I'm sorry, but this picture on Bostondirtdogs.com just made me throw up a little bit in my mouth.
No really, I think I did.
There's been talk of AFraud wanting to explore his options, and how the Sox "could" be a possibility but I've been pretty much ignoring it all. Now here it is, in my face. ICK. No. What would I do? How would I react if this became a reality? How would YOU react? I don't want to imagine it. No. Ugh. Subject change time...
In today's pregame report Gordon Edes pointed out that Manny has a .858 OPS while our old friend Kevin Millar has a .861. Ha! How wrong does that look? Manny looks like he may be stepping it up a little bit in the second half, though. He had six hits and drove in seven runs over the weekend. That's more like it.
See...that's much better than thinking about douche bag in a Red Sox Uniform.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Blech
Dear Captain My Captain,
You sure have taken a beating lately.
On July 1st Akinori Otsuka spiked you in the ankle to give you your own version of Curt's bloody sock and then just the other day Dice K beat you up a bit when you took that ball off of the chin and then your poor thumb. I'm sure I don't need to relive these painful memories for you.
Papi is not himself lately. We know about his knee injury, but besides that he just doesn't look like he's having fun playing the game. Is there something else going on that we don't know about?
Sure Lugo's starting to hit now, and that brings a little comfort but not enough to make up for the fact the Yankees are only 9 games behind. This is WAY too close for comfort for me.
I guess what I'm trying to say, Oh Captain my Captain, is stay strong. We need you, and every time you get one of these injuries I cringe and get a big knot in the pit of my stomach. Use your Superhumon Captain abilities to bring this team together and make them smile. The bats will follow.
Love and all that stuff,
Soxy Lady
Matt Damon Disses the Stankees
This is a bit more than a month old, but man it's funny and I had never seen it before. So I thought I'd share it, in case you missed it as well.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Demise of the Evil Empire?
ESPN.com is reporting that not does A-Fraud refuse to negotiate with the Yankees before the end of the season but Jorge Posada (George Posaaaaaddddddddddaaaaa) said he's excited to test the market at the end of the season.
I know aging catchers aren't always top prospects for team, but Georgie boy's been having a phenomenal year for himself. I may not even hate him so much if he wasn't wearing a uniform. He does a lot for charity, especially the Jorge Posada Foundation which reaches out to families who have a child with Craniosynostosis.
Read more about A-Fag and Posada here.
Mike Lowell Shirtless!
Ok, not really...but I was looking through my analytics tool and noticed I've had visitors to the site from the keyphrase "mike lowell shirtless."
I was wondering how that happened so I went to Google and typed in the term and lookie here! I rank in position seven!!!!!
My snippet never really put "mike lowell" and "shirtless" together - neither did my blog post.
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I think the thing that makes it more funny is that it was only the second game of the season.
I figured it wouldn't be a bad idea to look around to see if I could find any shirtless pictures of Mike Lowell...but I couldn't! I'm sure they exist somewhere but not that I was able to find. What I can leave you with, is this shirtless picture of Gabe Kapler from Cantstopthebleeding.com - which should put a smile on your face!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
2007 Baseball Season, Part Zwei
I don't really want to talk about how the AL won the All Star game...again...Or how Papi likely needs knee surgery...Or speculate on Schill's return and why they've been so quiet about it...
If you are interested in any of those topics, I have a blog roll of other great Sox blogs and you should really check them out. It's not that I'm opposed to the topics, at all...I just don't want to get depressed. I want to be ramped up going into the second half of this season. I'm a Red Sox fan, after all, and I know getting too optimistic means we're destined for failure.
Maybe reading quotes like this:
"56 of Boston’s remaining 75 games are against teams that were below .500 at the break."
should allow some optimism to show through, but honestly that just scares me a little. Because if we lose to sucky teams like that, we, well...we'd just be the Red Sox being the Red Sox.
So instead of all that, I'm switching gears. One of my friends on Facebook posted about his way cool bathroom. Remember a few years ago that piece on Boston.com about Manny's son's bedroom? It's kinda like that. And I'm jealous. Here's what he posted on his website:
Sorry for the low res pics -- I need a new camera.... slickdeals.net here I come!
The first thing you see is the bathmat on the floor.
A picture of GATE E at Fenway Park, the entrance used to get onto the Green Monster. Jodie & my first game was on June 23, 2003 on the Green Monster. Many thanks to my old (and oh so nerdy) housemate Mike for getting us those tickets. It's definately an experience I won't forget!
Welcome to my GATE E.
How do you open cabinets in a baseball themed bathroom? With baseball knobs of course.
Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Logo mural that sits above the toilet -- designed by M-C of mclamarre.com
This pic is sideways. It is, however, a painted foul pole line in the bathroom. If you look closely you can also see my new baseball shower radio.
A picture of Fenway Park's famous Manual Scoreboard.
My Boston Red Sox Fenway Park Manual Scoreboard Mural -- designed by M-C of mclamarre.com.
The scoreboard is of the June 23rd, 2003 game which was the first game Jodie & I went to.
A picture of the shower, with the GATE E sign above it. Also in frame is the Red Sox Logo Mural.They no longer make single team MLB shower curtains. Using vinyl Boston
"B" stickers and a red shower curtain, I made one in little over 12 hours.
A closeup of the Baseball Shower Curtain Hooks
A closeup of the shower curtain. It took 12+ hours to affix all the Boston B stickers on the curtain.
A Boston Red Sox Toilet Seat. No really.
With some help from Bud, I managed to build a baseball bat towel rack. LEFT
SIDE
RIGHT
What Red Sox bathroom would be complete without Red Sox Towels?
Don't forget to wash your hands on the way out... SOAP DISH
Pretty cool stuff, huh? I think the only thing it needs to be complete is a roll of Yankees toilet paper! Good job, Prarit!
Do you have a "Red Sox Room" you want me to feature? Just email me: soxylady33
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Hey Now, You're an All Star....
Over the past few years I've started to dislike the All Star game as much as the rest of you haters. While I think it's become pointless, and I'd rather my boys not get hurt during the course of the game trying to "show their stuff", I do like the whole home field advantage thing. I mean the AL overpays, I mean pays out how much more in salary than the NL? I'm going to guess about three times, but I'm too lazy to go look it up. We should ALWAYS win this thing and we pretty much do. We should be psyched as AL followers to always have the WS home field advantage in our pockets.
Looking back over the past 10 year All Star games the AL has a record of 9-0-1. They have outscored the NL 63-38. I think each one of us would argue that home field advantage has, well, it's advantages. But how much, really? Because even winning home field advantage for the past 10 years (what happened the year of the tie anyway?) the ALs record for WS wins over the past 10 years is 6-4.
Growing up in a house where my father cheered for the Pirates (hey I liked Bonds when he was part of the killer Bs!), I'd like to see something swing in the way of the NL once in a while (when it doesn't hurt the Sox, of course). I don't even think we should go back to the old way of alternating every year. Well wait, because I was going to say the advantage should go to the team who had the best winning percentage throughout the year. So does that mean essentially the same thing? The AL will always have the advantage? I just don't know. See when I try and talk stats my head gets mushy.
I must stop.
You know why I'm looking forward to the All Star Game this year? Manny made his appearance and doesn't seem like such a schmuck anymore. And, well, there's always the hope that ARod gets beaned and causes a big brawl. Could be a good time.
Monday, July 9, 2007
I'm Bringing Soxy Back...
That's right. You heard it here first, I'm going to commit to becoming a regular in the blogesphere again. I've missed you, and I know ya'll have missed me. The emails I have gotten prove it...all two or three of them.
But seriously, it's the All Star Break. This is usually the time of the season where i start to get a little depressed and worry about being disappointed by my boys. This year is different.
We're a full ten games ahead of both Toronto and NYA. While that is not a fist-clenching-WE-DID-IT lead, it's a damn good one and it will take some effort to blow it. PLUS Toronto and NYA are both 8.5 games back in the Wild-Card race.
I'm going to have to keep a close eye on Detroit. This being swept thing...no good. And is it a preview to the 2007 ALCS? Very well could be. I do know we won't get swept twice and hopefully we'll have some home field advantage..oh and a better pitching line-up, jeez!
(photo courtesy of MLB.com - click on it to see larger image)
Happy All Star Break Everyone! I'm baaaacccckkkk....
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Let's Go Lugo...
I gotta say I'm impressed with Red Sox fans...instead of booing Lugo (to his face, we all know every Sox fan has bashed him behind his back) they show undying support and lift the guy up to get his first hit in 34 at bats!
It wasn't just any base hit, either. It drove in two runs to give the Sox a 3-0 lead over Kazmir and his former team, Tampa Bay.
So he struck out at his next at bat...we weren't expecting miracles!
Edit: I need to put a link in to this post about Lugo's at bat by Beth at Cursed to First . She summed up my feelings on Lugo's and made me realize I, too, am ashamed at the way I treated Reneterror - I MEAN Renteria and Foulke.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Ken Griffey, Jr.
I can't take credit for this post. I'm copying an email I got from my brother, I'm sure I'll do it more often now that he's given me the green-light to post his writing for all to see!
Over the last 15 years, has there been a more talented and revered player then Ken Griffey Jr.?
Baseball has had a lot of black marks recently, but Griffey has ever so quietly passed Mark "I cried in court because I know I cheated" McGwire in career homeruns while keeping pace with Sammy "I cork my bat and am linked to steroids" Sosa.
Imagine for a second if Griffey had not missed so much time due to injury (unlike Bonds who has an uncanny ability to grow new muscle). He might have been chasing down Aaron's record with Bonds–is there anyone that can argue that the country would be far more riveted if this was also Griffey's chase for that coveted mark? It's a shame that it isn't, but I'm still damn proud to have his rookie card!! (Thanks, Dad!)
On a biased side-note: how good would he have looked in RF for the Red Sox this year over J.D. Drew? Not too many players deserve a ring on their fingers like Griffey does. And his .292 BA, 21 HR, 53 RBI and nearly a walk for every strikeout (45 BB / 49 K) isn't too shabby for the nice guy on the wrong side of his 30's. Here's hoping he gets to 754 and retires out of respect for Aaron - it wouldn't shock me in the least from this once-in-a-generation outfielder.
I will have to go ahead and pretty much agree with my brother on this one, although I think Cal Ripken, Jr. could be right up there in the running!
And on that note, Hinske just hit a two out base-clearning triple so the Sox are now ahead of Texas 7-3. Sweet.
