Thursday, July 10, 2008
Starring the Red Sox as Godzilla and the Minnesota Twins as Tokyo

Looking at the end result, it's hard to believe that for the first six and a half innings, yesterday's series finale between the Sox and Twinkies was an actual game. It didn't become a farce until the bottom of the seventh when the Twins had a triple play overruled and everything went to shyte for them rather quickly.

When the dust settled, the Sox had 23 hits--including four from Ellsbury and three from Manny, Youk and Casey--and basically tested the resolve of the Fenway Faithful by forcing them to endure four hours in the merciless, swamp-like heat.

My favorite quote on the day came from Twins skipper Ron Gardenhire:
“This is a tough place to play. Their hitters come alive here. We’ve seen that over the years, and today was a great example of it. Balls start flying around — balls in the corner, balls all over the place, the whole package. This team gets on a roll here and they’re hard to stop.”
If someone at Red Sox Co. isn't trademarking "Fenway Park: Balls All Over the Place" at this very minute, then I've lost all my faith in big league marketing.
Posted by Red at 6:27 AM