A Red Sox Fan from Pinstripe Territory
Jere's life as a Connecticut-born, fourth-generation Red Sox fan--and die-hard "Whoever's Playing the Yankees" fan--in Manhattan (now in Boston!)...and other wacky stuff. This blog is intended for the reading/viewing pleasure of both female and male humans.
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Thank You, Coco
Picture taken by me, AL East clinching celebration, 2007And welcome to the new guy, shown here clowning with Manny in a shot I took this past May. Or at least it looks like it could be him. If it's not him, I apologize.
Grantland Rice Is Not Actually Spinning
Did you ever hear David Cross' routine on people who misuse the word "literally"? I thought of it today when I read this quote from Tony Mazz:"After the season, in Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina, Bobby Abreu, Carl Pavano and Andy Pettitte, the Yankees erased
M _ _ se (Where Are The Rings?)
Do you notice a glaring omission in this article? (Don't worry, it's not about the MVP thing!)On the same theme, this site claims Moose went out "on top." When I saw 19 comments, I thought, Oh good, at least they blew that theory out of the water--I mean,
SI, Others Also Screw Up
[Update unrelated to this post, 11:50 AM: Coco Crisp traded to Royals for Ramon Ramirez.]From SI.com:"He also is just the third player to become MVP the season after earning the Rookie of the Year award, joining Cal Ripken Jr. and Ryan Howard."And they le
Eh, Yes, Pegg
For some reason, despite being a huge Shaun of the Dead fan, I didn't see Hot Fuzz until tonight. And I give it at least 70 Chans out of 80. Recommended if you like that kinda thing. Nice job, Pegg and the other guy.
First Man To Ever Use YouTube! (This Minute)
Was having a disagreement over at Joy of Sox. I really needed to say this, like, talking, so, here you go: To add another example: Would it not be misleading to say "Hank Aaron is the only man in the history of baseball to hit 755 home runs"? And leav
As Per Usual
You know I love spotting Sox hats in NYC....
And Your AL MVP Is...
Dustin Pedroia!Woohoo!(I like how MLB.com's article before the award was announced said that Pedroia and four others--none of them Youk--were "the contenders" for AL MVP. And Youk got third! Ha!)
Me On Radio Again
WTIC-AM 1080 Hartford, today, Tuesday, 3:30 PM. My mom and I will be on with Colin McEnroe discussing Dirty Water. Listen to the live stream here.We're still trying to figure out who Ken Howard's "World Series hero" is over at Kwiz 5.So far, people have i
What Do New Yorkers Want? The Cubs And Red Sox.
We've known for a while now that the Mets' new stadium, Citi Field, will open with two exhibition games against the Red Sox.Now the Yanks have announced that Eau de Toilette will open with two exhibition games on the same two days against the Cubs.I'm def
Finally, A Celebrity Couple I Care About
Joanna Newsom and Andy Samberg! Nice job by both of you! (It appears to be several moths old, this news, but it's new to me.) (Oh, and speaking of stuff that's passed me by--we saw some bands the other night, and to my surprise, half the guitar/bass playe
WRPT
Did you know TV and radio station call letters almost always stand for something? When I was little, I noticed the obvious ones--I didn't think it was a coincidence that WNYC was a New York station. And growing up in the NYC metro, our local stations just
Your Call
We've got a great Kwiz going on! Give it a shot.Now listen to the type of call we get several times a day. These companies have people reading from a script, but the script includes "um" and "uh" to make you think they're just casually talking to you. "Oh
"The Backwash"
That's the term I just thought of (I gave it about two seconds--I wanted it to be spontaneous) for when the following happens:A term is used to describe something, and then it becomes so associated with that new thing, it's then used to desribe the origin
Tornado
Did you know there's a tornado watch covering the entire area, from Hartford to Providence to Boston? It makes sense, as it was almost 70 today, and now the cold's gonna meet the hot like a McDLT.Update: I said the temp "was" almost 70, but now, at 8 PM,
Structure?
I'm lookin' for some structure around here. No, this blog won't join the Army with Harold Ramis, but I almost feel like now that I have several project-type things going at once, I should have their installments occur on a specific day of the week. Rememb
Fun Stuff
2004 is the gift that keeps on giving. Last night I was searching my own archives for something, and came across a link I'd put up in June 2004 to another blog. I went to that blog, and the article the blogger had written was gone, but I did see her origi
Kwiz ProkoFIVE
In the 1980 World Series program, TV and movie stars revealed their World Series heroes. Gerald Ford's was Al Kaline, Cheryl Tiegs liked Kent Tekulve, and Tenille from Captain & Tenille loved it when Bob Welch struck out Reggie Jackson. Who was White Shad
Nobody Say "SS Minnow"!
Pedroia wins the Silver Slugger for second basemen. Can you imagine? A Red Sox 2B winning a fielding and hitting award? In the same season?In an earlier post, I asked what "that thing" was along the third base line in a picture of Forbes Field. Longtime r
Bitching Staff
Before last season, I looked at the Yanks' starters and said: 1 fairly solid dude (Wang), two oldies, (Moose and Bad Andy), and two completely unproven youngsters (Hughes and Kennedy). I thought it spelled disaster. It kinda did, as Hughes and Kennedy wen
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