tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post114676166995340742..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: G29-30-31: Orioles at Red Soxallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1147017083088511962006-05-07T08:51:00.000-07:002006-05-07T08:51:00.000-07:00More grist for the Under-cover Yankee Fan conspira...<I>More grist for the Under-cover Yankee Fan conspiracists!</I><BR/><BR/>:<)<BR/><BR/>subplot of the young season.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1147016960273276312006-05-07T08:49:00.000-07:002006-05-07T08:49:00.000-07:00Sounds like the Lowell play was that one on the bu...Sounds like the Lowell play was that one on the bunt. Just a 10 second clip or so. ... I hope the lay of the year comes much later this summer.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Fenway has adopted some of the stupid shit all the other parts have, which is a real shame. They could make a statement about the respect they have for the game and fans and park by cutting it out. It could be a great advertising theme -- just the game -- and with any luck, it might catch on.<BR/><BR/>(Camden is one of the worst I have experienced (of 19 MLB parks) with the Toilet close behind.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146976383105276672006-05-06T21:33:00.000-07:002006-05-06T21:33:00.000-07:00I would be very careful about what you say about S...I would be very careful about what you say about SA.<BR/><BR/>VERY careful.Jenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978911768335729873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146973217069170132006-05-06T20:40:00.000-07:002006-05-06T20:40:00.000-07:00Did you catch the play Lowell made on Friday on th...Did you catch the play Lowell made on Friday on the leadoff man. <BR/><BR/>I think RedSock may have missed the play of the year on Friday, speaking of Lowell, on the very first play, Baltimore's leadoff man tried to bunt his way on base but popped it up foul down the third base line. Lowell came charging in and layed himself out flat in a diving catch taking it right off the top of the grass. It looked like Varitek was even closer and may have had a chance, but what a play by Lowell. They showed it a bunch of times on TV. He won a lot of hearts and minds with that play. What a great season he is having. I love a good comeback. He may be up for that award if he keeps up the way he is going.<BR/><BR/>McCoy does not have a lot of that tacky stuff you mentioned, Redsock, except on theme nights, which are for the kids, where they give away hats or bats or something. It is New England afterall, and it's serious baseball at McCoy with a great loing time owner, and a minimum of distractions during the game.<BR/><BR/>I attended a game there last summer and sat a few seats down from Theo and his brain trust, there to evaluate the pitcher, Wade (?). Nobody made a fuss or bothered them at at all. I wouldn't recomend it to anyone if i wasn't sold on the quality of the experience. I discovered it by accident when my truck broke down nearby one afternoon so to kill time I wondered into the game. It was 4 bucks then. I've kept going back.<BR/><BR/>You know they've made Fenway a bit of a carnivale type experience in some ways too, the last few years. Besides it being unaffordable for most, between the parking, the tickets, and the food and bevrage costs.<BR/><BR/>Great to see some runs scored behind Wake. The bats really come alive at Fenway, don't they. <BR/><BR/>Manny's bash was a monster. Wily Mo keeps on a-comming, and even AG was torrid with two hits and is now peeking over the mendoza line.<BR/><BR/>Good to see T & S go 2 & 2/3 without giving up any runs.<BR/><BR/>Poor Baltimore, injuries got them good again.Zeke Hunkaburninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794475342994750738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146964958510320292006-05-06T18:22:00.000-07:002006-05-06T18:22:00.000-07:00Thanks as always for the Manny news, Jack. For som...Thanks as always for the Manny news, Jack. For some in the media, he can do no right. Good hustle by him is explained by a poor defensive play, a good throw from left is chalked up to a dumb risk by the opponent, etc.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit -- I don`t like going to minor league games. All the silly promos and songs and sound effects on foul balls and general circus atmosphere takes away from what I am there to see -- baseball.<BR/><BR/>(That goes for most major league parks as well. Why add the crap -- do they think the game is not enough for us?)<BR/><BR/>Maybe McCoy is different. If so, they´d be the first.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146934831789251552006-05-06T10:00:00.000-07:002006-05-06T10:00:00.000-07:00Oops, Two mistakes in my post, Jack: the 's' on C...Oops, Two mistakes in my post, Jack: the 's' on Clement is a typo, and I misspoke when I said "Loretta" meaning to say Lowell, because of doubts many expressed over his off season at the plate last year.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Loretta to is begining to hit stride too. He's had a very tough stretch out there on the road.<BR/><BR/>I hope you're right about S & T just needing more pitches, because we will be needing their arms and they haven't inspired much confidence so far.Zeke Hunkaburninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794475342994750738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146841933191237712006-05-05T08:12:00.000-07:002006-05-05T08:12:00.000-07:00Speaking of Manny moments, did you see Manny get d...Speaking of Manny moments, did you see Manny get deked by his team-mates again: when they took the field, led by Clements, they deked Manny by stopping on the top step of the dugout and letting Manny run out onto the field alone, and he didn't even notice until he was way out in left field, at which point he looked back and laughed good naturedly and gave them a dismissive wave of the hand.<BR/><BR/>They pull that on him once or twice a year.<BR/><BR/>A small thing but indicative of a team comming together as a team with a prsonality and also of their affection for Manny, because they wouldn't pull that practical joke on him if they knew he would take it the wrong way.<BR/><BR/>I don't want to jinx him, but I think Manny came into this season with a different mindset. Or maybe it's the addition and subtraction of teammates. But I like it.<BR/><BR/>It might take the rest of the country a while to pick up on that, if they ever do. Forget about ESPN -- they are hopeless.<BR/><BR/>Clements did a pretty good job (damning with half praise) but walking so many batters will not win many games where we don't score 7 runs.<BR/><BR/>Love to seee Loretta continue to put the doubts to rest.<BR/><BR/>I notice Manny and Papi have passed each other this past week with Papi's BA going down to .275 and Manny's going up to .299.<BR/><BR/>They are pitching Papi tough now.<BR/><BR/>Good move by Tito to bring in JP (now that's a chant I can live with -- Pap-el-bon) and put him right back up on the horse.<BR/><BR/>How about that Seanez and Taveraes!Zeke Hunkaburninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794475342994750738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146811279544395892006-05-04T23:41:00.000-07:002006-05-04T23:41:00.000-07:00zeke: you just made me want to go to McCoy Stadium...zeke: you just made me want to go to McCoy Stadium :D<BR/><BR/>yeah, that play with manny running to third was nothing but a heads up play on manny's part.<BR/>i think they just like to rip on him because it just looks so funny when he does it? his hat comes flying off, doo-rag perched on his head, sprawled on his butt. it's just so manny to be a mess (making a good play) with a smile on his face while he does it :)thatdietcokegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657659934096745186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1146800168970488352006-05-04T20:36:00.000-07:002006-05-04T20:36:00.000-07:00You can't consider McAdam "Boston Media"; he write...You can't consider McAdam "Boston Media"; he writes for ProJo, the Providednce Journal. You should should read some of the other drivel that passes for journalism in that rag. <BR/><BR/>The best thing about Providence is that it is only a few minutes away from McCoy Stadium, the home of the Triple A Red sox affiliate, the Pawtucket Redsox (PawSox) and the absolute gem of minor league ballparks. <BR/><BR/>If you haven't been there and you are a baseball fan, you owe it to yourself to visit. <BR/><BR/>For $9.00 you can sit in a front row box seat behind the dugout.<BR/><BR/>For $6 you get a general admission ticket and can wander around the ballpark at will. Hot dogs $2.50, 16oz beers $4.50.<BR/><BR/>It is truly a beautiful ballpark and a wonderfull baseball experience. If you're within an hours drive or so, you should check it out. <BR/><BR/>Wells will be rehabbing there soon. I hope he puts on a better performance than he did in his last rehab stint there this spring.Zeke Hunkaburninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794475342994750738noreply@blogger.com