Posts Tagged ‘Devern Hansack’

Jeff Bailey, Devern Hansack, Brandon Moss and Kyle Snyder get their 2007 WS Rings - Photo by Kelly O'Connor - Two of these guys are still playing with the BoSox and two aren't. Hopefully they ALL reap the benefits when all is said and done.

Well, at least when the Red Sox get them.  The Rays?  Meh.

The Rays’ magic number to clinch the division is now 1…so while I would love to believe the Sox could win every game from here out while the Rays lose every game, I’m fairly certain that won’t happen – so time to focus on Anaheim.

I’m not as worried about the Angels as a lot of folks seem to be.  I don’t put much into what the teams have done against each other in the season.  The mindset for the playoffs is a different beast altogether and I have faith that the Red Sox will be kicking it up a notch and really don’t worry too much about what everyone is saying.  I’m just terribly eager for Sunday to come and be done so the team CAN focus on the playoffs.

And speaking of the playoffs, Amalie Benjamin reported yesterday that the Red Sox closed the clubhouse before the game and had a meeting to vote on this year’s playoff shares.

Though apparently Justin Masterson wasn’t invited. He was sitting in the dugout when the meeting was going on. When he was told that he might want to head back to join his teammates, he said that it was OK. Jon Lester had told him he didn’t have to come. Perhaps rookies weren’t invited?

Or, perhaps, Jon Lester has totally lost his mind and gone from being a bit of a crankypuss to the clubhouse prankster?  In any event, it’ll be interesting to see how they divide up the booty.  And it makes me smile to think that Kyle’s going to get a nice payday on top of he’s received this year, even after being in the minors for the majority of the season.  Hell, he might even get another ring.  Pretty freaking sweet.

Crabcakes, as it happens, is on the mound tonight against Jeremy Somers (a guy who, for some reason, I keep thinking his name is “JP”.  I have no idea where I got that.).  A win would be really nice crabby.

David Pauley and Justin Masterson Photo grabbed from WBZ.com

…but I dig it.

I don’t get why men dressing as women is considered funny.  I don’t find it funny at all.  Don’t find it offensive either, it just isn’t what tickles my funny bone, you know?

Yet, every year I get a kick out of seeing what the Red Sox rookies are forced to wear on the final travel day (out of Boston) of the season.  I don’t think they’ll ever be able to top Clay Buchholz and Jacoby Ellsbury looking kind of hot in drag last year, so this year they went for the outrageous (with the fake breasts and wild wigs).

Not everyone was in drag, though, as the theme was “High School Musical”.  So some of the guys (I’m looking at you, Justin Masterson) really got off easy.

WBZ has a slideshow here as well as a video here and KellyO was at the game and got a few photos and those you can find  on her livejournal.

While Devern Hansack has done this, I believe, three times now, it occurs to me that Jon Lester might have NEVER been forced to do it.  If he did in 2005, I’d love for someone to dig out a photo or two and send it to me!

Daisuke v Kazmir tonight at 7:10.  The Sox have an opportunity to leave Tampa Bay in first place.  Here’s hoping they don’t squander it.  The push for the division begins tonight, fellas!

Josh Beckett Photo by Brita Meng Outzen

Well there’s good and bad news on the minor league playoff front.  The good?  The PawSox won a heck of a game last night (Devern Hansack pitched 6 no-hit innings!).  The bad?  Clay Buchholz and the SeaDogs lost their second game to the Thunder (actually Clay didn’t lose.  He got a no-decision).

Oh well…today is a new day, right?  BoSox are in Texas, PawSox are in Pennsylvania and the SeaDogs are home tonight!  It’ll be a great night for baseball all around!

Yesterday was a long and weird day.  I’m hoping the weirdness ended last night.

Red Sox fans hit the trifecta tonight:  Sean Casey, Mike Lowell and Josh Beckett all back in action!  I’d love for Joshua Patrick to throw a no-hitter; hell a perfect game, that would be good too!  But I’ll settle for six solid innings and the lead when he leaves.

I don’t think that’s too much to ask.