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By adamg - 6/15/06 - 8:44 am

Watching the Sox blow another game in Minnesota in person.

On Basegirl, Kristen is not happy:

... Maybe what Clement needs is for someone to whip out one of those Men In Black memory eraser thingies after each of his starts and eradicate his memories of the game. Maybe he'll pitch better if he thinks every game is his first. If he's got no record to go on. ...

And that's one of her kinder comments.

By adamg - 6/14/06 - 10:29 pm

While listening to tonight's Sox beating, Spatch's post on Boston fans praying for rain came to mind. Oh, darn, Minnesota never has rainouts.

By adamg - 6/14/06 - 8:20 pm

Beth comes to Terry Francona's defense:

... Are we really going to have such a skewed sense of entitlement that we'll be calling for Francona's head by the end of this season, despite his overall track record with this team so far, just because someone's blood's gotta flow to make us feel better about a less than stellar squad this time around? ...

By adamg - 6/14/06 - 9:15 am

Great, great game. Until the 12th.

On BunkoSquad, Michael gently suggests where Tavarez should go.

On Cursed to First, Beth writes she feels like she just watched a milestone game - although it remains to be seen which way it points.

The Couch Potato: I stayed up past my bedtime for this?!

By adamg - 6/11/06 - 8:31 pm

Dear NESN,

When the Red Sox are losing 13-6, don't you think you could find another house ad to run besides the one with that grinning woman asking "What's not to love about this pitching staff?"

Because right about now, there are a couple of things we could mention.

By adamg - 6/10/06 - 3:19 pm

Beth rounds up all the blog comments she could find on Papelbon after last night's game:

... Today the flurry of enthusiasm over Papelbon's performance last night is almost as wonderful as the performance itself. ...

By adamg - 6/6/06 - 8:13 pm

On Irish Elk, Mark figures 6/6/06 is a good day to recall Jimmie Foxx, a.k.a. the Beast (whose number was actually 3):

... Jimmie Foxx is not remembered as widely as he perhaps ought to be today, though Tom Hanks' Jimmy Dugan character in A League of Our Own is said to have been loosely based on him. ...

By adamg - 6/6/06 - 9:19 am

Red Sox masochists will take Beth's poll on the worst thing about last night's game (unfortunately, she does not list "everything" as an option).

Red: We took it Ned Beatty-style, watching any last remaining droplets of pride sink into the grass or evaporate into thin air.

By adamg - 6/4/06 - 10:13 am

Don't you DARE suggest that Meredith's daughter is one of those johnny-come-lately Sox fans just because she loves her pink Sox cap.

By adamg - 6/2/06 - 9:35 am

Carpundit ponders today's Herald front page, which finally gives voice to that most dispossessed of minorities: Long-time Sox fans beset by new, fair-weather Sox fans:

Why do they put sportswriters on the front page? Is everyone else sick?

Berto reads the story and wonders what turned Tony Massarotti into such a He-Man Woman Hater:

By adamg - 6/1/06 - 9:06 am

Beth was glued to NESN last night as David Pauley made his major-league debut:

... Sometimes the "back up your teammates" ethic in baseball seems like so much empty-headed machismo, especially when it comes to beanballs and fights. But tonight it was a touching display, the millionaire Boston Red Sox professional baseball club suddenly looking for all the world like a ragtag sandlot team, sticking up for the little guy on the mound. ...

By adamg - 5/31/06 - 12:06 pm

Kristen posts a photo of two girls throwing balls:

... OH LOOK IT IS TWO GIRLS WHO APPEAR TO BE THROWING BETTER THAN MATT CLEMENT AND JOSH BECKETT WHO ARE, IN POINT OF FACT, ACTUAL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS HMMMM THAT IS INTERESTING.

Look what you did? You made me yell.

By adamg - 5/29/06 - 11:13 am

Red crushes a beer can or two:

It's become increasingly clear that the only time Rudy Seanez should be allowed onto the playing field at Fenway is if there's a fire in the bullpen and he needs to cut across the green to make his escape. ...

TouchMyLeftOne predicts:

... The Sox bullpen will blow 1-3 games while [Timlin] is out.

By adamg - 5/28/06 - 10:26 am

On Cursed to First, Beth notes the curious dichotomy among Sox fans when it comes to Schilling, but says, in the end, you have to salute the guy:

... "What these fans did for me tonight, I'll never forget it," Curt said in his postgame press conference. I don't think any of those fans will, either. And let's face it: we all wish we'd been there. ...

Dave Copeland was there:

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