that one! Hands off!)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:26 pm ¶“He comes to work every day with a big lunch bucket…”
Did I hear that right?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:28 pm ¶Iwamura is okay at 2nd. But the best? I wonder if he’s ever seen Utley, or the guy holding the bat right now…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:29 pm ¶Did Buck just say that Tek “takes a big lunch bucket and straps it (the lunch bucket?) on”?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:29 pm ¶Ron Darling just commented on the reaction “from that bench”…for a second I thought he said “to that b*tch”…I was going to take serious offense until I realized I made the error…and Ron Darling is not worth my time.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:29 pm ¶Hey, Cyn, I just went WEEI to vote for you (again) and they are reporting that the Sox are up 2-1 in the 3rd inning…just thought you’d like to know we’re winning.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm ¶//Did Buck just say that Tek “takes a big lunch bucket and straps it (the lunch bucket?) on”?//
Tom in NY: Yes. He did.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm ¶//But the best?//
“One of the best,” you said he said–I’ll grant that. Their defense took a huge upgrade when they could move him to 2B.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:31 pm ¶I forgot to add: Shall we beat Buck over the head with said lunch bucket after the game?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:32 pm ¶There’s another one, baby!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:33 pm ¶I love gappers :-D
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:33 pm ¶Im biased… I admit it. I don’t like Iwamura.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:33 pm ¶I love the Large Father…he’s sooo clutch.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:33 pm ¶2 out RBI baby, 2 out RBI!!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:33 pm ¶//You know your life is surreal when you ask your father if you’re spelling “felating” correctly//
:lol:
Given that the noun is fellatio, I’d have to assume there are two l’s.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:34 pm ¶>>You know your life is surreal when you ask your father if you’re spelling “felating” correctly and he doesn’t ask you why.
Uhmmm….
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:35 pm ¶//You know your life is surreal when you ask your father if you’re spelling “felating” correctly and he doesn’t ask you why.//
Well, I’M gonna ask why….or is this a PG rated blog and we are going to have to wait until later? ::grins::
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:35 pm ¶Anyone else see the look in Youk’s eyes? The Rays should be afraid, very afraid.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶Here’s the deets on your Q, Cyn…
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fellating
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶I’ve written a few times that the TBS guys are felating the Rays. :)
Also, I’ve been yelling more graphic words out loud…so I think he knows where I’m going with it…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:36 pm ¶//more graphic words//
More graphic than fellating? Man, we’re missing the good stuff…!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:37 pm ¶Still looking at the dictionary… please wait.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:38 pm ¶I still can’t spell it right since my father didn’t answer me. :lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:39 pm ¶> “Howell should be out of this inning but isn’t…” says Chip Caray. Bwahahahahahahaha….says Cyn.
So does all of Red Sox Nation.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:39 pm ¶You know, I’ve always wondered if ground beef tastes the same as beef-on-the-ground. Any feedback?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:40 pm ¶Cyn: Please tell my Uncle that I’m happy as all hell that he didn’t know how to spell it!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:40 pm ¶Is Chip in on that “BJ Upton” chant?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:41 pm ¶Tom, I’m pretty sure now that he was just ignoring me. :lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:44 pm ¶// Hey! Did you all know that Okajima puts his head down when he pitches? WHY HAS NO ONE EVER MENTIONED THIS BEFORE?
Wait…a…minute…WHAT? Since when does he do THAT? (slathered with sarcasm)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:45 pm ¶>\!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:45 pm ¶Well, Chip. Okajima has certainly regained his form from last season, don’t you think?
Truthfully, Buck, I’m hoping the Rays get a hit off him.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:46 pm ¶//A Mike Timlin sighting!!!!!! (No worries, he’s not “up”!)//
:lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:48 pm ¶Incidentally, Father of Cyn says “hello” to the Toms! :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:49 pm ¶Say hello to the Elder Statesman for us!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:51 pm ¶Please say hello to the Beazers’ father for me…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶Cyn: Tell “Father of Cyn” we send him a big-ass, “we’re livin’ in NY wishing it was Beantown”, Hello from us.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶The Beazer?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:52 pm ¶Mrs. Beasley was another S/N for Cyn at one time
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:56 pm ¶::waves to Cyn’s dad:: Hi there! Thanks for letting us all sit in your living room and watch the game. Let us know if the couch gets too cramped, we can pull out pillows and sit on the floor :-)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:57 pm ¶Young(er) Tom won’t remember this, but his dad might.
Mrs Beasley was my long-time nickname when I was a kid.
:lol:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:57 pm ¶Baaaaaaaaal-Foooooooooooour!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:57 pm ¶Baaaaaaaaal-Foooooooooooour!
I’m trying to explain the whole “I’m live blogging and people are commenting” thing to him, but I’m not sure he totally gets it. :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:58 pm ¶I remembered but, like Emmie pointed out, I didn’t want to bust you out in your own living room.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:58 pm ¶Ahhhh, I see.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 10:59 pm ¶Cyn I was just going to write BAAAAL FOOOOUUUUR!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:00 pm ¶>>I’m trying to explain the whole “I’m live blogging and people are commenting” thing to him, but I’m not sure he totally gets it
Cyn: Just tell him you’re “fellating” with friends and he’ll just ignore it.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:01 pm ¶Hey Cyn, did you have a Mrs. Beasley doll when you were a kid?
As dfar as your dad getting it…if he’s anything like my hubby he will start chiming in eventually, even if he doesn’t get it now ;-)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶It’s totally safe online. Really.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶// Anyone think Tek has another homer in him?
I could go for one? Anyone else?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶LOL, T Two
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶//It’s totally safe online. Really.//
::cracks up::
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:03 pm ¶Why is Chip always mentioning the goddam time…LIKE I DON’T HAVE A CLOCK IN MY LIVING ROOM, CHIP!!!
WIIIIIILLLLLDDDD PIIIIIIIITCH!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:05 pm ¶Come on TEk… a BH
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:05 pm ¶LMAO, close pitch
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:05 pm ¶For whatever reason, every time they say “Cialis for daily use” I hear “Cialis for dating use.” Which is probably six of one, half dozen of the other, but still…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:10 pm ¶Can I just say that I HATE those “men’s problems” ads…they’re totally the suck!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:11 pm ¶I take Ginko-Viagra, so I can remember what the fuck I’m doing…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:12 pm ¶Cyn: you gotta do this liveblog-thing from here on out. This is just kewl.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:12 pm ¶Hey cyn, just stopping by to say hi and keep up the good work! it’s working! :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:12 pm ¶//“men’s problems” ads//
I just can’t imagine explaining them to the kids I don’t have with Jonathan Van Every.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:13 pm ¶>>“Cialis for daily use”
So, if there are guys out there with the OPPORTUNITY for daily use, and they still need a pill, their sh&t must be seriously broken. God bless their hearts.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:13 pm ¶I’m glad you all are here! Normally the live blogs get read the day after by folks. Live commenting on the live blog is fun!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:13 pm ¶O!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:15 pm ¶K!
A!
J!
I!
M!
A!
OKAJIMA!
// Live commenting on the live blog is fun!!
It’s totally awesome! My dad and I have been IMing back-and-forth throughout the playoffs, and it’s been freakin’ unreal fun!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:16 pm ¶Raffy Palmiero used to hawk that stuff. It got him thrown out of baseball, no?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:16 pm ¶Yay OKG!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:16 pm ¶Or, you know, what Kelly said.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:17 pm ¶Woot – New Zealand representing!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:18 pm ¶>>Raffy Palmiero used to hawk that stuff. It got him thrown out of baseball, no?
No, I think it was because at the plate he couldn’t catch up to the “high hard one” anymore.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:18 pm ¶KellyO: Here’s a link you might like…
http://umpbump.com/press/2007/10/15/okajima-okie-dokie/
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:18 pm ¶Thanks for inviting us to participate in the live blog. I can’t go out to bars to watch with others, so this is great! (especially since my husband already went to bed)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:19 pm ¶Honestly, thank YOU all! I’m much more sane with you all around!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:22 pm ¶Thanks, Tom! I never get tired of the Okie Dokie… though I do miss the song they used to use for him, which they now use kind of randomly at Fenway.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:23 pm ¶Hope you all realize if they pull this off, I have to live blog tomorrow.
:)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:23 pm ¶Anyone notice the Rays are plowing through their bullpen?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:24 pm ¶//New Zealand representing!//
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:24 pm ¶Been in and out since first pitch. Just not multitasking like I used to. Need more vaseline…
If he says “OR-TIZ” one more time…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:24 pm ¶// Anyone notice the Rays are plowing through their bullpen?
Reminds me of a great Family Guy line:
Peter: Our son…would like…to…plow you.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:25 pm ¶//Hope you all realize if they pull this off, I have to live blog tomorrow.//
Well, of COURSE we do…cancel all plans, we will be here!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:25 pm ¶1st and 3rd?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:25 pm ¶Here’s a great picture of Buck Martinez that I could resist. I think it was taken tonight while he was in the booth:
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:25 pm ¶Buck
Thanks for giving us 3rd…idiot.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:26 pm ¶Straighten that out, Kev…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:26 pm ¶Joba Chamberlain arrested for DUI…
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2008/10/18/chamberlain-arrested-in-nebraska/
I know Cyn will be heartbroken.
(I fully admit that this is one reason I don’t drive!)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:27 pm ¶Bah
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:27 pm ¶Kelly, honestly? It’s totally one of the reasons I don’t drive.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:29 pm ¶oooo, Joba, not good
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:30 pm ¶KellyO: That guy at LoHud…he writes for my local paper. Seriously. The Poughkeepsie Journal.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:30 pm ¶Come on Justin
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:32 pm ¶As much as I dislike Joba (and make no mistake, I do), I feel a little guilty taking any joy out of something like that.
I do feel vindicated that this proves the kid is the idiot I thought he was, though.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:33 pm ¶Oh Justin…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:34 pm ¶Pup just needs to get a ground ball here.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:35 pm ¶It’s almost like Chip WANTS the Sox to lose.
So I say “eff you, Chip”.
And Chip says nothing.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:36 pm ¶Yes!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:36 pm ¶Not really a question of taking joy… just that of all the inexcusably stupid things one can do, that’s high on the list. Have someone drive you. Or don’t drink. But don’t do something that endangers other folks.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:36 pm ¶Agreed, Kelly.
Monumentally stupid. Especially when you have the resources to get alternative transportation.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:38 pm ¶Tito must think that Masterson has some real onions since he keeps going to him in high-pressure situations, no?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:38 pm ¶There’s no question that Masterson does. The only thing I worry about is fatigue.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:39 pm ¶Okay, one more…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:39 pm ¶Masterson’s onions just brought tears to Chip’s eyes.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:40 pm ¶//Tito must think that Masterson has some real onions since he keeps going to him in high-pressure situations, no?//
Not only are they real onions, they are a little known variety of onion made of solid brass
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:41 pm ¶Masterson is so the opposite of teh suck.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:42 pm ¶Dad, that was rich. Onions…keep bringing the food-related sports analogies.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:42 pm ¶//Is it appropriate to say “Fuck you, you’re out” when Masterson is pitching?//
I’d recommend this:
“And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.”
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:42 pm ¶Wow. Good inning
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:43 pm ¶// Five is right out.
My favorite line in the whole damn movie.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:43 pm ¶LOL, Kelly
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:44 pm ¶KellyO: Nice work!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:45 pm ¶In anticipation of the Sox winning tonight, Buck Martinez took the following photo as his response to Red Sox Nation. Buck greets Red Sox Nation
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:47 pm ¶LOL at this place!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:48 pm ¶Alex Cora replies…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:49 pm ¶RE: Alex Cora…
LMFAO!!! ROF, LMFAO!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:50 pm ¶Am I the only one freaked out that Taco Bell has a pink taco?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:50 pm ¶ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:51 pm ¶//might have to pace for the next two.//
I’m just rocking back and forth…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:51 pm ¶Approaching 300 comments…some kind of record?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:51 pm ¶I LOVE pink tacos…don’t knock ‘em!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:52 pm ¶Bring it, Paps!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:52 pm ¶300 comments is definitely a record for my blog. My readers tend not to comment too much. :)
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:52 pm ¶Sidenote: the red (not pink) tacos at TB are not that great. I found a hair in mine.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:54 pm ¶Rock left…
Rock right…
Rock left…
Rock right…
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:54 pm ¶//I found a hair in mine.//
Usually that’s 49 cents extra.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:56 pm ¶Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:56 pm ¶Yeeeeeesssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:56 pm ¶Cue it, Cyn!!!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:57 pm ¶Holy Sheep Shit, Batman! We’re going to a game seven!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:57 pm ¶I think I died for a minute.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:57 pm ¶27 outs to go….
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:57 pm ¶YAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!
‘Til we meet again…same time tomorrow?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:57 pm ¶Cyn had to know it was going to come down to Crabcakes…!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:58 pm ¶//27 outs to go….//
Way to keep the faith, pal!
I LOVE THIS TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:58 pm ¶Cyn, it was a wonderful evening. Thank you very much. And tell your father I put the toilet seat down… It wasn’t me.
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:59 pm ¶I love you guys for sticking around here. Thanks!!!
Oh I’m so doing this tomorrow night!
We’re going to game seven. You kidding me?
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:59 pm ¶I’m gonna tell you a story
Posted 18 Oct 2008 at 11:59 pm ¶I’m gonna tell you about my town…
These guys just DO NOT give up! YEAH BABY!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:00 am ¶Oh CRAP! Kelly, thanks for the reminder, gotta find my t-shirt!
I won’t wear it and destroy the mojo..I’ll just light a candle near it and spend tomorrow night with my great-grandmother’s rosary in my hands. Hey, it worked in ’04! (At least it gave me something to grip when I was about to throw something…)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:00 am ¶//Cyn had to know it was going to come down to Crabcakes…!//
Honestly. How could I think it would go any other way?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:01 am ¶See y’all at the same time, same place tomorrow. Sleep well!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:01 am ¶TC: “If you missed the end of the Steve Harvey Show, the family learned a valuable lesson and everything was fine.” :lol:
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:02 am ¶Again, thanks everyone for stopping by!
We’re a game away from the World Series. Holy cow.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:02 am ¶TC cracks me up!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:03 am ¶//TC: “If you missed the end of the Steve Harvey Show, the family learned a valuable lesson and everything was fine.” //
Oh thank GOODNESS, I was worried…that was going to keep me awake all night…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:03 am ¶Beckett, the new Big Game Pitcher. :)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:04 am ¶Sad Joe Madd…makes me glad.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:04 am ¶The pitching tonight? Holy shit am I impressed.
Beckett might not have had a bloody sock…but man does he have guts.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:07 am ¶And I agree with TC and Remy–Paps was pitching on fumes. Raise a glass to him as well!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:09 am ¶My hubby was saying that Beckett is not “injured”, but he feels he is obviously “hurting”. Something is bothering him, DJ said you can see it in his body language. He is a bulldog, and he was battling through something, I am so impressed by him. He has amazing heart on that mound.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:10 am ¶::clinks glasses with KellyO:: Hear, hear! A toast to Paps, Beckett, Masterson, Okie…aw heck, pour beer on the bullpen!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:11 am ¶Beckett, Okajima, Masterson, Paps. Just freaking nails, the lot of them.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:13 am ¶We need a blow-out tomorrow night so we don’t need Paps.
11-2, Sox. I like that.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:14 am ¶Heidi just called Masterson “Dustin”.
Smooooth.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:17 am ¶//Heidi just called Masterson “Dustin”.//
Awesome.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:19 am ¶Heidi’s wearing her pantyhose too tight, obviously.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:20 am ¶Hey let’s not be too hard on her. Masterson and Pedroia look an awful lot alike.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:22 am ¶They both have facial hair…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:24 am ¶You betcha!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:25 am ¶I laugh out loud every time TC says “Big Game James”. He so doesn’t mean it. :lol:
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:25 am ¶I just realized I can have a drink now that the game is over. WoooO!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:26 am ¶Beckett looks wasted.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:27 am ¶Eck and Harold Reynolds are getting almost into a fight. Reynolds thinks the pressure is on the Sox…Eck doesn’t agree.
Also, Reynolds just said “When was the last time we had seven?”.
Let’s see….2007?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:31 am ¶//Let’s see….2007?//
:lol:
Oh, man… I’m really afraid again that I’ll wake up and this didn’t happen!
I can’t see more pressure on either team right now. Crabcakes has some pressure, sure, but I don’t see him feeling it, and I don’t see him tossing out another bad start.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:34 am ¶I honestly don’t see Crabby having another bad start. I just don’t.
I have that same feeling, Kelly. And I’m wide awake almost because I’m afraid to go to sleep. :)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:35 am ¶Think we could get TBS to start the game with Dick Clark and Steve Harvey again tomorrow?
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:36 am ¶I’m really nervous about trying to replicate tonight. Might have to go to Trader Joe’s to get another pesto pizza…
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:47 am ¶I have to have lemonade and vodka or Mike’s lemonade…and another Red Bull.
I tried to make it easy (that plus the same clothes…).
What we do for the team!
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 12:51 am ¶Oh Cyn, that was not me texting you. I had Brenda do it for me. Stephen Kng bought 4 seats for he and his wife and he left in the 7th inning. His wife was wearing a Rays shirt and rooting loudly for them.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 2:39 am ¶I spoke to her quite a bit as she was one seat over from me.
Just got back from the hotel bar. Spotted Coco, Lowrie and Theo in there. Coco left before we did but Theo and Jed were still there.
Loads of Rays fans there and only a smattering of Sox fans.
I’ll be back for game 7.
Brenken have a great time tonight. YOu are definitely bringing the good mojo!
It stuns me that his wife is a Rays fan. WTF?
I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if the reason he left early had to do with his social phobias.
Interesting that Lowrie and Coco were at a bar at 2am the night before the biggest game of the season. Don’t think I like that at all.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 8:58 am ¶Maybe they just needed to unwind. I know I wasn’t able to go to sleep right away.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 10:00 am ¶King and his wife winter in the Tampa area–pretty sure I read in something recently that they have (or had) Rays season tix, which they probably use even less frequently than their Boston tix.
The bar doesn’t faze me at all. At a minimum, these guys need to EAT something after the game–they’re not going right to bed when they get to the hotel. I’d worry if someone said they were stumbling drunk, but not merely that they were there.
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 1:04 pm ¶I want Coco rested. :)
Posted 19 Oct 2008 at 1:17 pm ¶