June 2010

I don’t know how they say, “Get the candy out of your ass and play ball like a goddam man” in Japanese, so you’re gonna have to follow me in American. Get the candy out of your ass and play ball like a goddam man. When you’re on the mound, you gotta treat that thing [...]

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Once that giant sandwich showed up in the NESN booth, I knew it was over. You can’t beat giant sub mojo, and it wasn’t long after the sandwich appeared that David Ortiz cranked a three run homer, breaking up a John Lackey-Small Game James pitchers duel, and putting the Sox on top for good. Proving [...]

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When we left on this most recent road trip through Colorado and San Fran, we were in third place, staring up at the Rays and Yanks. Now we’ve leapfrogged Tampa Bay and have sole position of second by a slim, one-game margin. I dig second place. Nice area, good schools, fine place to raise a [...]

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Finally tally out of San Fran: Two wins, one loss, three players down. In the latest round of “another game in San Fran, another injury,” Vic Martinez got a broken thumb from a foul tip. It’s not expected to land him on the DL… but there were at least a few hours that I thought [...]

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Now that was a team win. Clay Buchholz, despite his ability to withstand what has got to be some atomic-powered lovin’ from his ridiculously hot wife, injured himself rounding the bases and came out of the game. And while it wasn’t cool to see our winningest pitcher hobbling off the field, especially since we’re already [...]

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Our friends at Baseball Ireland are holding a fundraiser to enable the Irish National baseball team to play in Rhode Island this summer. One of the items they’re auctioning off is an Irish Nationals jersey signed by Curt “the Man” Schilling. We’re always looking for excuses to get down to Rhodey for some serious “disappearin’ [...]

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Win or lose, Clay goes home to that after the game. But we don’t, so I’d like a win, please. Last night was another head-scratcher with the bases loaded every time you turned but nobody scoring. And now, our own Little-Engine-That-Could headed for the DL. Sometimes these things send teams into a downward spiral, so [...]

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We got the trifecta of bad vibes last night, as the Sox dropped one to the Giants, a new film with the talent-free Rob Schneider was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public, and the Elf Himself was felled by a foul ball off the ankle. Hearing that our hottest hitter and the Official Spark Plug of [...]

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Before all the military people get crazy on me, I’m using the word “hero” in baseball terms only. So chill. This season has been a team effort, with different players pulling an unlikely hit or unexpected pitching performance out of their ass to win a game. Last night it was Pedroia, in the past it’s [...]

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