tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108644632011-12-13T22:57:41.431-05:00A Boston Red Sox fan married to a New York Yankees fan bitches about baseball.sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.comBlogger691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1132981507795023852005-11-25T23:13:00.000-05:002005-11-26T00:05:07.806-05:00

Josh Beckett. Josh Beckett. Josh freaking Beckett!! For three prospects. For three prospects? For only three prospects! The more time I have had to think about this trade the more I like it. Sure I could nitpick about the fact that he hasn't ever ptiched 200 innings in a season. He will. He's fragile they say. Fragile? Blisters on his fingers. A tight shoulder. This guy is 25 years

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1131686521639795362005-11-11T00:05:00.000-05:002005-11-11T00:22:01.653-05:00

I always decide to wait too long after a bad loss before I try to write anything down. I'm always afraid of lashing out or just sounding like an angry fan bitter old pessimist. I end waiting and forgetting to write anything at all. Well, I don't have much left in me today but here goes nothing.Monday night was a hard loss. A very hard loss. I was upset after the loss to the Chargers at home but

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1131073766515873502005-11-03T21:44:00.000-05:002005-11-04T00:09:24.470-05:00

Just the idea of this makes me very happy. I would love for it to happen. The challenge is there and who wouldn't love working for Bill Murray? The crowds he would bring to that park would be incredible and living on the fringe of the Boston Metro area know that they are having a strange surge in popularity right now. Theo and Oil-Can together. He could try and assemble a team with other former

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1130997118334252252005-11-03T00:22:00.000-05:002005-11-03T00:51:58.350-05:00

Go visit ThankyouTheo.com for some heartwarming stories.Congradulations to Captain Tek!Another cheater playing for the Yankees.I started reading Idiot by Johnny Damon. Mu Mom gave it to me for my birthday last month. I'm glad that I have it for my shelf and for posterity's sake but man is this a badly written book. I don't see myself finishing this one. We'll see.Let Rumors Begin! Manny to

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Perhaps I was a bit hasty in my remarks about Theo's departure yesterday. I didn't have time to read all the materials I could on the matter and I was still abit in shock by the conflicting reports over the course of the day. My apologies. After reading the paper this afternoon I find myself rooting for Theo. I'm not sure I would be able to walk away from my dream job even if the relationship

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1130816945169186122005-10-31T22:16:00.000-05:002005-10-31T22:49:05.190-05:00

What a fantastic Halloween surprise we got today! At about 2:oopm today a co-worker and I fired up the old computer to see if there was any news regarding the Theo Epstien debacle. Yes I consider a guy who has been doing his job for less than five years to be paid more than anyone else in his field a debacle. Anyway, the report on ESPN.Com at the time was that Theo had signed for 1.2mil/yr for

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1130119489385040372005-10-23T22:04:00.000-04:002005-10-23T22:21:48.493-04:00

Is it possible that I am somehow rooting for both teams? I keep finding myself cheering, gasping, and shouting no matter who is scoring. I am having fun watching two teams that I am indifferent about play good baseball.Does anyone else find it weird that Biggio had some sort of surgery so that he never had facial hair again. My wife said she head it on TV but I can't find anything on the internet

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1129959238720716982005-10-22T01:07:00.000-04:002005-10-22T01:33:58.730-04:00

I took another day to think about my dilemma of who to root for during the Series. I am sticking by my earlier decision to root for Houston rather than Chicago. My brother just moved to Chicago a few months ago but for some reason I just can't see myself cheering for the Sox. It has less to do with them beating my Sox than it does with my aversion to the White Sox. I remember when I was in

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I have been asked more than a few times today which team I will be rooting for in the coming World Series. I'm not sure that I gave the same answer twice. I can't seem to make up my mind.On the one hand we have a team that hasn't won a championship since 1917. Talk of curses and a history of missed opportunities. Sound familiar? On the other hand a team that has never been to the dance that has

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1129685106147160642005-10-18T21:02:00.000-04:002005-10-18T22:34:04.510-04:00

Four months. Four months! FOUR MONTHS, MAN! (to be read Jeremy Piven style a la Gross Pointe Blank)You haven't heard from me in four months and I apologize. You see it wasn't that I gave up on you or the Red Sox. I just gave up on myself. I started this blog with all sorts of ambition and intentions to post full game summaries every night after I watched the game. Ha. I was lucky to have the

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1118894183278274142005-06-15T23:46:00.001-04:002005-06-15T23:57:01.873-04:00

Even though the Sox seem to be playing well right now completing the sweep against Cinncinati earlier this evening I still find it a bit scary that the Yanks, who we have been trashing for their bad play are still only three and a half games back. I am still waiting for the inevitable pitching melt down in Baltimore but for some reason it just doesn't seem to be happening yet but the break will

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Even though the Sox seem to be playing well right now completing the sweep against Cinncinati earlier this evening I still find it a bit scary that the Yanks, who we have been trashing for their bad play are still only three and a half games back. I am still waiting for the inevitable pitching melt down in Baltimore but for some reason it just doesn't seem to be happening yet but the break will

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1117069554082071142005-05-25T20:57:00.000-04:002005-05-25T21:05:54.086-04:00

I have been a terrible, terrible fan; and an even worse blogger. I haven't seen a game in close to a week. I have no excuse at all. Work, stress and family have me not thinking much about baseball. I know, I know I need to get my priorities in order, I agree. I have been checking the scores every morning and have not been happy by the results. They aren't supposed to swoon until June right? So

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1116465205808698912005-05-18T20:43:00.000-04:002005-05-18T21:13:25.813-04:00

I started reading George F. Will's Bunts today. Its been sitting on my shelf for years I just haven't read it yet. It happens. Anyway, the second short piece in the book is an essay titled "Players Are Bought and Sold? Say it Ain't So." It was written (or published) on June 24th 1976. The piece is about Charlie Finley, owner of the A's in the 70's, Catfish Hunter, pitcher who left the A's

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I didn't watch much baseball this weekend. I was with my family and my wife and enjoying my time away from work. I haven't been able to stay awake long enough to watch these damn west coast games. Sunday's game I missed when I was at my grandparents house with The Wife and my parents. Last night I went to bed and the score was 2-0 Sox. This morning I woke up and the final was 6-4 A's. We

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Its west coast stand time again Sox fans and we all know what that means. Either miss the ends of the games or suffer through work in a sleep deprived haze. I chose the former. When I fell asleep after a long workweek the sox were winning 6-5 after a Trot Nixon home run. I woke up to catch sportcenter and find out that they would only be able to score two more runs while Seattle would put 8 more

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Somewhere along the line I lost my way on this blog. This was always supposed to be a baseball blog but not in the traditional sense. I am not a journalist or a sports writer. No scoops here I can guarantee you. Anyone who is a fan of the game or of the Sox can find game recaps in a number of places all over the web. Why would they come here for that? They wouldn't and they haven't.No this blog

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In the interest of equal time I have added a few more blogs to the column on the right. You'll notice that they are all Yankee blogs. I find them fun right now because we have little to complain about and well, er, they don't. Seriously though they are well written and know their baseball and so you should give them a look. Wifey may or may not post here with some discussion but right now she is

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Bellemy Road comes in 7th. Now we can all forget about horseracing for another year. You think anyone is giving 5-2 odds on the yanks winning two in a row with Brown on the hill tomorrow?

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Another great game by Clement has the Sox riding high. 6 of their last 7 with injury concerns and all have me feeling great about the season. Sitting pretty in a close second in the division, right where we are supposed to be. Our comfort zone. Offense seems to be clicking even if it is just Seattle. Life is good . . . for now.

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I realize that 90% of my page hits are referred from Joy of Sox so you all have seen this already but there are more than a few ballplayers out there with Live Journals. Read all about the nights out at the bars and who likes the occasional toke. Yet again the interweb blows my mind.The Sox:Bronson, Bellhorne, Damon, Millar, Mirabelli, Tek, TheoThe yanks:A-rod, Jeter, Matsui, Jorge, Unit,

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1115348737875753642005-05-05T23:04:00.000-04:002005-05-05T23:05:37.883-04:00

Barry Bonds' three recent knee operations were performed by a prominent doctor who has a history of troubles with state medical authorities.

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Its just too easy so we'll keep our mouths shut about that.Here in Sox Nation questions still linger about the pitching staff. Miller will make his first start on Sunday against the Mariners. Even at 4-0 is Arroyo ready to be the ace of this staff? Don't get me wrong I like the guy and he has been a stopper this season but is he ready for that kind of pressure down the stretch? I'm not going

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. . . and apparently so were most of the pitchers in the 60's and 70's. According to an interview in the San Francisco Chronicle with former major leaguer Tom House steroid use, amphetamines, and human growth hormone were rampant while he was in the bigs.House, 58, estimated that six or seven pitchers per team were at least experimenting with steroids or human growth hormone. He said players

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1114826969759186582005-04-29T21:49:00.000-04:002005-04-29T22:09:40.520-04:00

We turned on the game tonight about thirty seconds before Soriano lofted a shot into the left field seats giving Texas a two run lead. I don't think I want to watch the rest. Too much stress at work all week has left me depleted. I am going to sit back with my glass of wine and I may watch, and I may not. I am sure that I'll flip to NESN during commercials to check the score but watching them

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When is it time to start worrying?

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1114567344486294002005-04-26T22:02:00.000-04:002005-04-26T22:03:27.930-04:00

A couple of weeks ago I didn't like this guy much. I laughed a little when I read this but there were more than a few entries that just irked me. Then this morning I read this April Showers column on ESPN.Com's Page 2. How can you not like a guy who brings this little tidbit to light . . .Baseball Prospectus keeps track of a statistic called "Defensive Efficiency," which is simply the

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1114480639617343452005-04-25T21:31:00.000-04:002005-04-25T22:00:10.513-04:00

I am still knocking around how I feel about the allegations of gambling and steroid use by Len Dykstra. In the same way that we all loved Pete Rose, I loved Len for his hussle. He was the stereotypical ball player. Big wad of tobacco in his cheek he gave it his all on every play. Maybe not the most talented man on the field but usually the hardest working. Or so I thought.On the one hand, Len is

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1114471115300721262005-04-25T18:57:00.000-04:002005-04-25T19:20:09.886-04:00

As usual Soxaholix hits the nail on the head . . .You gotta figure managing or playing for the D-Rays would drive anyone ovah the edge … last place every year, stingy ownahs, small market, your home field doubles as a climate controlled mall … Fuck, I'm ready to start tossing beanballs just thinking about it.My feelings on the matter, though irrelevant, are that up to a point guys getting hit are

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1114355770865880962005-04-24T11:07:00.000-04:002005-04-24T11:16:10.866-04:00

Two in row to the Devil Rays?? Maybe I should just stay away from the old blog; the sox seem to play better when I don't want to write about them. Schilling gives up a 4-0 lead against the AL East bottom dwellers, oops sorry that spot is taken by New York.I haven't watched a game in over a week relying only on highlights and newspapers. My landlord sold our house knocking our legs out from under

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1114228747780036142005-04-22T23:55:00.000-04:002005-04-22T23:59:07.780-04:00

I'm back online with my computer issues all fixed. The Sox put together an impressive run while I was away culminating in two great games against a great lineup in Baltimore. The Yanks still disappoint their fans and owner. Let's hope this all keeps up.

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All blogging operations have come to a grinding halt. Laptop issues coupled with a huge stressful situation at home have kept me from the stitches. I apologize. At least its only the first month of the season and I promise to be back soon.

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What can I say about last night's unpleasantness. The fan shouldn't have tried to touch him. Sheff shouldn't have shoved him back. Major League Baseball shouldn't have scheduled these teams against each other this early in the season. I also truly believe that the job these umpires did fueled an already hyped crowd. Had Papa Jack and Tito not been thrown out firing up this crowd, then maybe every

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Its beautiful thing 

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From the usually hilarious and today's poingant Soxaholix comes a line that hit me right in the chest. . .Who knew winning would bring more tears than losing ever didAmen, Brother Hart. Amen.

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1113352201407794162005-04-12T20:17:00.000-04:002005-04-12T21:08:07.123-04:00

I watched the rebroadcast of the ring ceremony last night. There is little to say that hasn't already been said. A fantastic day for the team, the city, and all of New England. The sun was shining, the crowd was cheering and the Boston Red Sox were receiving World Series rings what could be better?I held it together for all of the player introductions. Wake, Tek, Trot, and Dlowe, these guys

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I was at work and unable to watch the ring ceremony. I’ll catch the rebroadcast at 11:00pm on NESN. I watched the game from the 4th inning on and was of course pleased with its outcome. I am still a bit worried about Renteria (more so after seeing that O.C. hit his first dinger as an Angel today) but hopefully he will prove me wrong by the end of the season. Today at work I had a

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Is anyone else having as much problem with blogger as I am? All week I have been encountering internal errors and other problems kicking me out before I can save and or post. I have been drafting posts in Word and then trying to cut and paste them in to no avail. Some of the posts have just gotten stale so there is no point in posting them now. What can I say about Mariano's woes that you haven't

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Some thoughts on this the fourth day of the 2005 baseball season:Mariano Rivera is my new favorite yankee. I don't think I've liked a yankee this much since ol' Chuck started chucking balls into the seats.Call me callous, rude and classless -- but after his career of diving out of the way of borderline strikes it makes me smile when he gets hit every now and again. You all know exactly what I

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What kind of Red Sox blog would I be running if I didn't do a big write-up on the Sox/yanks game that Captain Tek tied on an H.R. off of mo (why even throw him against the Sox anymore?) only to have cap'n jeter win it in the bottom of the ninth with his first walk off homer in the regular season? But then when does it happen in the middle of the workday in the first week of April? I listened to

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Let's all take a deep breathe here folks. The Sox lost a game. A game. They still play 162 a season right? Why is it that when I unfolded my morning Projo I was confronted by not one but two references to the apparent de-throning of the champs. The front page lead story ran with the byline --Boston's 9-2 loss to the Yankees may have some questioning whether the Sox should have done less

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My beloved Yankees got the much needed win last night. Tino Martinez might just be the good luck charm they need to win it all this year. Life is better just knowing baseball is back, isn't it? Check out Buster Olney's write up about the game here.

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Tomorrow. One more day and its here. Its really here! Baseball Season 2005. The first defending world champion Boston Red Sox in 86 years. I have said this before but it always rings true, It isn't as if I have to watch every inning of every game but that there is the option to watch that makes me feel better for the six and hopefully seven months of the year. Red Sox fans and yankee fans

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On the urging and advice of my brother-in-law I am dipping my toes into the warm water of news readers. Apparently there is an active atom feed here now. Enjoy. I don't know how to add that little Atom icon to my sidebar. I don't know how to troubleshoot and/or fix any problems with it so if you notice any and are able to explain how to in very easy to understand language please do. I would

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As a baseball fan part of me would like a nice new stadium on the waterfront. Wouldn't it be nice. As a Sox fan of course how could you get rid of a landmark like Fenway. (Like a majestic ship I will refer to Fenway in the feminine.) The old girl has her charms. The new ownership has done great things with the added seats and they keep coming up with great ideas to pack a few more people into an

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ESPN Classic tonight showed David Cone's perfect game in 99. We watched the last two innings. The Wife and I lived in northern New Jersey for a few years. twenty five minutes away from New York city we got a twelve game package at yankee stadium a couple of years. We didn't see that game or many games that season but in the two years after that we saw Quite a few. I have see many more baseball

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1111197729391969762005-03-18T19:59:00.000-05:002005-03-18T21:02:09.396-05:00

On Sportcenter tonight I watched Buster Olney and three other sports writers discuss Mark McGwire's hall of fame chances on a first ballot. (No link, it is right now a subscription only article and I can't even read it.) The consensus was a resounding no. Due to yesterdays testimony McGwire's greatness and legend has been put into question. A question that will alter his legacy some say

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1111028451195400242005-03-16T21:38:00.000-05:002005-03-16T22:00:51.196-05:00

I knew it was going to happen. I prepared myself for the people wearing Sox hats and shirts that haven't ever watched a ballgame. You know who I'm talking about. I was ready. I thought.The Wife and I lived just outside of New York for the latest spat of yankee championships. The fairweather fans were everywhere. I took a good deal of pleasure from the fact that it is harder to root for a

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It's the damn snow. It has to be. I am sick of this in like a lion shit bring on the lamb. I am having a hard time thinking about the green grass of fenway or even Florida without a bit of bitterness about the heavy wet snow I have to shovel off of my driveway tonight. It hasn't stopped snowing all day. I don't care for basketball at all and right now what else is there right?Well books, movies,

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The Wife is still on the fence on posting here but have no fear. She hasn't had any desire to watch any baseball and can you blame her? Just think where we were this time last year. But for them losing a series after a 3-0 lead? Now that had to hurt. Anyway. She is a baseball fan first and will come around for sure. Expect a respectful and intelligent opposing view to pepper the content here.

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This will be the first baseball season featuring a World Champion Boston Red Sox that has ever been televised. There are no video clips of the last Red Sox champs. The game that will kick off this season will feature the World Champion Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees and there's no need to explain anything there. ESPN will air that game to a national audience on a spring night in the

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1110603439252192182005-03-11T23:55:00.000-05:002005-03-11T23:57:19.253-05:00

Click if you want to, don't if you don't but I thought long and hard about this one and figured . . . why the hell not?

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Check out this article on 'Tek and Embree remembering the final out of the ALCS."I sprinted in from the bullpen. I wasn't going to let him change his mind," Embree said. "I went in thinking I was going to face Olerud. It was an, oh crap, he can flare one over the infield kind of thing. Then they sent up Sierra. I kept thinking, OK, keep the ball away, keep the ball down. Make him put it on the

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So the Red Sox and the yankees meet tonight in Fort Myers. I hope I'm not deported from the nation for this but -- who the hell cares. It is March. Not even late March. There is still snow on the ground!Don't get me wrong I love the game and I love the rivalry. Seems we're supposed to get more and more excited earlier and earlier in the year. This is a marathon not a sprint folks and 162 games

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Jim Caple, columnist for ESPN's Page 2, is about to release his book The Devil Wears Pinstripes. An excerpt is up today.Yankees fans not only think their team is the greatest in the history of sports, they consider themselves to be the most knowledgeable, the most loyal and the most supportive fans in the history of the game. They refuse to acknowledge that fans in other cities love baseball and

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I am beginning to realize the scope of maintaining a baseball blog. Things happen everyday and if I don't have a chance to write something up the day it happens I should just link to the people who were on top of things just to acknowledge that they happened. Case in point: a Red Sox team visit to the White House.On another unfocused and mostly uninteresting blog of mine, I have gone on and on

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A few changes and additions to the column of links to the right. Check it out for baseball blogs much better than this one. Expect more soon.

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Q: Tell me about the book.A: Well, Yankees fans won't like it. There are no pictures.I'm going to buy it.

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1109906475522635442005-03-03T22:05:00.000-05:002005-03-03T22:21:15.523-05:00

Not really Baseball related but definitely Boston sports related. "The Garden ..oh, I mean the FleetCenter" becomes "The Garden . . uh . . I mean . . . the Td something-or-other Garden."What a terrible name.

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Well with the Giants benching Barry, and the Padres GM admitting what we all already thought anyway, the Red Sox have managed to stay out of the national media news for a few days. This is a good thing. In my experience No news means no distractions, no distractions means we concentrate on baseball right? Well, hopefully. Sure I can go to Red Sox.com and get the news of the day. I could get some

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1109560460753781262005-02-27T22:07:00.000-05:002005-02-27T22:14:20.753-05:00

A comedy central parody of a mastercard ad; featuring Sox fans and what they would give to see the sox win it all. The clip ends on a hilarious exchange with Dennis Leary.Thanks to the Jersey Exile (a sox fan) for the link.

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A few days ago I read on Joy of Sox that if you had a blog about the Red Sox, mail them and they would add the site to their blog roll. I promptly jotted a quick email off without much thought. The next day I got sick. For a few days it was no blogging, no reading the paper, I didn't even watch ESPN because I just couldn't sit through all the basketball talk to get to the spring training reports.

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1109220486959510952005-02-23T23:27:00.000-05:002005-02-23T23:48:06.960-05:00

On top of the work crush The Wife needed to have a minor surgery so I have been "out of the loop" on baseball matters. I did read that Barry - the best defense is a good offense - Bonds came out swinging. That guy is a class act all the way.I have yet to read how the new pitchers are looking or if anyone showed up to camp late. I haven't even read the daily newspaper. I just haven't had the

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1108786082971356642005-02-18T23:00:00.000-05:002005-02-18T23:08:02.973-05:00

I'm still super-busy at work these days so I haven't even read the sports page. I scanned a few of the websites but nothing major to report on the Red Sox front today. I'm sure I could do some real digging and come up with something but that doesn't sound like something I'd do. I did enjoy this little peice on Matt Clement that led RedSox.Com.

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1108694340857111412005-02-17T21:31:00.000-05:002005-02-17T21:39:00.856-05:00

How could I possibly resist linking to this. Also it is going to take all that I have to prevent this pro-Red Sox blog from becoming an anti-yankee blog. But they just make it so damn easy.

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1108612891180222302005-02-16T22:19:00.000-05:002005-02-16T23:01:31.183-05:00

A busy day at work kept me from reading the local newspaper nevermind any websites or online newspapers for baseball news. With a co-worker on vacation and a new trainee due in tomorrow I don't think I'll be able to devote much time to baseball reading and research (at least not from work.)I did have a chance to watch part two of the Canseco interview. I watched a whole bunch of people with every

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1108526535710274852005-02-15T23:02:00.000-05:002005-02-15T23:02:15.710-05:00

Just testing email posting. Sorry.

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Spring training begins today. The World Champion Boston Red Sox started camp down in Fort Myers today and so began their quest for back to back World Series wins. Oh yeah, and the yankees showed up today as well amid a cloud of steroid talk that will be a thorn in their side all year. It can only be so long that classy hard working players like Tino Martinez and, dare I say, the evil little jeter

sleazehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669802615659552463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10864463.post-1108519727075503522005-02-15T21:08:00.000-05:002005-02-15T21:08:47.076-05:00

test.

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